I never thought that it would come to this. However, due to a puzzled phone call from a Jewish professional, an upset online publisher, a withdrawal of support from an organization that doesn’t...
Author - Rabbi Yonah
The Day The Music Didn’t Die
In the course of one week in Greater LA, Matisyahu will play three shows, Yemen Blues at least two shows, and Idan Raichel three shows. Turns out that three of the biggest Jewish artists, a Hebrew...
LoveFest in LA, Aug. 11th Celebration of Tu B’Av
LoveFest is produced in honor of an ancient day of joy and matchmaking on the Jewish calender, Tu B’Av, when eligible maidens and bachelors would meet out in the fields on a full moon night...
Are Circuses Kosher?
Elephants, tigers, bears and other animals are used for entertainment in circuses. Extravagant animal acts at the circus seem like an age-old tradition that has been part of the fabric of society for...
Tikkun Olam Starts With Good Organizing
According to annual festival presenter Guru Lee Weisman, Mother Theresa told him “repairing the world needs good organizing.” I had no idea about this when I used it as a Tweet to promote...
What does it take to make it in the music biz?
Hundreds of hours of travelling, pay-less gigs, bouts of depression, luck, and hard work. This is the backdrop for a new documentary about Christopher Stipp writes in Slashfilms: this is a trailer...
Rambam or “Moussa ben Maimoun”?
UNSECO, often complicit in, or actually instigating, the revisionist history of the Palestinian Authority has done it AGAIN.  Maimonides aka Rambam — of of  the foremost Jewish scholars since...
Israel, The In Vitro Capital Of The World
According to an article by Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times, Israel is the undisputed champion of in vitro fertilization, and likely all other fertility treatments. The country pays for these...