As Shabbat ended in Los Angeles, one of my friends frantically showed me the news on his cell phone about the airplane crash which killed the Polish President and his wife. Many other high ranking...
Author - Rabbi Yonah
Smoking Gun Email: MSU Planned To “Hijack” Oren Event
Duh – was my mom’s reaction, of course it was planned. Well the interesting development is that the group has been pretending that their disruption of Ambassador Oren was spontaneous, in...
Next Year In Jerusalem?
We live in such comfort in America. We have no fears. We shop effortlessly at supermarkets stocked with Passover foods, much of it imported from Israel. The ease at which we can celebrate Passover in...
Going Kosher For Passover 2010
Passover is a completely awesome holiday. Going “Kosher for Passover” is a cool way to do Spring cleaning, start a healthier diet, and get spiritual. While preparation requires some effort –...
Fink Fest!
Fink Fest was unplanned. It just happened. In my “farewell to politics until Passover” blog post, I need to remind the world of the the attention, money, honor, and fame that Norman...
Finkelstein – We Will Teach You Hebrew
UPDATED FROM 2007 – Maybe we can get you to enroll in Birthright Next’s Hebrew Program? Dear Dr. Finkelstein, Remember when I met you at CSU Fullerton in 2007? I didn’t recognize...
A Dream Realized – The Finest Kosher For Passover Slivovitz
It started when we lived in Warsaw and Rabbi Kastenbaum, our shochet, brought community-made slivovitz from Budapest to us for Passover. It was like nothing I had ever tried, was %70+ alcohol, and...
Thou Shalt Unplug Theyself – Reboot Your Week On Shabbat
Unplugging from the wired world sounds ideal, but impossible. We have never been more connected than we are now, and taking a break even for a nano-second can seem unconscionable. But now, fresh from...