Author - Rabbi Yonah
Cab/Merlot and Feta Alert
Food is not my beat, but Kashrut kinda is. So hear goes the Cab/Merlot and Bulgarian Feta Cheese Kashrut Alert that I just received in my in box courtesy of the OU. I wonder if the department of...
9 Av
Obama gives Israelis something they can agree on
Today’s NYTimes carries an Op-Ed from Haaretz Editor Aluf Benn, “Why Won’t Obama Talk to Israel?” His article is clear and concise and asks who is the fool behind the Obama...
Ghost of Rachel Corrie haunts the SF Jewish Film Festival
The Jewish Film Festival has for years been a source of pride for my mom. She enjoys the great films they screen, buying a pass most of the last 20 years. My mom saves each program guide for me to...
LoveFest in LA, Celebrating Jews, Love & Music, Aug. 5, 8PM
Tu B’Av is an ancient day of Jewish romance and celebrating the love in our lives on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Av. It’s older than St. Valentine’s Day and Sadie Hawkins...
Guess who came to lunch
Eric Fingerhut reports on the Capital J blog on JTA (these guys are getting on my radar a lot today) on the Who’s Who of the Big Meeting with the White House. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President...
Obama should speak to all of us
That is the headline of Ami Eden’s blog on JTA. And he is right. President Obama will be meeting in the White House with 16 leaders of Jewish organizations at 3 p.m. Monday. Those on the guest...