We are in the final hours of a contest that I never thought I would be in—let alone be leading. However, thanks to amazing support from around the world, we are a couple thousand votes shy of our...
Author - Rabbi Yonah
Remembering The First Mobile Sukkah in Poland – 1997
Last night I spoke at the Happy Minyan about Sukkot, and it just felt right to tell some of the story of the first sukkah tour in Poland we created in 1997. The Mobile Sukkah was built at night in...
Messianic Podcasts Featured on iTunes… as Jewish
Three of the top ten Jewish podcasts are not-Jewish podcasts that aim to convert Jews to Christianity.
At the Jewlicious Village Gate
Barbara Babbs Streisand played an exclusive show recently at the Village Gate. Over 40 years since she first audition there, was turned down, then became the Streisand that world loves. Another...
“The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right” – William Safire, dead at age 79
When his column didn’t appear this weekend, we were worried. I will personally miss this master wordsmith, and columnist who I have enjoyed reading for 22 years. A fierce defender of Israel...
What do you use for Kapporos/Kaparot?
Kapparos or Kaparot (Hebrew: כפרות‎, “atonements”) is an ancient Jewish ritual to save oneself from a harsh Heavenly decree by it being effected on another object. Vegetables...