Two years ago I published the first of two volumes of my own commentary on one of the most important commentaries on Jewish life in America that was sadly flying under the radar. Even when...
Author - Rabbi Yonah
Jam for Jerusalem
Michal over at JConnect LA came up with the idea that we should do a benefit concert for the holy city on Chanukah. Of course we gave her the big thumbs up. Jam for Jerusalem reminds us that the...
Partition 60 years ago today
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 November 29, 1947 The Mandate for Palestine shall terminate as soon as possible but in any case not later than 1 August 1948. The armed forces of the...
Tefillin are the bomb
I have always wondered what fellow passengers on trains, planes, buses, and cars have thought of the box strapped to my head with black leather. My Tefillin. What do they think of these bobbing...
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863
Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the settlers at Plymouth in the Massachusetts colony in 1621 under the leadership of Governor William Bradford. Washington and Madison each issued a Thanksgiving...
Ten ideas for Jon Stewart during the WGA strike
With a writer’s strike in Hollywood gripping the city like a shortage of lattes, here are some Jewlicious ideas for late-night TV host Jon Stewart, whose programs were the first to suffer the...