It’s been wall to wall Natalie Portman this week. After being mostly out of the spotlight after her Oscar for Black Swan in 2011, she is suddenly everywhere. Portman is set to be the latest...
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JewliciousReads: Einstein Reviewed, Hitler Returned, and Joan Exhumed
EINSTEIN HIS SPACE AND TIMES BY STEVEN GIMBEL Yale University Press Jewish Lives series Publication Date: April 28, 2015 only 191 pages. Poor Dr. Einstein. His face and wild hair is used as pop...
ShivaWatch: Sudden Tragedies in Chicago, Mexico, and Nepal
In synagogues last week, we read about how Aaron was comforted after the sudden, untimely deaths of his sons. And in the media, we read of an outpouring of comfort to the families who lost sons and...
Thanks for the Holy Seating Initiative
I would like to thank my Ultra-Orthodox Jewish brothers who insist on our G-d given right not to sit next to a woman on an airplane. I realize that causing two recent El Al flights from JFK to Tel...
Baltimore & Jerusalem protests Affect Perspectives on Parshah Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
The rioting and protests in Baltimore, as well as the protests in Jerusalem this week, are affecting sermons and thoughts related to this weekend’s Shabbat double parshah: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim...
Comedians Try To Dull Bigoted NYC Subway Ads With Jokes
New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has tried to ban bigoted ads from its subway and bus systems. For quite some time, they have rejected ads from a the American Freedom...
YIVO Gives a Zetz To Jewish Wrestlers As Mayweather and Pacquiao Prepare to Brawl
Thursday evening, 48 hours before the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas, YIVO in Manhattan opened a small exhibit dedicated to the YIDDISH FIGHT CLUB – Yiddish speaking boxers and...
Did Bruce Jenner Pick Shabbat Tazria-Metzora For Transition?
Last week, the number-one rated television show in the U.S. was ABC’s 20/20 interview with Bruce Jenner. It garnered a 5.2 rating among 18-49 year-olds, which in context, is nearly 300% more...