If you haven’t read my first post about The Hounourable Woman, then you should do so before reading this. First I must say how surprised I was with all of the comments that my review of the first...
Category - Popalicious
Music, Entertainment, Pop culture
Friday Night Dinner Comes to America on CBS
No. It’s not some kiruv / Jewish engagement / Birthright Israel follow up thing. No. Friday Night Dinner is a TV show in the UK on channel 4. Friday Night Dinner, created by Robert Popper, is...
The Rambam’s 9th Level of Charity: Ice Bucket Challenges
Yes. I am a curmudgeon. You can’t look at Facebook or TV these days without seeing the latest Ice Bucket Challenge™ by a celebrity, friend, politician, marching band, rabbi, cantor, or summer...
When Radical Feminists Squirm It Makes Me Smile
When radical feminists squirm, it makes me smile, and it’s not because I am anti-feminist. It’s because when any radical viewpoint is challenged it brings me pleasure. My definition of radical...
Rabbis Should Stop Sermonizing About Celebrities
I’ll never forget the time I heard a Rabbi spend 15 minutes of his speech putting down Eddie Vedder. I was sitting right behind him right at the front of the Beis Midrash (study hall) facing the...
Black Jesus is Risen!
Last week saw the premiere of Adult Swim’s new comedy series Black Jesus. Created by Aaron McGruder (Boondocks) Jesus here is portrayed as living in present-day Compton, California, “on a...
And the tree was happy! A Biopic is in the Works About The Life of Late Children’s Author Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein may have passed away fifteen years ago, but his memory lives on through his works which are enjoyed by continuing generations of children around the world. If you’re like...
Spanish Artists Accuse Israel of Genocide
Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion, regardless of how one-sided and, well, flat out wrong it is. It was reported today that a number of Spanish artists signed a letter which admirably sought...