The late philanthropist, author, and business leader, Edgar Bronfman, with his wife, artist Jan Aronson, created the Bronfman Haggadah last year. It is now available as a downloadable app for the...
You Say Shapiro, I Say Sha PI Ro – HBO Girls Update
Shoshanna Shapiro, the character on HBO Girls, spells out her name to a snarky NYU Junior working the graduation desk at the Kimmel Center in the closing episode of Season 3. Shosh, as played by...
Spotted Courtside: Mayim Bialik in Doc Martens!
This is a photo of Mayim Bialik who plays Dr. Amy Fowler in CBS’s hit comedy series The Big Bang Theory who attended a basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers...
Is This the Most Shocking Story of a Woman “Chained” in Her Orthodox Marriage?
On this episode of Up Close, we hear directly from a woman “chained” in her marriage and whose husband is now marrying someone else. Lonna Kin has been trying for ten years to get a...
The New Cinema City Jerusalem and Two Movie Reviews: Makom Be-Gan Eden and Hahi Shehozeret Habaita
I remember when I was eighteen and a student in Jerusalem, there were no fewer than ten different movies to see at any time in the downtown area, including at the five theater Orion, fifteen if you...
You’re Welcome
I’m Queen Esther. I took the place of Ahashverosh’s wife Vashti who apparently wasn’t obedient enough. King A-money had a competition to find a new wifey. All the finest...
Jewish BizLaw 101: Does Naughty Jewish Boys’ Calendar Infringe on Nice Ones?
Three Sabbaths before the Jewish observance of Purim, a special ad appeared on Craigslist. The ad was seeking naughty Jewish boys of all sizes and looks for a calendar shoot. It pays $50. Here is the...
Alt Sounds says Dreams in Static got more soul than the Rolling Stones
Thought you would enjoy this song/video and this post from AltSounds: So who doesn’t love new music? No one raised theirhands? GOOD, because Dreams In Static has released their music video for their...
MH370: Saved By Shabbat – A Crass Parochialism?
Call me a Jewish guy with a shtetl mentality, but all these stories making the news cycle about a man who didn’t fly on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight – MH370 – because it...
Good Shabbos Nebraska a Ratings Coup?
There is something interesting happening in Omaha Nebraska, and it isn’t Warren Buffet offer to pay the person with a perfect NCAA Final 4 grid. Beth Israel of Omaha Nebraska has removed its...