There was minor snickering this week, during the DAYS OF AWE (DAYS OF CHUTZ-PAW), when THE WASHINGTON POST reported that Israeli Prime minister Netanyahu and his spouse had a habit of bringing...
My Rosh Hashana Playlist 5781
I bought my apples. I bought my honey varieties and Rosh Pandemic greeting cards. And Now is the time for some Rosh Hashana tunes: MOSHE PERETZ and OMER ADAM THE MACCABEATS – Bashana...
TJS S4E3 American Jewry after 1967 part III, Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike
There are stories which are turning points in a larger tale, and there are those which prove to be tempests in a tea cup. The story of the 1968 NYC school strike could be read as both. Either way...
JewliciousEats: Rosh Hashana Recipe Roundup 5781
WOW… THE QUARANTINED SUMMER in the Northern Hemisphere went fast; and I know that Rosh Hashana is fast approaching, since people are quickly looking for Bible passages equal to (5)781;...
TJS S4 Interlude: R’ Yitz Greenberg and the God of History
How we chew and swallow what history shoves down our throat can define us as individuals and nations. Here is an interview with R’ Yitz Greenberg, foundational thinker on post-Holocaust...
WAP (Whitefish and Pickles) and August JewliciousReads
I was surprised that in August, everyone of all income levels were chatting about W.A.P. which to my understanding stands for Whitefish And Pickles. This is what I was listening to as I read some...
TJS S4E1 American Jewry after 1967 part I The Wisdom of the Moment
History is all about telling the story after the fact, but there is a particular wisdom to be gained in the heat of the moment which is easily lost in hindsight. The first episode of season four...
Barack’s Summer 2020 Playlist Omits Israeli Tunes
ALAS! On August 18, 2020, former U.S. President and Senator Barack Obama tweeted out his annual playlist, the songs he is listening to in order to chill and get through the pandemic. Some of those...
On Turning 50 and Other Observations
So I turned 50 recently and I noticed something. People kept on congratulating me, with extra emphasis, as if I had actually achieved something. You now like I had won an Olympic medal or published a...
If Seth Rogen’s Parents had just Stayed in Israel…
So Nick Cannon went off on Jews in a Louis Farrakhan-inspired diatribe and got his ass handed to him when ViacomCBS cut all ties with him. He later apologized, had a nice chat with the Wiesenthal...