I am fresh from my holiday challah baking class at Breads bakery with Chef uri Scheft and reading recipes. In North America, it is not even Labor Day Weekend, and national newspapers are printing...
Shalom, Asher!
If you haven’t yet seen the fabulousness that is the play, “My Name is Asher Lev,” one word comes to mind… go! “My Name is Asher Lev” is based on the novel by...
To Reform and Conservative Leaders: Please Stop Bashing the Orthodox
I do not like using a blog as a platform or a soap box for posting self serving opinion pieces. Everything that I have posted until now has fallen under the category of “features” rather...
Mercedes Benz Travels Back in Time and Kills Little Hitler
Tobias Haase, Jan Mettler and Lydia Lohse, film students at the Film Academy in Ludwigsburg, Germany, created this fake Mercedes-Benz ad as their Thesis. Featured is Mercedes Benz’s Collision...
Québec is Ridiculous. Again.
Québec at its best is an open minded, tolerant and vivacious society, one that embraces and celebrates its diversity. Protective of its European distinctiveness but confident in its rightful place in...
The Fight for the Life of Young Idan Zablocki; Interview With NYC Republican Mayoral Candidate Joe Lhota
A young couple, Amanda and Akiva Zablocki, fight for the life of their child, Idan, and you can help at YouCaring.com; NYC Republican Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota’s sits down for an interview...
Macklemore Summons the Jews to the VMA with a Shofar?
The video above, a promo for MTV’s Video Music Awards, clearly shows Macklemore using a Shofar to summon people. Is this a nod to the upcoming Jewish High Holidays? A subtle homage to Sumner...
Picturing Rabbis: Rabbis on Instagram
Having written about my using of Instagram, I wanted to see how many rabbis are using Instagram. So, I ran a search of “Rabbi” on Instagram, I discovered there are not that many rabbis...
Days of Awesome: A Divine High Holiday Experience in LA
For the fifth year in a row we are co-sponsoring the most user-friendly, explanatory and inspiring services for young adults in Los Angeles, and maybe he world. Come as you are. Some Highlights...
Ktown Synagogue Mashup?
This week, The New York Times profiled the expected rebirth of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. It had seen better times. Once known as the Temple of the Stars, built with donations from...