I have about four Google Hangout and Zoom meetings a day with various teams, not to mention the cool livecast with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks from his study in Golders Green, London, today. And do you...
Keeping Anti-Semitic Crashers Out of Your Zoom Seder, Meeting, Event, Class, or Happy Hour
I was participating in a recent Zoom meeting with over 300 attendees when an anti-Semitic bastard chimed in with anti-Jewish comments. He had zoom-bombed this Jewish-affiliated group’s meeting...
5 Tips for Looking Good at Your Zoom Seder or Online Happy Hour
With the rabbinate recommending an online seder on ZOOM or other conferencing app, here are some tips on looking good online. 1. MOISTURIZE 2. DRESS UP. Few colleagues or family members want to see...
Quarantined? Kosher for Pesach Wine Recommendations 2020
SO many colleagues are having online / livecast HAPPY HOURS; and some friends need to drink to watch UNORTHODOX on NETFLIX; it can’t hurt to stock up on wines that are Kosher for Passover that...
TJS S3 Interlude – the many faces of mercy
Sometimes you have to speak from the heart. Here are a few thoughts, or really feelings, about our current situation. There is a tremendous potential in every crisis, the question is – can we...
Zayde, it’s time to go
Yesterday, apologies were issued after reports that Bernie Sanders was going to suspend his 2020 Presidential campaign proved to be untrue. Sanders was, at one point, the front runner in the race for...
SxSW Was Cancelled But Here Are Some Of Its Invited Bands You Can Enjoy Online
With the postponement of South by Southwest (SxSW) in Austin Texas this month, we will miss hundreds of bands, but can still enjoy many online: Here are a few you might enjoy ADA LEA. Intimate...
TJS S3E26 Eli Cohen, hero of Israel
Historians may argue about whether one person can shift the course of history, but everyone agrees that a hero can change the world. Here is the story of Eli Cohen, hero of Israel.
Shabbat Services Livecasts and LiveStreams
Firstly, I just need to mention that just in time for Parshat Ki Tisa, when the Israelites take a census, my mailbox contained a questionnaire from the US CENSUS Secondly, I hope you are already...
CoronaTunes Dot IL – My CoVid-19 Quarantine Playlist
With so many residents in NY and NJ and across the USA under voluntary or mandatory self-quarantines; with over 500 cases of what is being called coronavirus in NY State (as of March 14); with over...