Did you catch the Alyson Krueger’s story in Thursday’s New York Times on the growth of B MITZVAHS for non binary, gender fluid, and other gender non-conforming 13 years olds? Also known...
Bibi Love?
Keren Hayesod Street is one of the main arteries of West Jerusalem, connecting tony, residential Emek Refaim with Jerusalem’s downtown core and King George street. Folks wandering up or down...
Three Weddings and a Crucible
In a week when about 18,000 Israel-focused attendees enjoyed lectures, lobbying and lofty speeches at the annual AIPAC confab at Washington DC’s convention center, more than 24 American rabbis...
TJS S3E3 Mass immigration and ingathering the exiles – part I
In the first two years after Israel’s independence the Jewish population doubled. Such massive immigration put an almost fatal stress on the resources and social fabric of the young state...
Is My Name David or Dayveed?
One of the cool things about the whole Westboro Baptist thing is that former member Megan Phelps Roper is really compelling. So compelling that she gets interviewed. A lot. And in some of those...
The Oldest Hatred, a practical analysis
Hatred of the Jews is the oldest and most pervasive form of prejudice which humanity knows. In this episode Rav Mike uses the comments of Haman to ask not only why we are hated, but also what we can...
Golda Meir: Israel’s Iron Lady
The U.S. may have the Notorious R.B.G., but long before she came on the scene, Israel had its own tough Jewish female leader who wouldn’t be told what to do – Golda Meir. Meir, was Israel’s...
Southern Comforting – Steel Magnolias Comes to Jerusalem
by Dooby Harvey A catchy selection of 80’s pop music plays at an empty hair salon adorned with posters of big-haired glam models, as you wait for the show to begin at J-Town Playhouse’s production of...
As The Band’s Visit Closes, Four Jewish Plays Open on Off-Broadway. The Mar Vista, Fiddler, Vilna, The Lehman...
On April 7, 2019, the Tony Award winning musical, “The Band’s Visit,” will end its Broadway run. Based on Eran Kolirin’s sleepy 2007 film of the same name, this best musical is an...
TJS S3 Interlude: What is a Jew?
It is time to move away from the divisive question of who is a Jew to ask something more essential – what is a Jew? The first half of this episode offers Rav Mike’s thoughts on the...