How else to explain his recent interview with Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti? Clearly Stewart wanted in on the whole peace, love and understanding thing going on over at the J Street conference...
A Galilee Shabbat
. . The talented Nehemia Gershuni who usually focuses on military subjects in his photos captured this image. More of his stuff can be seen on Flickr. . . . . BW Ruth’s beautiful eye captured...
Shabbat Tent: The Legend Returns
We just were supersized. Our new shabbat tent at Phish Fest! Check it out! In the Lamb on Broadway site next to camping headquarters! Corner of Carpet Crawlers and Gabriel Eno streets. Thank you...
ShivaWatch: Lawrence Halprin Passes Away at 93
Lawrence Halprin, the renowned landscape architect died this week at the age of 93. Born in New York City, he worked on a pre-State kibbutz for three years as a teenager, and then returned to the USA...
(Super) Circumcise Me!
The first time Christopher Campbell converted to Judaism, he changed his name to Yisrael and got circumcised. He became a Reform Jew. The second time he converted to Judaism, he became a Conservative...
Instant Jew’s Ear Fungus
Good to the last drop! The Forward’s Bintel Blog recently reported: Whether this is fungus for an instant Jew or instant ear fungus for the whole tribe, it’s comforting to know that the...
Eli Valley vs the Sway Machinery in the Temple of Self Hatred (NYC)
With special guests Girls In Trouble Our little buddy Eli Valley is performing with JDub Records’ Sway Machinery in a show that will (somehow) combine Sway Machinery’s punk-and-blues...
What Should a Rabbi Drive II: Test Ride Edition
Vanity Fair car columnist Brett Berk made it to LA, and we followed up on the original story, of my car dilemma. Read the first article, if you haven’t, in order for this one to make even more...
J Street Conference. New Avenue for Ideas or Dead End, Part 2
The J Street conference reminded me of two recent Torah readings. The first was Bereshit, in which the world is created (and then there was a helluva lot of work required afterwards). And the next is...
You Gotta Admire Jewish Cross-Promotion
And here Muffti is giving it the attention it doesn’t deserve. But he really likes the line about the ‘moral obligations of a celebrity’. Does anyone of our readers know which...