With today’s sale by Christies of Amedeo Modigliani’s “Nu Couché” for over $170 million, my thoughts turned from art and red coffee cups to Fall art exhibits of Jewish...
New (Jewish) Girl on Fox – Will Zooey be Jooey?
US Weekly, a weekly celebrity news magazine reports that actress Zooey Deschanel, like the biblical Ruth, and Sammy and Liz, has become a member of the Tribe. The star of the Fox channel sitcom, The...
Top 7 Ways To Know You’re Not Ready To Date
Sometimes, we think we’re ready when we’re so obviously not. If you say you’re dating to find love, and ultimately settle down with the right person, you should act accordingly and...
Taubman Auction – Off To a Rocky Start
Last evening in Manhattan, Sotheby’s kicked off the first four auctions at a red-carpeted gala event. The auctions feature the art collection of the late A. Alfred Taubman, a former owner and...
IndieCity Jerusalem Tonight Come Rain or Shine
It’s been raining in Jerusalem all day. Any rain in Israel is a good thing given how we’re usually this parched miss in the middle of the desert. It’s doubly good today because...
Dear Rabbinical Council of America
The RCA is one of the world’s largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis and is the main professional rabbinical association within Modern Orthodoxy in the United States. Recently, the RCA passed...
Transgender Jews in Orlando; Achtung Must Be Paid, Biff; and Other Newsbits
In Orlando, Florida, this week, many of the leaders of Reform Judaism are meeting. On Thursday, the group is expected to pass a far-reaching resolution on transgender rights. The resolution under...
Next to Normal in Jerusalem
[slideshow_deploy id=’32289′] No. This isn’t a commentary on the current situation in crazy, stab-happy Jerusalem. Next to Normal is the latest production by the J-Town Playhouse at...
The Canadian Jacket That Fights Holocaust Deniers
Remember four years ago, when John Galliano, the British fashion designer for Givenchy and Dior, was drunk and insulted Jews and vomited a string of anti-Semitic comments? Two years later he atoned...
Is Your Rabbi Jewish and Other Rabbi Tales
I was surprised to read about Rabbi Karen Deitsch in my latest issue of ELLE, the beauty magazine. In a profile titled “Is This The Face of New New Age,” Chip Brown profiled several...