No. It’s not some kiruv / Jewish engagement / Birthright Israel follow up thing. No. Friday Night Dinner is a TV show in the UK on channel 4. Friday Night Dinner, created by Robert Popper, is...
The Rambam’s 9th Level of Charity: Ice Bucket Challenges
Yes. I am a curmudgeon. You can’t look at Facebook or TV these days without seeing the latest Ice Bucket Challenge™ by a celebrity, friend, politician, marching band, rabbi, cantor, or summer...
When Radical Feminists Squirm It Makes Me Smile
When radical feminists squirm, it makes me smile, and it’s not because I am anti-feminist. It’s because when any radical viewpoint is challenged it brings me pleasure. My definition of radical...
Is There Hope for Muslim-Jewish Relations?
Guest Post by Rebecca Keys Since I returned home from a Muslim-Jewish dialogue conference in Vienna, friends have been asking me, is there hope? Can Muslims and Jews be friends, and perhaps even...
Diwon’s Pre-Game (Instrumental Album & Trailer)
Before Diwon’s debut record “New Game,” there were the beats and pieces that brought his singles and full album to life. “Pre-Game” is a collection of never before heard...
Rabbis Should Stop Sermonizing About Celebrities
I’ll never forget the time I heard a Rabbi spend 15 minutes of his speech putting down Eddie Vedder. I was sitting right behind him right at the front of the Beis Midrash (study hall) facing the...
Black Jesus is Risen!
Last week saw the premiere of Adult Swim’s new comedy series Black Jesus. Created by Aaron McGruder (Boondocks) Jesus here is portrayed as living in present-day Compton, California, “on a...
Hamas Beat Israel in Gaza?
Ronen Bergman, a senior political and military analyst for Yediot Aharonot, recently penned an op. ed. for the New York Times titled How Hamas Beat Israel in Gaza. In it, he makes some assertions in...
Amal and the Night Inquisitors
Apologies to Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera title. Gabon ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella, the president of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, announced that the British-Lebanese lawyer and...
David’s Will Sit Shiva as Blank’s Shoot Pollard
The New York Times (and Roger Friedman’s Showbiz 411) report(s) that Seinfeld co-creator Larry David will debut on Broadway in March 2015 with a play about sitting shiva. I swear there was...