Stoner Logic The usual suspects are all up in arms about some statements made during Mark Maron’s WTF podcast during an interview with comedian Seth Rogen. The podcast was meant to promote...
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TJS Live: Heralds of Zion I Rav Alkalai and Rav Kalischer
The first in the ‘Heralds of Zion’ series. After introducing the two essential elements of Zionism, we explore its roots in classical religious thinking and how modernity forced an...
Joe Exotic’s (Tiger King’s) Jewish Brother and 10 Shows to Binge During Quarantine
When I binged “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” a new 2020 docu-series (or more reality series) on NETFLIX, I hated all the characters and would not have been upset had the lions...
Israel: The Land of Love and Honey
Israel is not just a place I love, it’s the place that taught me love. In 2017, I moved to Israel for a yearlong immersive experience with Masa Israel Teaching Fellows (MITF). Little did I know that...
Chips with Dips: Sabra Hummus #Superbowl Ad to Feature Drag Queens
Drag queens Kim Chi and Miz Cracker will be featured in a 30 second Superbowl ad for Sabra brand hummus, North America’s market share leader in the fresh hummus grocery space. The...
TJS S3E19: The Samson Option
In the first decade of the state, Prime Minister Ben Gurion was haunted by one thought – that a second holocaust could come at the hands of Israel’s enemies. In order to stave off this...
It’s Raining Films: Israeli Films at Over 3 Fests
The 13th Annual Other Israel Film Festival arrived in Manhattan this week, filled with films and inspiring, and uncomfortable discussions. So Jewish, no? Equal doses of discomfort and entertainment;...
TJS S3E16 Israel at age ten
Life offers so few opportunities to stop and reflect that we need to seize every chance. What better time to look back at the questions with which we began this season than in Israel’s tenth...