Okay real talk: Shavuot is the most slept-on holiday in the entire Jewish calendar and I will not be taking questions at this time. No cap. Think about what this holiday actually is. The anniversary...
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Poland and the Jews: The People2People Project
When one thinks about Jews and Poland the first thing that comes to mind usually isn’t Jazz, or high fashion, or burlesque etc. A new and innovative project called People2People is seeking to...
When You’re The Only Jew At The Christmas Party (and Israel)
Taylor, a Buzzfeed employee who is Jewish, stars in another video about Jews. This time she white-girl-raps her song of the alienation felt by a Jew at a Christmas party. While I don’t believe...
Former Mayor of New York Ed Koch dead at 88
Former Congressman and three-term Mayor of New York Ed Koch passed away today. Koch was quite a character, and lots has been written about the man who rose from his modest beginnings as the son of...
This Week in Jew Envy
It’s often difficult to imagine how a people that was massacred less than 70 years ago is now the subject of such envy. The Jewish community wails about declining population numbers, decreased...
Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: Facing Tomorrow...
I have been thinking about tomorrow, and not just because they told me not to stop. Actually, as historian Niall Ferguson noted at Jerusalem’s recent Presidential Conference (already discussed...