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...
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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...
Newsbits, Nunchucks, Nattering Nabobs, and No More Sex Questions
So much news of interest being generated: The Gibor HaErev – Hero of the Evening – last night on Israel TV was Yair Ben Shabat, who used his nunchucks to aid in the neutralizaton of a...
Muscle Tough – And Other Holiday Sermons
Well, we made it through Elul, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and the first days of Sukkot so far. That’s a lot of sermons to absorb. What were some of your favorites? Here are some of mine. One NYC...
The Israeli of Wet Hot American Summer
In 2001, twenty two years after “Meatballs,” David Wain and Michael Showalter premiered Wet Hot American Summer. A comedy film about the last day of camp at Camp Firewood during the...
Seattle Girl Scouts: A Mitzvah Tastier Than a Cookie Pays Off
Earlier this year, a donor offered $100,000 to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington (aka Seattle-Tacoma). This single gift was about 5% of the regional group’s annual contributions and one...
A Jewish Woman for a Sawbuck – the Redesign of the American $10 Bill
If U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew is to be believed – and as a Shomer Shabbos observing member of the Jewish tribe why should he not be believed – by the year 2020, a woman will...
JewliciousReels: Shalom Quito (and Guayaquil)
This month in NYC there are several film festivals. Kulturfest, the Israel FIlm Center and the JCC have Yiddish and Israeli films. The Human Rights Watch, American Black, Lower East Side, Rooftop...