Firstly, I just need to mention that just in time for Parshat Ki Tisa, when the Israelites take a census, my mailbox contained a questionnaire from the US CENSUS Secondly, I hope you are already...
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Double Chai Sundance 2019: What’s Jew-ish at the Fest
The 36th Annual Sundance 2019 started in Park City, Utah, today with founder Robert Redford standing before attendees and… walking off the stage. After over three decades of kicking off the...
The Sparkle Shabbat Drag Havdalah of Northampton Mass
A Jewish day school in Western Mass, home to Smith College, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and UMass-Amherst is hosting a very creative havdalah this weekend, after Parsha BO is recited. It is a family...
Likud Knesset Member Makes Ninet Tayeb Crazy
Miki Zohar is an Israeli Knesset member with the Likud party. He is often seen in parliament sporting his trademark 5 o’clock shadow and despite his contention that you have to be delusional...
Newbits: Will Chief Rabbi Validate Parking But Not Conversions; Vogue’s Trump Shabbat, and a Jew-nicorn
A Member of the Knesset, Elazar Stern, who identifies as an observant Orthodox Israeli Jew and is a member of the Yesh Atid party, called on Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi – Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef...
Friday Night Dinner Comes to America on CBS
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...
Mountain High Shabbat Spiritual Adventure
Shabbat Tent and Pico Shul are organizing the second annual Mountain High Shabbat Spiritual Adventure for young adults in their 20s and 30s, August 22-24, in the Angeles National Forest Jackson Flats...
Red Alert at Cheskie’s in Montreal
Today I went to Cheskie’s Bakery in the Plateau neighborhood of Montreal. Given that it was a Friday, the slow moving line was out the door. The people standing in line were a diverse...