No Women Allowed at Seder!
An article in The Jewish Week about a new Haggadah for men only has really got me confused. Here is an admittedly simplistic timeline of the last 35 years. Judaism is seen as being too male centered, with commentaries on…
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Rav Shmuel
Anti-Nazi Activist Babe Ruth Needs Our Help!
Babe Ruth was a quintessential American. Somewhat larger than life, the Babe represented the kind of freedom that drives those who believe in despotic regimes mad. During World War II, when Japanese soldiers charged American troops, they would sometimes scream,…
Merry Xmas – Pass the chopsticks!
I’m surprised that nobody has posted this yet – this is fun! I’m going to try to cover this song at Knishmas in Chicago this year.
Samsonblinded Blinded By Ignorance
Thank you Nikol for ruining my day. Well, maybe not for ruining it but certainly for injecting a sour note. In a response to my post earlier today about Yidcore’s new “shteller” (position) you wrote; “That’s all fine. What, however,…
Ortho-punk High Holy Days!
For a minute there I thought the world had come to an end. According to The Forward, on Rosh haShanah at The North Eastern Jewish Centre, an Orthodox synagogue in Australia, the largely conservative, middle-class congregants were “forced to face…
Ho Holo Holocaust
Reading “My Holocaust” (Tova Reich’s satirical send-up of the Holocaust industry) during my short vacation this summer in northern California was at the bottom of my list. But when I saw Cynthia Ozick taking Gary Rosenblatt to task over his…