Today’s Judaism Today, I mean, New York Times reports on the University of Chicago’s annual smackdown between latkes and hamantaschen. There’s no contest as far
For some, today is a national holiday that goes with Thanksgiving just like potatoes compliment the turkey and stuffing. After we spend a day stuffing
As hard as it is to market an institution to both secular and religious Jews, it is even harder to market an institution to both
Credit Where It’s Due: Yesterday, the great intellectual linguist Noam Chomsky Hillel Halkin wrote in the New York Sun that Sharon’s decision to leave the
Thanksgiving at the End of November: A Secular or Religious Holiday? (With an Appendix about Halloween) by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde Thanksgiving is a uniquely
The same putz who was trying to remove God from the Pledge of Allegiance is now trying to remove God from money as well. How
Jewish youth in the diaspora have always been polylingual. Many speak German, others Spanish, Yiddish, French, Gruzinic. Some, believe it or not, have also taken
National Havurah Committee (NHC) New England Winter Retreat December 16-18, 2005 Cape Cod, Massachusetts You’re going to be there! All are invited to a Shabbat
I have just discovered this (weird to me) subculture on the recently launched Google Video. Mobius linked it a short while back, but check out
… or how Ushpizin taught me to watch more Curb Your Enthusiasm.