Joshua Eli Plaut
Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD, is the full-time Executive Director of American Friends of Rabin Medical. He is an historian, photo-ethnographer, and cultural anthropologist, and is also the author of A Kosher Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Jewish and Greek Jewry in the Twentieth Century, 1913-1983: Patterns of Jewish Communal Survival in the Greek Provinces before and after the Holocaust. He also serves as the Rabbi of the Metropolitan Synagogue in Manhattan.
Articles by Joshua Eli Plaut
What is That Song Playing in My Ear?
Jews have played a crucial role in popularizing Christmas. They have enhanced the national observance of Christmas by composing many ...
It’s Hanukkah Time! Where’s the Party?
Every December, I am overwhelmed by the magnitude of Jewish celebrations taking place across the United States. This is a ...
Festivus!
Festivus, the secular December holiday credited to a screenwriter of the 1990s television sitcom Seinfeld, grew in popularity beyond its television ...
So You Want to Dress Up As Santa?!
So you want to dress up as Santa?!!! This is not as unusual as it might seem! I have covered ...