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Jews, God and Videotape: An Interview With Jeffrey Shandler
America in the 20th century saw an explosion of technology that was unprecedented. People, whether they were comfortable with it ...
Tisha B’Av, Music, and Starbucks
Rabbi Reuven Hammer sees much present relevance to what Jeremiah had to say about the destruction of the first Temple ...
Casspi Better Get Used To Losing
In professional sports, winning is everything. Sure, both teams can play hard, but in the end of the day, if ...
Michael Jackson, Power Girl, and the Deeper Meaning of Chests
I just took a walk outside on the rare lunchtime spent in the company of fresh air — well, as ...
Only in America–Where are the Women?
There has been a good amount of talk in the blogosphere about the new National Museum of American Jewish History ...
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg!
If you haven’t schooled yourself on The Goldbergs — one of the first American sitcoms, a virtual one-woman show created ...
Wise Fridays: Where Clarity Comes From
All clarity derives from faith, and faith is initially a composite of fear and love. The soul in its inner ...
The West Bank and Settlements
With none of the security barrier’s four “fingers” (e.g. to enclose Ariel and Kedumim) built, and large gaps (e.g. between ...
My Prayer Is Over 140 Characters…Does God Still Care?
When I first heard about Twitter, I thought it was going to be a passing fad. Having already had Facebook, ...
“I Keep Kosher, But I Eat Dairy in Restaurants”
How many times have you heard that one? Growing up, it wasn’t a big surprise: our family would go out ...