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Me and the Maharal (Down by the Schoolyard)
Just got my copy of Curt Leviant’s translation of The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague, ...
Around the World With Hava Nagila
Aliza Hausman, over at Memoirs of a Jewminicana clued me in to this hilarious and awesome Indian version of Hava ...
Interview: Gerald Schroeder
Dr. Gerald Schroeder is an MIT trained physicist and an Orthodox Jew. His previous books, including Genesis and the Big ...
Free Love and Communal Shabbat Dinners
When I lived in San Francisco, I didn’t have much going on in the way of hospitality — mainly because ...
Marketing Hitler
First there was the Hitler sperm being used to market a brand of condoms. And now, Hitler is being used ...
More Lubavitch Fetishism
Remember way back when I wrote about how the New York Times constantly glamorized/fetishized/stared at the world of Hasidic Brooklyn? ...
Renaissance in a Time of Ration
This article was written for the 2009 Why Be Jewish Gathering: Renaissance in a Time of Ration, a project of ...
Pride Month is Coming: Tremble and Make a Jihad
Pride Month (June) is almost upon us and preparation for big events are already underway within the Jewish community. Get ...
Hasidic Poetry Slam
OK, as promised:This past Saturday night was the first Hasidic poetry slam in Crown Heights, at least in the estimations ...
Yom Yerushalayim: Break Out the Kugel.
Tomorrow is Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day. This year I didn’t do much for Yom Haatzmaut, but I can’t let ...