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Finding the Moshiach in Lost
SPOILER ALERT: If you watch Lost, and have not seen last night’s episode, “He’s Our You,” yet, go watch it, ...
Musaf First Aid (just in case…)
Today is Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the Hebrew month and the festival of the New Moon. Jews celebrate by ...
Barbra Streisand’s Yentl
The significance of this 1983 film based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story.
HaOrot – The Music of Rav Kook’s Inner Bebop Child
I did not expect this. When I got the package in the mail, it definitely felt like a CD. But ...
Today in History
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirt Factory Fire occurred in New York City, killing more than 150 people: A ...
News from the Borscht Belt Kiffiyah.
This is what happens, when Jews stop visiting Kutsher’s. (Ht:JTA)
Shabbat at South by Southwest
Alan Jay Sufrin and Miriam Brosseau form Stereo Sinai, a self-described “biblegum pop” band based in Chicago, IL. This week, ...
Palestinian Hip-Hop Meets Tupac
An entry on the new Scorchin’ Torah blog sets up a series of interesting comparisons — first, between a new ...
Open Mouth, Don’t Insert Foot
Last night a friend of mine really upset me. I know it wasn’t intentional, but she said something that sent ...
