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The Rebbe and the Forty-Nine Hipsters
Last week, I told you how the Biala Rebbe was coming to our house. And I’ve gotten a bunch of ...
Wise Fridays: Time and Money
“Told that a certain man had acquired great wealth, a sage asked: ‘Has he also acquired the days in which ...
Meeting the Rebbe
Tomorrow night, we’ll be hosting the Biala Rebbe of Jerusalem, Rabbi Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz, in our house. Some of our ...
The Biggest Cemetery in the World
Yesterday, Joshua Cohen told us how to write a book like Coney Island. His new novel, Witz, is now available. ...
The Orthodox Jersey Shore
When Frum Satire showed me In Over Our Heads — billed as “the first unscripted Jewish reality television series” — ...
Shutting Up the Bigots
So I was planning on writing a pretty lighthearted post about this amazing website called SameSexShidduch.com. I mean, as long ...
Herman Wouk: Cliff’s Notes for the Big Bang
I wrote my first novel standing in Herman Wouk’s shadow. Literally: I was in college at the George Washington University ...
Jews on Hulu
I got in a little bit of trouble the other day. We have been working closely with Brooklyn filmmaker Jason ...
Jews for Jesus–“You Can’t Say I’m Not a Jew”
I’ve been reading a book about Messianic Judaism in order to write an article for MJL, and jeesh is it ...
Wise Fridays: On Suffering
Rabbi Yochanan once became ill, and Rabbi Hanina went to visit him. He asked him, “Are your sufferings welcome to ...