Life
A Baby By Any Other Name…
JTA is currently featuring an article about the challenge of choosing a name for a Jewish baby, so I thought ...
The Virgin Bride
In recent months I have received a flurry of wedding invitations. I have also been helping plan my sister’s wedding, ...
What Happens Then?
Last week an older man who I know from various minyanim on the Upper West Side mentioned that he was ...
Old School Birthing
Yesterday’s New York Times profiled the recent rise in home birthing, a concept that started out as the only option ...
How Much Should We Talk About Sex?
I’ve been thinking a lot about sex recently, which is not, like, a new thing for me, but I’ve been ...
Election Roundup
Just in: According to ABC News and Fox News, Rahm Emanuel has been offered the position of President Obama’s Chief ...
Gawking vs. Learning
I’ve been watching a lot of TLC lately, and it seems like the angle of that network is essentially, ‘Watch ...
Half a Torah
What is a haftarah, exactly? You should visit MJL’s haftarah page to become an authority on the matter in less ...
Jews in Television #1: Mazel Tov on Becoming a Dad
I’m devoting today’s posts to the love of my life: Television.Because I was a bit too young to appreciate it ...
Pink Ribbons and Yom Kippur
It’s October, which, as you may have noticed is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and there’s a pink ribbon on everything ...