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Marcus Freed: Being King Solomon
Marcus Freed is a man of many talents — actor, writer, poet, impresario. He is the inventor of Bibliyoga, a ...
People of The Book
Last week at JELO, a weekly interdenominational learning program at NYU’s Bronfman Center, Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the University Chaplain entered ...
Jewish Words and Knee-Jerk Reactions
Yesterday, Jason bolted out of his office with the news that a plane had crashed into the Hudson.Caught in conversation, ...
The Bible: The Cover Version
The most lasting stories are the ones that transcend circumstance–geography, culture, even linguistic and temporal idioms. An amazing, mind-blowing story ...
Torah Commentary For the Rest of Us
This is the kind of Torah commentary that the world needs more of. Last night I was at dinner with ...
King David: Coming to Primetime
Now you can do some of your Jewish learning in the evenings while you watch the tube. NBC will begin ...
The Tao of Jewish Music (and the Hebrew Alphabet)
The new issue of the Blue Jew Yorker is out and, as far as literary magazines go, this one couldn’t ...
Depression and Prayer
A few years ago, right about the time I was becoming religious, I started getting hit with Seasonal Affective Disorder. ...
She’s So Frum She Davens In Her Sleep
This past weekend both of my sisters came into town and we had a little Vixen Shabbaton (get it? Foxes…vixens…?). ...
Swimming in Music
Okay, my new music column is up — which discusses the infamous “Bart & the Hasidim” episode of “The Simpsons,” ...