“What Trenton Makes The World Takes.” Those are the words on a New Jersey bridge. We can amend it. “What Brazil Rejects, NYC Gets.” This...
Ummmmmmm… I mean Ohmmmmmm….. Yoga is supposed to reduce tsurris, not create it. Bullard Elementary in suburban Atlanta has banned the use of the word...
LEON H. CHARNEY passed away this week, before Erev Purim in New York City. He was a behind the scenes “spy for peace” who helped...
Once every 19 years – or so I heard – a Jewish Film Fest naturally occurs in Manhattan. It is a Naturally Occurring JFF, not...
On March 29th, 2016, Venice will “celebrate” or mark the 500th anniversary since the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, where Jews were forced...
On March 1, Manhattan’s Center for Jewish History opened a new exhibit titled, “Professional Jokers: Jewish Jesters from the Golden Age of American Comedy.” On...
Last Tuesday evening, Yishay Montgomery was playing guitar for donations on Tel AViv-Yafo promenade when he heard screams. A terrorist was stabbing people. The 26...
From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of Ethiopian Jewry, By Dr. Sharon Shalom, Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Setbon, 300 pages, 2016,...
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (VT), candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the 2016 race for POTUS, won big in Michigan last Tuesday. Sanders received...
In honor of International Women’s Day, I would like to thank g-d and the universe that men & women were not created equal. Women and men...