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Alan Dershowitz Sees Potential in "Curb" Episode
ByRabbi Jason Miller December 2, 2011

When I blogged about Larry David’s brilliant “Palestinian Chicken” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, I focused on the role that the yarmulke played in that episode and didn’t really get into the meatier (get it?) issue that chicken can potentially play in Israeli-Palestinian relations. I figured someone would find value in that comical episode and try…

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Yom Kippur at Occupy Wall Street
ByRabbi Jason Miller October 9, 2011

Yesterday, hundreds of young Jews were on a 25-hour hunger strike at Occupy Wall Street. Okay, so it was actually a Yom Kippur fast. Kol Nidre on Wall Street (photo: Damon Dahlen / AOL) What was so meaningful about Friday night’s “Occupy Wall Street” Kol Nidrei services in front of Brown Brothers Harriman on Broadway…

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Curb Your Enthusiasm Minyan with Bill Buckner
ByRabbi Jason Miller September 7, 2011

Larry David’s TV show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” on HBO is known for forging into new territory for television shows. This most recent episode certainly marked a few TV firsts. To begin with, I don’t believe the following statement had ever been uttered on TV before: “I don’t wanna’ be in your stupid minyan anyway.” I…

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