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Ben Stiller is Not a Patrilineal Jew
My friend and co-blogger for The Jewish Week, Julie Wiener, writes about Ben Stiller’s opening monologue on Saturday Night Live this past week. Julie’s “In the Mix” blog focuses on issues facing the intermarried. I also tuned in to Saturday Night Live following a 25-hour fast and then watching my Detroit Tigers lose in their…
Complete Helen Thomas Interview
Here is the complete video of Rabbi David Nesenoff (RabbiLIVE.com) asking Helen Thomas her views on Israel. Watching it, one gets the idea that Helen Thomas has always held these opinions, but can no longer keep them to herself now that the almost 90-year-old has lost her filter and says whatever she’s thinking. Listen carefully…
Fatherhood
My daughter had a fever today so I took my two sons out to lunch. Sitting at lunch I couldn’t help thinking about what a blessing it is to be a father. And then, as fate would have it, my father walked into the restaurant and sat down at the booth behind us for a…
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RIP Adam Yauch (MCA) – Jewish and Buddhist
Back in 1987 at Camp Tamarack, I remember a couple of friends and I decided to sing “Paul Revere” for a talent show. “Only if I can be MCA,” I recall saying to my two fellow campers. There was something about MCA that I always liked. Three Jewish white boys at a Jewish summer camp…
An Orrin Hatch Hanukkah
At the end of the video, writer Jeffrey Goldberg nonchalantly says: “So it’s just… all it is is a Hip Hop Hanukkah song written by the senior senator from Utah. That’s all it is.” Well, even more than that, it’s a funky Hanukkah song written by a 75-year-old Mormon senator who wrote the song as…
Shofar So Good
Another “Day of Atonement” has come and gone. While Rosh Hashanah is the official beginning of the new Jewish year, it always seems that it is not until the conclusion of Yom Kippur that the new year really commences. So, I say “Bring it on 5770!” you can’t be any worse than the past year…