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An article in the Forward by Naomi Zeveloff bears this headline: “New Push To Link Jewish Boomers To Community.” In the print edition, the headline reads, “A New Initiative To Help Boomers Connect To Communal Life After They Retire.” The article blew my mind because so much of the language used and the motivations ascribed […]
Oaxaca has everything: beautiful scenery, delicious food, and a party (with parades, fireworks and more) pretty much every night. Yet after three weeks here, I think I’ve discovered the one thing it lacks. Jews. A few days after I got here, an elderly gentleman stopped me on the street. “¿Usted eres Judio?” In broken Spanish, […]
The New Jersey Jewish News, a weekly print publication in New Jersey has honored our new editor, David A.M. Wilensky, with a profile and a charming mug shot (see that thing to the right). In the article, Wilensky says some things about New Voices and about the voices we represent: Speaking about the “official” Jews, […]
Gabe Schivone, a student at the University of Arizona, recently returned from Greece, where he was planning to join the flotilla to Gaza. His boat never left port and he returned to the U.S. After a lot of phone tag, he and I finally did a short Q&A over email. His answers may be predictably […]
Not a day goes by that I don’t think, “Of course he married a shiksa.” This is what I think while watching television. Is that sick or what? Perhaps something has infected me. Maybe it was something I ate. But now all I can think about when I see a Jew on a screen is, […]
OK, so technically, Amazon is having a Kindle sale on nearly 1000 books through July 27th, with prices ranging from $0.99 to $3.99. The selection includes such must-haves as Susanna Clarke’s wry English fantasy epic Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ($2.99), cult classic Pride, Prejudice and Zombies ($0.99), and Roger Ebert’s compilation of his most […]
A lot of things suck about Jewish eating culture, like keeping kosher, keeping kosher for Passover, and the fact that the kosher Dunkin Donuts at 86th and Amsterdam in Manhattan closes at 9 p.m. But fasting is the worst. I should say now that I’m actually a pretty good faster. I drink enough before the […]
“So this is where deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon exists: In a vast white space populated by magically appearing and reappearing figments of his imagination.” [+972 Magazine] PunkTorah, of all people, becomes only the second outlet (after us, of course) to do any real reporting on the demise of JDub. [PunkTorah] Herman Cain proves his […]
Here’s something interesting: Among my different groups of friends (or should I call them “circles” of friends now?), it’s my Jewish friends that have taken to Google+ most readily. And it’s not just my Jewish friends, but it’s my camp friends, the most far-flung, geographically disparate circle of friends I know. This made me think […]
The Reading List is back! Albeit with less regularity. And it’s the summer. So it’s Summer Reading. Israel has a hockey team? Ice hockey? And they win things? [Tablet] Once again, republicans are predicting Jews are going to leave the Democratic party in droves–for real this time! And once again, they’re dead wrong. [Philadelphia Inquirer] Once […]