Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, of blessed memory, had a special fondness for French Jews,†Rabbi Shimon Freundlich said. He raised his glass, nodding toward a cluster of guests seated in the crowded room, and took a healthy swig. It was a recent Friday night at the Chabad Lubavitch House in Beijing, a villa on a tucked-away…
Fans of funky music are used to finding Jews behind the scenes. During the 1960s, Jerry Wexler produced hits for Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. During the 1970s and ‘80s, David Geffen signed just about everybody. And in the 1990s, Rick Rubin locked the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in an abandoned Hollywood mansion and voila:…
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the first nuclear bomb test at Trinity, a desert site sixty miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Conducted in the early morning of July 16, 1945, the “gadget†was a success: producing a “burst of light of a brilliance beyond any comparison†and laying the groundwork for the U.S.’s…
It would have been nice if, in honor of July 4th, U. S. Independence Day, I wrote a sweeping, lyrical tribute to my American Jewish heritage. But as hard as I tried to come up with something awe-inspiring – combing through anecdotes about the Alamo and the text of “New Colossus†– I kept coming…
If your family is anything like mine, you already have Judaism on demand. Kugel recipes; memories of the Lower East Side; updates on the Brandeis art museum – I have it all push of a button: speed-dial to my 98-year-old great aunt, Jay, in Pompano Beach. But for folks without an on-call source for Jewish…
Summer brings with it a lot of dead air. Â From beach traffic to bathroom lines at the ballpark, awkward silences lurk everywhere. Â But fear not: just as you can arm yourself against sunburn and mosquitoes, you can prepare for lapses in conversation. Â Enter Ray Kurzweil — Jewish super-intellect; unabashed Futurist; conversational lighter fluid. Kurzweil is…