06 Oct Can’t Get That at Edgar R. Murrow High School
This one is priceless. In the spirit of the chagim and from when I was in the States...
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03 Oct More from Rosh Hashana: What Do These Things Have in Common?
Wine Apples and honey Beets Liver Pickled peppers Gefilte fish Kneidlach Tsimmes Salad Another salad White rice Persian rice Chicken with plums Steak with onion jelly sauce Some dessert which I've since forgotten after falling into coma...
02 Oct ‘Tiiiiiim-beeeer, Nu!?’
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Another wonderful Rosh Hashana come and gone. Relaxing days, reflection on the year ahead, more food than I could even imagine...
29 Sep State of the Rosh Hashana Address
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Well, my loyal readers, I had hoped to churn out a deep, thoughtful 475 page post about my vacation (more than just my impressions of American grocery stores and US Weekly's most recent article on ______'s baby bump), all the reflection I did about my...
27 Aug Sort of Like Christmas in July But Different
Just doing a little housecleaning and came across this golden falafel ball from my Purim trip to Sderot...
24 Aug In Case You Didn’t Hear, There Was a Blogging Conference. No, Seriously.
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That was for the bloggers. Just a few more thoughts regarding the NBN Jewish blogger conference (in addition to what I already wrote here...
19 Aug Gee, I Don’t Remember This Happening On ‘Friends’
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Before we jump in to today's fun post, just a reminder about the blogging conference doohickey tomorrow evening sponsored by Nefesh B'Nefesh and WebAds. (Want to know how to say "doohickey"? Give up? "Zeh" (this). "Hey man, have you seen...
15 Aug Can You Feel It, Baby? It’s Tu B’av!
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Can you feel it, my loyal readers? Something's in the air and it might be Tu B'av, the Israeli day of looooooooove! After wanting to get out and film for a while, it finally happened this week when I teamed up with the...
14 Aug Glad to See the American Jewish Community Has Its Priorities in Order
The secret is out, people-Benji Massachusetts kicks off his first US tour in a year in just a few weeks. I know what my Israeli friends are thinking. Street violence, mall shootings, and drug problems...
10 Jun Shavuot Wrap-Up: Heeeeeere, Cowy Cowy Cowy!”
Remember the scene in "Wayne's World" where Wayne and Garth are playing with the blue screen in the TV studio, pretending to be in different places? After a long pause during which they realize they're only "in Delaware", Wayne says matter-of-factly "Hi. I'm...