It’s extremely meaningful to let yourself get lost in a performance and to uncover the special qualities of fiction and comedy. Sitting in the audience allowed me to view life as a game, just for a little while, and to let the actresses on stage do the living.
I figured out what I most liked about the book Ariel Samson, Freelance Rabbi on its last page, in its very last line.
A discussion with the creator of the Misaviv Hebrew Circle Calendar.
Bulletproof Stockings make being Jewish cool. Make being a woman cool. Make being a musician cool. Make being brave cool. Make being human cool.
November’s poems, simply put, are beautiful in their provocation. Like the best poetry, they force us to look anew, to reconsider perspective, to reshape our own vision, if only for the time with these delicate verses.
Matthue Roth reviews the Benjamin Stein novel "The Canvas."
Chillent sounds like they can be the coolest chassidishe wedding band in the land or open a jamband festival featuring the likes of Phish, Gov’t Mule, and Blues Traveler.
Steve Jobs did not exit the womb with a computer chip in his mouth. Warren Buffet was not born holding a stock tip, and Thomas Edison didn't change the light bulb above his crib.
Sex. Drugs. Gays. “Transparent” has it all. And it is also the best, most authentic Jewish television of 2014.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
