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Becoming Jewish: Insomniac’s Shabbat
Coming to grips with some of the harder aspects of becoming Jewish (or any religion for that matter). Read More
The Hope And Tragedy Of Shalom Auslander
Everything you ever wanted to know about the controversial writer but were afraid to ask in one interview. Read More
The Weekly Yiderati – Shteyngart’s Tweets, Ben Marcus’ Wordless Musics, Simon Rich Shouts & Murmurs, And More
Our weekly roundup of all things literary because we’ve been told that Jews like books. Read More
Jewish Women Fight Misogyny By Dancing To Queen
On Friday, Jan 6th, 2012, a group of 250 women from Bet Shemesh decided to raise their voices against the exclusion of women from the public domain by holding a mass public dance in the city square. Read More
The Ira Glass Infatuation Post/ This American Life Review: Catching Up With The Facebook Terrorist During a Rerun
Bambi’s dusting off the keyboard for a special treat. While Ira took a breather with a rerun, we caught up with the star of Act 1 of another episode, Right to Remain Silent, Joe Lipari, whose short starring Dave Hill is making its rounds on the film fest circuit this year. Read More
Jews Watching TV: When TV’s Best New Comedy Is Also The Worst
There are shows one watches because he or she likes them and there are shows they don’t because they don’t. Also, there are shows, usually of the reality persuasion, that a person might watch because they loathe it and hate-watching is one of our times’ great cultural revelations. Read More