Help Me Write My #ish
It’s time to write my #ish, I want to get it just right, and I need your help. Here’s my quick run-down of the hot new Jewish website www.whatsyourish.com.
Alef List: Blintzes and Beer
This edition of the Alef List (the hottest happenings around town for cool Jews like you) is brought to you by the letter B. Because sometimes it’s fun to look at the calendar in a different way.
NY Post Interview with Crown Heights Killer: "Let Bygones be Bygones"
The man who killed Orthodox Jew Yankel Rosenbaum during the Crown Heights Riots says “Let Bygones be Bygones.” Not just yet.
The (real) Day the Earth Stood Still
This coming week is the anniversary of the most world changing event in the history of mankind. It is also one of the least well-known Jewish Festivals on the Jewish calendar.
Let's Kibbitz: on Snubs at Summer Weddings
We’re asking you to answer this question amongst yourselves. Nu, two Jews, three opinions, right? Let’s have it.
What the bleep?! This week's hot Jewish news
Controversial questions for Jewish justice-to-be Elena Kagan, right wing Jews go vandalizing, Lewis Black on Glenn Beck’s Nazi bull%$&#, Jew Hatred at UC Irving, Eli Wiesel gets the smackdown and more.
Minnesota Mamaleh: On Balance
My kids, my house, my husband, myself. What’s that last one again? I’m grasping for balance, friends.
Noshin' Recipe: Cheesecake and Blintzes for Shavuot
Shavuot commemorates the receiving of the Torah from Mount Sinai. To celebrate we eat milk-ful dishes like blintzes and cheesecake. I know — being Jewish is sooooooo rough.
Singer Peter Himmelman Comes Home: to Minneapolis' Talmud Torah
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman tries to avoid concerts on Shabbos. He also wears tzitzis and a kippah on stage – although his audience wouldn’t usually know it.
Local Jewish Bluesman to Rock Out at Famous Dave's (plus your chance to win CDs)
Local Jewish kid Misha Siegfried is the lead guitarist for the Charles Walker Band, a hot Blues/R&B/Fund hybrid playing at Famous Dave’s on 5/20. Check ’em out.