Oy Betcha! …and the Quest for Shabbat!
Torah discussion was out. The songs were out. Pretty much the entirety of Saturday was out. We just wanted to get through the words and not sound like tools.
New "Cool" Conservative Judaism! Now with 50% more ambiguity!
In the face of falling numbers, Conservative Jews take a long hard look in the mirror and aren’t sure what they see, besides a need to re-brand themselves.
New “Cool” Conservative Judaism! Now with 50% more ambiguity!
In the face of falling numbers, Conservative Jews take a long hard look in the mirror and aren’t sure what they see, besides a need to re-brand themselves.
Oy Betcha: A Passover Miracle
Last month I wrote about how I was baffled by Purim, an pretty much every other Jewish holiday. Well, the truth was a little worse than I had let on…
Oy Betcha: Purim? I don't even know him!
So one more Jewish holiday has passed in which I’ve suffered, utterly confused, isolated, and bummed.
Oy Betcha: Purim? I don’t even know him!
So one more Jewish holiday has passed in which I’ve suffered, utterly confused, isolated, and bummed.
Oy Betcha: No Religion, No Politics. Know Religion, Know Politics.
Religion and politics; you can’t really separate them. When you adopt a new religion, you in some way adopt its politics as well.
Oy Betcha: Jews- Bringing Sexy Back
Judaism comes with a lot of bling. We’re talking bling that’s thousands of years old. It doesn’t get much more retro hipster than that.