Yesterday I had the fortunate opportunity to speak with Professor Elie Weisel. He was invited by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to speak at Michael Steinhardt’s home and beforehand I sat next to Professor Weisel in the living room. Needless to say, I was very uncomfortable. Most people were coming up to him and telling them how much they enjoyed Night and he would just smile and say thank you. So I decided to skip the accolades and just ask him what…
And in the Seventh Month And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month ye shall have a holy convocation ye shall do no manner of servile work it is a day of blowing the horn and honey cake and ye shall wear a decent suit and have trouble parking and wave to the Freidmans, the Kleins, the what’s-their-names, and the various other members of the tribe who you haven’t seen for a year and who you…
I was interviewed for this holiday piece in the Seattle Times about posting regrets online….a great idea by two guys who work with JConnect in Seattle.
The 60 Bloggers project is a co-production of Jewlicious.com and the Let My People Sing Festival . It is published daily for 60 days to celebrate Israel’s 60 birthday. My contribution to this project is below. Chag Samayach! Eretz Yisrael Eretz yisrael Motherland Lactating tahini Lukewarm goldstar Sachlab I once curled up under a cliff in the machtesh thousand star hotel Awoken by the sound of wild gazelles as they jostled for a choice spot by the spring Ancestral womb…
Thanks to Andrew S-C over at the NJ Jewish News, there is this interview with your truly running in the Jerusalem Post about the difference between indoctrination and inspiration. Thanks Andy!
Friends, My apologies for not blogging! I have been working on the item below for the past many moons and hiring staff and flying back and forth from one place to the next. In the meantime, good old Reb Blog surpassed 10,000 unique visitors. Not bad for a part-time scribbler. So here is an update of my least six months: Best Show I saw: Passing StrangeBest Book I Read: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazBest Movie:…
Alt-Neu Jewish Music Clarinet pointed at the ceiling as if to send a blow dart of klezmer tranquilizer into the heart of the Holy Blessed OneThe beret wearing drummer tzit-zitzes his hi-hatsThe accordionist crying through his palmsBass man just thumps thump thump thump thump thump thumpAnd now the squeal of the mad violinist, curly hair aloft, high on heavenly crank,A bow-stroked eulogy for eighty thousand lost souls, the murdered violinists. Behind the concert hall in Chestocowa, in the back lot,…
Hebrew readers can check out this interview in Maariv which covers the global hannukah event. The one line that I cracked up about was “the idea was born from the feverish mind of Rabbi Daniel Brennerfor some odd reason they put my photo in as an inset with Mattisyahu …