One of the wonderful and truly random things about being on this list is that I am listed right behind the rabbi who officiated at my wedding. You can access the list with the following link: http://www.newsweek.com/50-influential-rabbis-77133
I’ve got a new essay running up on the Huffington Post. You can find it here if you’d like to read it and all the bizarre commentaries that follow it. Or for the text, see below… “If I started talking about science from the pulpit,” a seasoned Methodist minister sitting to my left said, “my wife would shoot a spitball from the choir!” As Anthony Thomas’ new documentary about the rise of creationism entitled Questioning Darwin is about to air…
I am the kewlest. I am really really kewl guys. That is all.
I was fortunate to be part of this fantastic anthology of writers. And now…for those of you who tire of ink on sliced trees…we are entering cyberspace. Kindlers and nookers and ipaders rejoice! Visit http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HS27GDW #newbooks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Killing the Buddha Publishes “Exhilarating” E-Book Believer, Beware: First-Person Dispatches from the Margins of Faith Selected by Jeff Sharlet, Peter Manseau and the editors of Killing the Buddha e-book edited by Gordon Haber and Brook Wilensky-Lanford Cover art by Danica Novgorodoff…
“The most surprising aspect of “What We Brought Back: Jewish Life After Birthright,” a collection of essays, poems and images by more than 24 Birthright travelers to Israel, is just how varied and deep the authors delve. You’d be forgiven for assuming this anthology would trumpet the horn of the Taglit-Birthright program, much like the standard mission trip to Israel; this would be a false assumption. The thoughtful musings by the many young contributors to the book, edited by Wayne…
My beloved and I just returned from an amazing five-day trek in Guatemala. Visiting our friends in Antigua, traveling to Lake Atitlan to visit Santiago – it was an amazing journey. Here are the top 100 of the 1,000 photos I took. As part of the trip, we spent time with a Mayan woman (actually a Tz’utujil Mayan) named Dolores Ratzun. You can read about her life here. If you go to Atitlan, hire her for a tour – she is…
In this short video there is a pan to the crowd and a glimpse of the late Ruth Bregman (z’l) enjoying a festive night in Montclair. She passed away this past year. Thinking of her as I play this song.
The local Montclair “webzine” of sorts has a wonderful article on the Anti-Thanksgivukkah tune. Check it out here! http://www.baristanet.com/2013/11/thanksgivukkah-comes-every-70-millenia/
That’s right folks, now that the Thanksgivukah song is out in the stratosphere (thank you to the good folks of Heeb Magazine!) it is time to release the LUNAR TUNES album. No plastic discs involved – it is a totally digital release that can be accessed RIGHT HERE. Enjoy!
I’m not even sure how to spell the conflation but I can say that mashing up the holidays is ah- -making -me -crazee. Pumpkin spice kugel? Puhl-eeze. Thanks to the good folks over at Heeb Magazine for sharing our friendly anti-mashup vision with the world.