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Athletes’ Public Displays of Religion

This past Friday evening I sat with my family at Adat Shalom Synagogue as we watched a performance by Storahtelling, which is known for its innovative and arts-focused take on the Torah. The Storahtelling performers interpret the themes from the Torah in new ways, acting out a theatrical midrash. In “Like a Prayer,” Storahtelling veterans Jake Goodman and Emily Warshaw ...

Assualted by second hand smoke

I don’t remember the first time I was assaulted by second hand smoke, but I do remember having to work in “the smoking room” at the bingo hall I worked in through college and it was hell, but I was forced to go in there and interact with people who were just as nutty as those non-smokers, except they spent ...

A$$-Related Jewish Jewelry

One of my favorite bloggers posted recently about a Kabbalah bracelet she thinks is hot. Bossy wrote: Bossy admits to not knowing very much about the Jewish religion or this Kabbalah stuff — for instance the 72 Names of God, and how one of those names is featured on the pendant hanging from the bracelet, which is supposed to provide ...

Ask the Rebbetzin: Keeping Close to Hashem

Question:When my children were young, I developed an ongoing “conversation” with Hashem. It’s wasn’t formal davening, but continuous and in some ways more meaningful. Now that my children are older, I’ve gotten back to normal davening, but I miss the feeling of closeness I had.Answer:You are really asking what the value of formal davening is as opposed to spontaneous davening. ...

Ask the Rebbetzin: Is This The World Hashem Envisioned?

Question:I feel empty and alone and very far from Hashem whenever I am in a crowd or in traffic or waiting on line. I can’t comprehend how this unpleasant, noisy, world, with all of these people, could possibly be the world Hashem envisioned. The last time this was bothering me, I looked up and the bumper sticker on the car in front of me ...

Ask the Rebbetzin- Do I have to do housework?

Question:I’m looking forward to setting up my own home and giving my future family all the love and care they need. However, I find housework boring and draining. I personally feel that I can only be the best me when I have time outside of the house for other pursuits. I think I’d feel resentful of a husband who expected domestic work to ...

Armando Galarraga & BP

This afternoon I had the chance to watch Armando Galarraga go up against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers. This was my first opportunity to see the Detroit Tigers pitcher live since his eventful, near perfect game ten days ago. Watching him on the mound, I kept thinking how graceful he acted following the perfect ...

Arm Candy

The Yentas are dashing off for a bat mitzvah in Winson-Salem, NC this weekend (but don’t even think about robbing our house – we not only have watch chickens, but a terrifying and jobless housesitter who will patrol the perimeter with poison darts and a Taser.)Read More: @ yoyenta.comYou might also like:Brown is the New Jew?I Was Told There’d Be CheesecakeAleph ...

Arizona’s first Jewish Congresswoman with attitude

The lead story in the first edition of the New York Times yesterday began this way: “Unusual is a relative term in American political life, but Representative Gabrielle Giffords fits the bill: avid equestrian and motorcycle enthusiast, repository of arcane health care data, successful Democrat elected three times in a Republican Congressional district, French horn player and wife of an astronaut.”Only near ...

Are you just a Jew on shabbos?

For most people, morning minyan is a way of life. Either they find the virtue of starting their day with connection to God, their families force them to go or they feel driven to complete a fledgling minyan. I myself have been attending minyan lately and much to my dismay, the place I go to doesn’t always get a minyan. ...

Are You a Non-Practicing Orthodox Jew?

I was so tired yesterday when I finally got back home from the sheva brachos in NY that I hopped in bed at 3:30 and slept for 16 hours straight. I now got the gist of what some of my friends do and call the ultimate shabbos shluff. I know quite a few folks who sleep the entire shabbos, literally. ...

Are you a kiddush hoverer?

Once in a while I ask for post ideas on Facebook and someone actually has a good idea, rarely does this happen, it’s almost as if asking for ideas reinforces the belief that I actually have good ideas to write about because it seems most people can’t really come up with anything. So what’s the deal with kiddush hoverers?This isn’t ...