Monthly Archives: April 2008
Traveling Geeks – SF Bay Area Bloggers Travel the World, Starting With Israel
I have found myself following the likes of a few SF Bloggers who are now in Israel. There for the The Marker Com.vention, “famous” bloggers have banded together to post... Read More »
Internet Predator Targets Jewish Students
A warning has been sent to Jewish communities concerning an internet predator that specifically targets religious Jewish students. The predator goes by the alias of either David Newman or David... Read More »
Prominent Westchester Rabbi and Wife Die in Tragic Accident
Rabbi Jacob Rubenstein, past president of the Rabbinical Council of America (the main Modern Orthodox rabbinic group) and Rabbi of Young Israel of Scarsdale, NY, and his wife Deborah died... Read More »
Bibleman vs. The Jews
While I have never really heard of Christian television, aside from things like “the 700 Club,” apparently there is a whole culture of Christian television. The Trinity Broadcasting Network, a... Read More »
Justice Gabriel Bach: Eichmann Prosecutor
On April 10, 2008, Justice Gabriel Bach came to speak at Touro Law in Central Islip, New York. Who is he? He is a former Justice to the Israeli Supreme... Read More »
Matzah and the Boston Marathon
Every year on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts holiday celebrating the start of the Revolutionary War in Concord, thousands of people run the Boston Marathon. While not as famous as its... Read More »
MTV Releases Holocaust PSA
A few weeks ago, MTV posted some interesting new videos as part of their Think Campaign, which tries to make it so that ” you, your friends, and your favorite... Read More »
“I would like to send my children to Jewish school and live comfortably, but I have to make more money. How can I get the highest job offer for the work that I do?”
I recently had dinner with an observant Jewish professional in his mid 30’s. He felt that to send one’s children to private day school, buy a house in the New... Read More »
The Geek Guide to Kosher Machines
I just stumbled on a Wired article from November of 2004 which profiles Jonah Ottensoser, an engineer for the Star-K. “A retired helicopter engineer who is himself Orthodox, Ottensoser teaches... Read More »
The Huffington Post Goes to Israel
Several influential bloggers have been taken on a tour of Israel courtesy of the Solomon Project. Writers from DailyKos, The Huffington Post, MyDD and several other progressive blogs were brought... Read More »
Knockin’ On Zimmerman’s Door
While my current employment in Jewish entertainment media has come up in my posts from time to time, I’ve never quite had enough gall to publish one of my playlists.... Read More »
Combating Anti-Semitism
I was walking home for shul this Shabbos when a Lexus came to a stop about twenty feet away from me. Two kids, no more than seventeen, sat in the... Read More »
Statistically Speaking…
Today I met a fascinating man. Well, that’s deceptive. He’s rather nondescript. His job sounds, and probably is, rather boring. He works with numbers, though not financially. He analyzes data,... Read More »
Bedtime Stories
When we watch the evening news, everything we hear and see will have already happened. The news anchors are telling us stories. We watch because we believe that knowing those... Read More »
“I am Sabbath observant. How do I tell a potential new boss?”
An often difficult question vexing potential new employees is bringing up the issue of Sabbath and holiday observance. I would suggest not bringing up the issue until late in the... Read More »
The Incredible Story of “Natan Levy”/AKA Ted Riley Floyd
In another proof that real life outdoes film in the sensationalism department, the ultra-orthodox community of Lakewood, NJ was shocked to learn that a member of their community had been... Read More »
The Incredible Story of Isaac Hersh
Isaac Hersh, the son of the CEO of a prominent Orthodox organization based in Brooklyn, was recently rescued from a torture camp in Jamaica and brought home to America in... Read More »
Re: Kippot At Job Interviews
I was going to write this as a comment to an earlier post by Lavie Margolin, “I regularly wear a Kippah. Somebody told me not to wear it on an... Read More »
