{Previously: Part I: Main Stage & App | Part II: Service Project Opportunity} In my continuing sharing of my experience at Tribe Fest 2014, I’ve got to talk about the food, since we Jews love our food. The jambalaya (yes,...
There is an interesting term utilized in the Babylonian Talmud: “מפני מה אמרה תורה” – “On account of what did Torah say…?” Having been curious about this term, I discovered that the first sage to pose this question was Rabbi...
One of the biggest topics in the communal discourse in American Jewish life has been the results of the Pew Forum study on Jews in America, “A Portrait of Jewish Americans”. In this summer’s issue of “Jewish Action” (available in-print...
The other night, my wife and I went out to Ditmas Kitchen & Cocktail for our first time, largely because we had heard good things about it, but also because a fellow Jewish blogger (Dani from Yeah That’s Kosher) and his...
Last week, I went to one of the two locations of Beachwood Brewery to try their newly released IPA, Pride of cHops IPA. Having been released that evening (only a few hours earlier(!)), I tried a pint of it, accompanied...
Before I went to my pair of first-ever Scotch-tastings in January (two in a span of three days – it was a lot to experience!), I had never appreciated the peaty-smokiness of a Scotch. In fact, I distinctly remember attending...
With the recent publication of an issue of a journal solely dedicated to dealing with ברכת שלא עשני אשה, I thought it would be appropriate for me to take a look at the original sources in rabbinic literature. However, before...
Looking to keep kosher while in Las Vegas? On our trip to Las Vegas this summer, I checked out most of the options for the kosher traveler: If you are staying only on the Vegas Strip, there are several locations...
