A week ago, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School released its seventh volume of its מילין חביבין – Beloved Words (Milin Havivin) journal. In a unique direction, this issue focusses on the arts, with sections on painting, dance, theater, music, poetry, literature,...
This past Sunday, I held an Irish Whiskey-tasting – my first-ever. Along with 15+ other people, we were able to sample 7 different Irish whiskies. While I have had Jameson and Bushmills, I really did not have much of a...
A curiosity of mine for a few years now has been the noticeable absence, when reading through the statements of the early rabbis, as to why they do not mention a reason as to why Jews are supposed to light...
Last week, at Hillel International‘s inaugural Global Assembly, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, the Executive Director of Hillel at UCLA, was recognized for his 39 years of service with Hillel in advance of his upcoming retirement from Hillel this summer. “It is...
At last week’s annual Hillel International staff conference, its president obliquely referenced Open Hillel. Speaking in Orlando at Hillel’s Global Assembly, Eric Fingerhut, having spoken about Hillel and Israel, also seemed to have referenced some challenges that Open Hillel, which recently...
Having written about the eight kosher restaurants that are open in Las Vegas, That list is now growing. Opening up in the next few days not far from Jerusalem Grill is Genesis Restaurant. Located at 4561 West Flamingo Road, Genesis...
Last week, at Hillel International’s new annual staff conference, Eric Fingerhut, president of Hillel International addressed the crowd concerning the challenges that Hillels, their staff members and their supporters face concerning divestment and other anti-Israel activities taking place on university...
Six months ago today, the Hershey’s Chocolate World store opened up at New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Since then, the store has been serving up customers hundreds of chocolatey options. According to a press release,...
The Babylonian Talmud not infrequently records collections of statements from amora’im, starting off with one that connects with the immediately preceding discussion, but then continues on with other similar statements by that particular sage. One such semi-famous collections of statements...
Recently, I went to Rock Bottom in Long Beach, where I had a flight of their beers. The flight consisted of six beers: Kölsch, White Ale, Red Ale, Chunk of Pumpkin Ale, India Pale Ale, and Porter. I found the...
