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Why “Silver Linings Playbook” Matters
The following is a guest post by Efrem L. Epstein. Efrem is the founder of Elijah’s Journey, an organization focusing on the issues of suicide awareness and prevention in the Jewish community. For...
View Article“I’ll Be Your Mirror — Reflections on Lou Reed”— Cross-posting to Heeb Magazine
Hey, Jewschoolers. Check out my piece in Heeb about Lou Reed, z”l. I’ll tease it here, and you can click on the link to read the rest on Heeb. ————————– If you’re reading this, you probably already...
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Zombie manicures arise once more!
Like the zombie living dead trend,Torah manicures fever just will not die. Starve the cold, feed the fever, or the reverse. Kill it, already. Why is this still being talked about as though it were an...
View ArticleBeaking Bad
New Thanksgivukah cartoon for American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
View ArticleOops, the Maccabeats Were Kinda Mean
When I saw the link for the new Maccabeats video, I was excited! Another song to play ad nauseum on youtube as I sit in my office. Those Maccabeats, they’re so catchy. And I love showing the videos to...
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To Cry for You: Remembering Arik Einstein z”l
The death of Arik Einstein z”l highlights the jagged seam line where Israeli and Diaspora Jews meet. Or don’t meet. JJ Goldberg comments on this in the Forward and Liel Leibowitz rips the seam wide...
View Articlea freylikhen shushan purim!
Wishing you and yours a most joyous Shushan Purim from New York! The following Purim schtick video is brought to you by some of your favourite Jews from the Jewish Theological Seminary:
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Rabbinical Girl
The following post is contributed by guest poster Miriam Liebman. A native Detroiter, Miriam Liebman is currently a second-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Miriam is also an...
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TBT: Blogging the Homer DOH!
Waaaay back in 2003, Mobius posted about Counting the Homer, a Simpsons Omer counter. To see the brief post in its original formal, click here. Good find Mobius… It was, and remains, a popular...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Remembering Adam “MCA” Yauch
Many Jewschool readers probably saw a video making rounds on their social media this week, that could be described as “sick like malaria”, or at least, “cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce”:...
View ArticleTBT: Remembering Lou Reed, a Year Later
Throwback Thursday has been dark here for a while, with holidays falling on Thursdays, but with the holidays over, we’re back. Today, we recall legendary rock and roll poetic grouch, Lou Reed, front...
View Article#TBT: Arlo, Thanksgiving, and Kippot (and Rabbi Arthur Waskow)
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, here’s zt’s Thanksgiving 2007 piece about Arlo Guthrie, Thanksgiving, Kippot, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, police brutality at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the...
View Article“Walk Like an Egyptian” Re-Tooled as a Chanukah Song by its Very Jewish Singer
Experiencing your annual frustration that all Chanukah songs suck? Well, here’s a sweet surprise. Check out Susanna Hoffs, pop star and former member of The Bangles, re-tool their 1985 mega-hit “Walk...
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