David A.M. Wilensky
By David A.M. Wilensky
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Opinion Whither Occupy Judaism?
Whither Occupy Wall Street? And whither Occupy Judaism? September 17, the one-year anniversary of the launching of the movement/mood/fracas, has been declared the Occupy National Day of Action. September 17 — or #S17, as it has inevitably been hashtagged — also happens to be Rosh Hashanah. And so, inevitably, Occupy Judaism has announced that there…
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Food Shabbat Meals: My Catholic Dinner
In my experience, there’s often a token non-Jew at Friday night dinner or at the Seder — the Shabbos Goy or the Passover Goy, some call them (affectionately). Last Friday, however, I experienced the unfamiliar sensation of being the Shabbos Jew at a Friday night dinner with several Catholic friends. And when I call them…
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The Schmooze Q&A: Harvey Pekar Publisher Josh Frankel
Josh Frankel is an unlikely publisher and an even more unlikely entrepreneur. Yet he’s the founder of Zip Comix, the publisher of “Cleveland” — the critically acclaimed posthumous work by underground comics legend Harvey Pekar, author of the long-running autobiographical series American Splendor. Both Frankel and I went to Drew University, where he was a…
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Opinion What would you call me?
I have always been a Jew — and after a cursory dunk, the Conservative movement agrees.
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Life The Feminist Case for ‘Fathers’ and ‘Kings’
No Haggadah in recent memory — or, perhaps, ever — has generated the kind of interest that the “New American Haggadah” has. When I began looking it over in preparation for a review of it, I was surprised by the unabashedly masculine way that Nathan Englander’s compelling translation refers to God. But as I thought…
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Food Tav HaYosher Celebrates 100th Certified Restaurant
This event is dedicated to a woman named Inez,? said Rabbi Ari Hart, one of the co-founders of Uri L?Tzedek, a Modern Orthodox organization that promotes social justice. Their signature program is the Tav HaYosher (Ethical Seal), a certification program for kosher restaurants that meet basic criteria for ethical treatment of their labor. Hart was…
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Opinion Inspirational Yom Kippur at Occupy Wall St.
A large, open plaza across from Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, where Occupy Wall Street has made its encampment for three weeks, proved to be the perfect setting for Kol Nidre on Friday night. Earlier in the week, when Daniel Sieradski, Occupy Wall Street protester and self-styled “new media activist,” wondered on Facebook and Twitter whether he…
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The Schmooze A Music Video Eulogy for JDub Records
Crossposted from New Voices Magazine I actually gasped out loud when I read the press release from JDub Records President and CEO Aaron Bisman this morning: I’m writing to let you know that after almost 9 years in operation, JDUB’s Board of Directors has decided to wind down the organization. There are Jews all over…
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