Ted Roberts
By Ted Roberts
-
Opinion A High Holy Day Story: Reward for No Temptation?
My rabbi loves challenges, so he loves my halachic questions. “So, Ted,” he says, “any arcane questions today?” We go to his office, where he keeps, in a secret drawer, his wife’s delicious plum cake. Now that I’ve got him in a mellow mood, I begin. “Okay, here’s a tough one tailored for Yom Kippur.”…
-
Israel News A Grill a Minute: Memphis Jews on ‘Que
As August’s sun sears the city of Memphis, Tenn., the one source of comfort for the sun-baked Jewish mind is, “Not long now till the ASBEE barbecue.” By that they mean the Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Kroger Kosher Barbecue Contest, an event that has perfumed the skies over Memphis for 18 years. It’s the first…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
- 2
Antisemitism Decoded The antisemites are enjoying themselves
- 3
Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
- 4
Culture Lena Dunham’s new memoir is the most millennial thing ever
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward 200+ Bnei Menashe immigrate to Israel from India, the first to make the journey in years
-
Yiddish װאָס קען מען זיך אָפּלערנען פֿון מאָלי קראַבעפּלס בוך װעגן „בונד“?What can we learn from Molly Crabapple’s book about the Bund?
דאָס בוך איז גרונטיק געפֿאָרשט, לעבעדיק אָנגעשריבן — אָבער אידעאָלאָגיש באַפֿאַרבט
-
Sports Today’s American Jews finally have their era’s Sandy Koufax
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu reveals prostate cancer treatment, says he hid diagnosis during Iran war