Zohar Rom
By Zohar Rom
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The Schmooze Snowboarder Torah Bright’s Yiddishe Neshama?
I just called my bookie, and I’ve never been so proud to be a Jew! She gave me good odds on the new sport in town: Predicting the percentage of sermons this Shabbat that will focus on Olympic snowboarding star Torah Bright. (I’m betting on 97% or more.) Honestly, have you seen any sight more…
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Life Bruce Springsteen’s One-Man Hora
At a Washington, DC concert this week, Bruce Springsteen gave the question “Why is this night different from all other nights?” a resounding new answer. I was primed for a rollicking performance, but I never expected a moment of Jewish bliss, since I knew The Boss had been ordained as a preacher in the Church…
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