Monthly Archives: October 2009

Sick

I’ve felt like crap since Rosh Hashanah, almost three weeks ago. Every time I feel like I am getting better and I return to yoga and I get some exercise and I try to resume a normal life, I get … Continue reading

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Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis – The Pride of the Jews

From a ballet gala in NYC Wednesday, oy, how good it is to be a yid! According to Wikipedia: Milena "Mila" Kunis[1] (Ukrainian: ?????? ???????? ?????, Russian: ?????? ????ο??? ?????; born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Her television … Continue reading

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‘Are You A Rabbi?’

At a succah party tonight, I ran into my yoga teacher. She has three kids who she sends to an Orthodox day school. Her four year old said to me, "You have a beard. You must be a rabbi." I … Continue reading

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Are Blogs Good For The Jews?

Rabbi Gil Student writes for The Jewish Press: It is extremely important that we all remember the laws of lashon ha’ra apply to all forms of communication. The same standards we see in newspapers should be expected from blogs, but … Continue reading

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The Spiritual Lives Of Sex Workers

Joe emails: "I had a fascinating experience on my way back from Vegas the other day. Sitting next to me was a moderately attractive very immaculately dressed young woman reading a book called “The Holy Science”, which is a nineteenth … Continue reading

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