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Tag Archives: New York Times
‘All The Sad Young Literary Men’
The New York Times writes about this new novel: Then there’s Sam, who wants to write “the great Zionist novel.” Talia, Sam’s Israeli girlfriend, tells him he doesn’t love the land enough to write the great Zionist novel. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged 300s, bad character, coward, enemies, excuse, girlfriend, girlfriends, girls, Google, Journey, literary men, mdash, nemeses, new novel, New York Times, rsquo, senses, shallowness, talia, young man
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A Jew Looks At Sex In Beijing
The New York Times blogs: Someone named Anna Sophie Loewenberg, a onetime editor at Beijing Scene, has managed to flounce her way into China and join its social ranks as a Mandarin-fluent, boy-crazy and only slightly alienated Beijinger. (She’s from … Continue reading
Posted in Sex
Tagged atlantic monthly, beijing scene, blogs, broadband channel, carrie bradshaw, China, jewish family, jewish sex, mainstream attention, mandarin, New York Times, pbs, rsquo, sex in beijing, shanghai, sheer number, social ranks, sophie
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Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe by Lisa Alcalay Klug
From Amazon.com: "It’s never been hipper to be Jewish." –VH1 Cool Jew does for gefilte fish and matzah balls what the Preppy Handbook did for plaid and polo–only with much more chutzpah. Cool Jew covers everything Hebraic from womb to … Continue reading
Posted in Jews
Tagged amazon, authoritative texts, book material, christmas carole, chutzpah, cool jew, da book, instructional guides, jerusalem post, jewish concepts, jewish response, jewish web resources, Los Angeles Times, matzah balls, member of the tribe, New York Times, preppy handbook, san francisco chronicle, short essays, vh1
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The Tape & The Talmud
From the New York Times: Four days before his first North American Boxing Federation title defense, Yuri Foreman sat in the basement of a Brooklyn brownstone studying Shulchan Aruch, the code of Jewish law. By early afternoon, he would be … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing
Tagged american boxing, arum, boxing career, boxing federation, brownstone, code of jewish law, jewish leaders, knockouts, new york board of rabbis, New York Times, observant jew, potential danger, puncher, rabbi joseph, risk and reward, rsquo, shulchan aruch, world champion, Yeshiva University, yuri foreman
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Bring Out The Tam Tams
Oy, those crazy Jews! The New York Times reports: What will you do in the great Tam Tam shortage of 2008? It’s true, the unleavened, bite-sized matzo cracker has nearly disappeared from shelves across the country, leaving Jews anguished as … Continue reading
Posted in Passover
Tagged anguish, company officials, cracker, domestic beer, hellip, jewish news, mdash, metropolitan chicago, mr rossi, New York Times, news site, Passover, passover season, schechter day school, season approaches, shelves, solomon schechter day school, sundown, tam tam, york times reports
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