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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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