Yesterday, the American Republican Jewish Coalition (a group I had never heard of until this weekend) held a gathering featuring the president. There were three main things about this little shindig that has Jewish Twitter (Jwitter?) talking about. Some of these are problems, in my opinion, and some are not. Let’s try and take these […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Yeshiva Crowdfunding Campaign – Please help out
My yeshiva, Yeshiva Derech Chaim has launched a fundraising campaign that is ending today, Wednesday, April 3rd. The purpose of the campaign is to raise money for the Rebbeim (teachers) so they can be up-to-date on their salaries for Pesach (Passover). I want to give something, a small token of gratitude, for the Roshei Yeshiva […]
The Baseball Executive with a 20 Year Old Jar of Gefilta Fish
That stuff lasts a long time, it’s almost Spam like in that way. A good article about Chaim Bloom the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays
New Archaeological finds in Israel
I love biblical archaeology. This has the potential to be a big discovery. Here is some video about the find. New York Times opinion writer (and fellow Pittsburgh ex-pat) Bari Weiss wrote a column about how important this may be.