The question, then, is how a Jew is meant to look at and deal with Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party. What can we learn from them, and how can we transform them into light?Continue Reading
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03MayBenyomen, Saadyah Tzvi and Rafi Di – Artists of the Week
Have you been aching for some music during the Omer? Check out a bunch of artists that have worked hard to make sure we can still connect to creation and music during this time. All while keeping it holy. I’ll post some more about these awesome artists when I don’t have as much writer’s Continue Reading
25AprNatalia Kadish – Artist of the Week
Natalia showed me her art and I immediately fell in love. Natalia’s work is clearly from the heart, deep and full of passion. The kabbalistic imagery is evocative of artists like Baruch Nachshon.Continue Reading
19AprThe Fight You Can’t Lose
You’re fighting the most important fight of all, the fight of your life. It’s the fight of making every moment in your life count, of making your life meaningful, of passing the tests G-d throws at you and becoming a stronger, deeper more connected and enlightened person. Is there any bigger fight?Continue Reading
15AprDistractions
It’s beautiful to see that Jews care, that they’re passionate and they want so badly to change the world. There’s no bigger testament to the fact that we are the chosen people.
But it’s also ugly.Continue Reading
04AprNew York City And Israel: The Holy Connection
I never really got New York. It always seemed to be so fast, and so crazy and everyone seemed just a little full of themselves. Who in their right mind would want to live here, my Midwestern mind would wonder. I’d have a heart attack.Continue Reading
02AprThe (Jewish) Problem With Social Media
Social media, in so many ways, is an amazing thing. For all the dung that gets thrown at it, its powers are almost unrivaled compared to any other tool on the internet. We’re talking about a beast that helped topple multiple governments. That makes people famous overnight. That gives people who never had a voice Continue Reading
30JanOn Not Writing
Do you have any idea what that’s like, I want to ask. To know you’ve hurt others with your own words. You’ve torn the world down. You’ve hurt people. If the pen is mightier than the sword then writers are killers.Continue Reading
16NovJewish Artist of the Week: Yerachmiel Goldstein
The best part about Yerachmiel’s music is that while trying to make it holy, he does not try to fit into any sort of musical box. His music is creative, free and lively.Continue Reading
08NovJewish Artist of the Week: Yitzchok Moully
What better way to introduce the Pop Chassid Jewish Artist of the Week than Yitzchok Moully: the “Chassidic Pop Artist”?Continue Reading
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