Satire
Remembering Rabbi Noach Weinberg, Founder of Aish Hatorah
One of my earliest memories of Rabbi Noach Weinberg, also known by the more anglicized...
Accounting
He never learned much math.
Math was limited to two hours a week with a...
My Rabbi is Bigger
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me this, I'd have enough...
Die Trung
This being a satire website, I couldn't resist satirizing my own book cover, creating a...
Hashgacha Pratis
If you believe in God from a philosophical point of view, you shouldn’t need any...
Teabagging
There is a tradition, at the Eisenkopp Yeshiva for Fine Young Men, that when you...
Book Covers
So, yeah, in case you didn't know. This is totally a real law. If you didn't wipe your butt properly, any prayer or study you've done during that time is a sin instead of a virtue. The same law (guf naki) that argues that some women shouldn't be allowed...
This one is a kiruv special, not aimed at Judaism as a whole.
"Did you know the Matrix is a metaphor?That Groundhogs Day teaches us a valuable lesson?That the lead singer for Maroon 5 is Jewish? (and hawt, mmm!)What Gossip Girl can teach you about having a great Jewish marriage!
If...
Interesting anecdote about this book cover. It's a composite of two different Rabbi faces, i.e. it's not any specific Rabbi, so that I wouldn't poke fun unnecessarily at someone. That's how much of a tzadik I am.
From the back cover:
Rabbi Shlomo Levi Birenshmaltz (ZATZHA"L: of blessed, blessed memory), like...
Biography
Philosphy
The Atheist & The Foxhole
“There are no atheists in a foxhole,” Noah Weinberg used to love to say, swiftly eradicating...
Bible Criticism
For many people, leaving religion is a philosophical experience, and as part of that books play an...
Love Thy Neighbor, Hate Thyself
Around two years ago, one of my siblings was struck in a hit and run accident.
They...
Fiction
A Life of Service
Avreml Zingelwald kicks off his shoes and jumps into the freshly dug grave. He’s done this a thousand times before. It’s his job.
Yankel Vozserzach...
Kiruv
A key Aish tactic in proving God’s existence, was emphasizing the unusual.
There is no nation as oppressed as the Jews.
No other nation claims public revelation.
No other book can spell the word Pizza or Hitler with this unique arrangement of letters.
This tactic is a huge part of the discovery seminar, and the idea is that this thing is so unique...
This one’s a doozy. Bear with me. Also, if you have a bit of context, you’ll know this ones strike quite close to home. TL;DR at the end.
Here’s how the spiel goes: Judaism is amazing. It’s enlightened. It’s changed the world for the better. Judeo Christian values are da shit. Before they came around, everyone was running around like...