Satire
Bliss
It's been a while. Can you tell I'm angry?
I guess this one has been too...
Maybe You’re Extra Delusional
I was recently called arrogant by a Shabbos guest.
I didn’t object, because maybe I’m arrogant,...
Mourning Prayers
Blessed art thou God, who gave the rooster knowledge to differentiate between day and night
Every...
Ba’al Teshuva, or: “Mental Health Issues”
I have alluded to this before in other scathing posts, but it's becoming more and...
My Rabbi is Bigger
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me this, I'd have enough...
Having a Large Family is The Opposite of Valuing Life
We're currently in family therapy, all nine of us and two parents. Even with sessions...
Book Covers
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...
"Never was there as happy a time," the Mishna says, "than Tu B’av. Because on that day all the young ladies would go out to the vineyards to sing and dance, and the dudes would hide in the trees and pick out the one they wanted to marry."
Have you...
Having grown up deeply ingrained in the Orthodox Jewish world view, it’s a constant process for me to re-examine what I was taught. Some things obviously rubbed me the wrong way, and I questioned them as part of my journey.
Other things were less aggravating, so I simply accepted them...
Biography
Philosphy
The Atheist & The Foxhole
“There are no atheists in a foxhole,” Noah Weinberg used to love to say, swiftly eradicating...
God Sent Me a Box of Bow Ties
I wrote God a letter.
Dear God. I just want you to know how much you mean to...
Fiction
Der Judenstaat – FINAL (3).doc
Hear me out. (No good idea ever started with that, did it?)
What if the entire Zionist idea was just a first draft for an...
Kiruv
Are you wondering how old you are in Jewish?
This handy dandy guide will convert your English birth date into the equivalent in Hebrew years.
Give it a shot and be amazed!
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If one man can kill six million Jews, then one man can save six million Jews.
That mantra, in a nutshell, summarizes the core mission of Aish Hatorah, quoted ad nauseum in conversation and propaganda posters. It also conveniently compares Noach Weinberg to Hitler, so that I don’t have to actually do so. I’m just following orders.
I was raised amidst...