What Happens When Jewish Moms Take the Bima at Stories from the Tribe? Magic.
On June 23, 2025, I felt so very lucky to be sitting amongst more than 500 people listening to the 12 stories told from the bima at Jewfolk, Inc’s most […]
July 2, 2025
June 25, 2025
Reformed TV Show Review: A Deep Dive into Judaism on Screen – What It Gets Right and Wrong
Reformed is a gem of a show currently streaming on HBO Max. Released in March from France, it follows the life of a 28-year-old French Libéral (aka Reform) rabbi named […]
June 23, 2025
True Jewish Motherhood Stories Wanted: Submit to Cincy Jewfolk’s Stories from the Tribe Live Show
We’re so happy to share that Cincy Jewfolk’s first annual live storytelling show, Cincy Jewfolk: Stories from the Tribe, will be on November 10th, 2025 and submissions are now open! […]
June 17, 2025
Inside the Launch Party for The Kibbitz — A Bold New Jewish Podcast
On the evening of Tuesday, June 10, I sat behind one of three microphones, next to my friend and cohost Andrea Beck, prepared to kibbitz. The art of kibbitzing is […]
May 12, 2025
The Jewish Jam Band Soul
Drawing from my experience leading my two-week class with ish Cincinnati about the intersection of Phish and modern Jewish practices, as well as attending over a dozen Phish shows I’ve […]
May 2, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Do Jews Really Control Hollywood?
Rabbi, Sometimes we hear grumblings about how Jews control Hollywood and the media. It does feel like there are a lot of Jews in movies and television. Why does this […]
May 1, 2025
“Thank You Very Much” Sheds New Light on the Late, Fascinating Comedian Andy Kaufman
Who was Andy Kaufman? A nice Jewish boy from Long Island who didn’t smoke or drink and practiced Transcendental Meditation? A nonsensical man-child? An angry jerk who pushed the limits […]
April 26, 2025
Celebrate Israel (with Food)
Ever since October 7, we Jews, around the world, are finding ourselves in a quandary of opposites. Every Shabbat, every holiday, every birthday, anniversary, or other joyful celebration is offset […]
April 25, 2025
Ask the Rabbi – Why all the animal sacrifice in the Torah, and what do we do with it today?
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! Rabbi, I recently attended my congregation’s Torah Study, where we were reading from the book of Leviticus. It seemed […]
April 23, 2025
New PBS Documentary Tackles Artist, Activist And Pulitzer Prize-Winner Art Spiegelman
The name Art Spiegelman is guaranteed to evoke one word for anyone familiar with the artist: Maus. His Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel (to date, the only one to be so […]