by Michael Olesker | 1 hour ago | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
I haven’t had such a sad Passover season since the mid-1950s, when Stanley Nusenko, Larry Carson and I went to the New Theatre in downtown Baltimore to see the ultimate Hollywood Old Testament extravaganza, “The Ten Commandments,” whose running time was longer than... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Apr 7, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, The Balagan
It doesn’t happen often. But every now and then, I’ll walk into my bedroom and be transported to a time more than two decades ago. I was standing in a completely empty master bedroom on an ancient, threadbare carpet. I could hear the voices of a real estate agent and... read more
by Michael Olesker | Apr 6, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, Michael Olesker
In my home, high on a living room wall, is a photograph of a sweatshop on the Lower East Side of New York City around the turn of the last century, where a bunch of men sit in their undershirts, and electrical wires hang from the ceiling and swatches of cloth are... read more
by Michael Olesker | Apr 3, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker
There’s a difference between most Americans and President Donald Trump. Most Americans have been told to keep a distance from each other. Trump’s trying to keep a distance from his own litany of lies. Now, he wants us to believe it was his own quick action that may... read more
by Talya Knable | Apr 2, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, The Parenting Place
The other day, Starbucks, like many other companies, put on their Instagram account a post offering thanks to health care workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. They were giving free coffee as a thank-you for all they are doing for our community during this... read more
by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Apr 1, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion, Spirituality During The Pandemic
There are two directions that rabbis take when dealing with our new and difficult COVID-19 reality. Both are reflected in the different forms of korbanot, or sacrifices, mentioned in our Torah portion. The first is to think about which sins may have brought about... read more
by Michael Olesker | Apr 1, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, Michael Olesker
The late critic and essayist Alfred Kazin, obsessing as usual about being a Jew in America, wrote in one of his private journals of a poignant conversation with a gentile friend. “Have you always felt like an American?” the friend asked. “I’ve never felt like an... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Apr 1, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion
With the walls that sometimes feel like they’re closing in during this pandemic, my wife and I decided the other day to get out and take a good, long walk. After careful deliberations, we agreed to stroll around Fells Point, one of our favorite haunts in town. Passing... read more
by Rabbi Debi Wechsler | Mar 31, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion, Spirituality During The Pandemic
C’mon, admit it, you watch those guys on Sunday mornings, too. And they’re all guys. Perfectly coiffed, without a note in sight, dapper in handsome suits, staring straight into the camera and preaching the word of God. I tune in for the preaching, I love to watch a... read more
by Michael Olesker | Mar 30, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, Michael Olesker
As thousands die all around us, Bob Dylan now delivers a musical lament about a single death that once seemed more than America could bear. The new offering, “Murder Most Foul,” takes us back to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas nearly 60 years ago.... read more
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