Somebody’s Jonah
When my son Jonah was born I would look at his pudgy little face with the wisps of brown hair over his head and feel…
Why The Sopranos Still Matters
Will Vito get whacked for wearing leather? Will Paulie forgive his mother for being his aunt? Will Carmela ever succeed in building that million-dollar spec…
The Bible-Belt Jew
Growing up Jewish in New York City, I had no idea that I was a member of a ridiculously small religious minority. That blithe unawareness…
Busted: Rabbi Michael Lerner
FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover once called Michael Lerner the most dangerous man in America because of his anti-Vietnam war activities. A sixties radical and…