Image courtesy roseanneworld.com Unlike Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who is coyly flirting with a run for a Congressional seat in New Jersey, Jewish comedienne Roseanne Barr appears to be “quite serious” in her quest to be the Green Party’s nominee for President of the United States. Read More »

Chronicle (2012) Every so often a film surprises me…Sometimes in a good way…Sometimes in a not so good way. Walking into the screening of ‘Chronicle’ directed by Josh Trank, I was expecting to see a movie that I’ve seen way too many times…teenagers get superpowers and fight evil doers. Read More »

Steven Ohsie (center, hands raised) organized “the largest New York Giants fan group west of the Delaware River.” Seen here at their earlier home, the group will be gathering at O’Brien’s in Santa Monica for the Super Bowl on Sunday. Read More »

The ZOA praises Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for publicly raising the issue and condemning Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) incitement to hatred and murder against Jews. Read More »

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Hi I have recently been obsessing over my future. I don’t know specifically what I am so worried about but I have been thinking about it a lot. With the new year, I think a lot about where I am going to be by the end of the year. I worry about my career, whether or not I am making the right choices. Read More »

I gave “Homeland”’s Howard Gordon crap in this blog for omitting Israel in his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes. The award-winning show was inspired by the Israeli drama, “Hatufim”—so why not make that clear to the world? Apparently, he agrees. Read More »

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. Follow the money! One of the keys to studying a political campaign is to identify the “flow” of financial support for a candidate. Read More »

What would you do if your mother was a pastrami sandwich? How long would she keep before getting bitter? Does she come with a side of coleslaw? All pertinent questions for the first installment of “My Pastrami Mama,” a new Web series brought to you by JewishJournal Mobile . Read More »

Do me a favor. Take a quick trip with me. Our first stop is a lively bus station with people talking loudly and grazing your shoulder as they pass. Breathe in the smell of exhaust and fresh fruit. Feel the sweat trickling down the small of your back. It’s 90 degrees outside and the weight of your bag is pulling on your shoulder. Read More »

The Grey (2012) It takes a lot for a film to truly scare me. I mean, after seeing hundreds and hundreds of movies featuring, knife wielding masked maniacs, cannablistic nuclear families preying on hot teenage girls and demon possessed embroyos, I’ve become kind of blaise about the horror genre. So many horror films are derative of one another. Read More »

Processed foods are POISON. Don’t believe me? Here’s the proof: 1. Ever heard of castoreum? It’s used to enhance the flavor of puddings, candies, and some frozen dairy desserts. It’s also derived from beaver anal glands. 2. The food coloring known as “Carmine” that gives many processed foods their reddish hue is made of ground-up insect shells. Read More »

I admit my heart skipped a positive beat when I read this story by blogger Mitchell Plitnick reporting that the Republican National Committee adopted a resolution this month supporting the “one-state solution,” which would naturally include the annexing of Judea and Samaria by Israel. Read More »

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. Yesterday’s announcement by Representative Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz. 8th District) that she intends to step down from her Congressional seat, is part of an emerging story involving a number of the current Jewish members of the House and Senate, who are leaving government service or changing positions. Read More »

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. Jews are like other American voters, but more so! Sociologists have suggested that this fascination and engagement with politics has come to represent the “civil religion” of American Judaism. Read More »

After my last two posts on Howard Gordon—one praising him for the seeming moral clarity of his shows about terrorism and the other criticizing him for omitting Israel in his Golden Globe acceptance speech—someone said to me: “Orit, you might like David Mamet better. Read More »

As the Jewish Journal’s Danielle Berrin so aptly pointed out in her Hollywood Jew blog on the Golden Globe’s top Jewish moments , Howard Gordon, co-creator of Homeland, did not mention Israel in his acceptance speech. Mr. Gordon, I’m so disappointed, especially after my glowing review of your show in my last blog . Read More »

Dear Therapists,

 I am 38 years old, and have been dating my girlfriend for three years now. She has a son from a previous marriage that is 10 years old. For the most part, he and I get a long very well. Sometimes he even calls me ‘dad’. Read More »

(Warning: this post contains spoilers of “Homeland.” Go watch it and then come back. It’s on On Demand.) I can’t wait for the next season of Showtime’s “Homeland. Read More »