Happy new year

  Happy new years eve and new year 2022 via the Gregorian calendar (In the Jewish calendar our New Year was several months back 5782). I hope you all have a healthy, safe, peaceful, and prosperous new year, and I hope you find everything you’ve been searching for in the process. I hope for the…

Day after Christmas

  It’s the day after Christmas and we spent the day at my mothers helping family celebrate their holiday. It was a nice time, full of food and gifts and spending time with loved ones, while it wasn’t our day, it was nice being together. Our kids grew up celebrating Yule for a few years…

A Jew at Christmas

  As a Jew with a Christian mother and uncles, I honor them by going over to their house to help celebrate their holiday. I only say, “Merry Christmas,” on Christmas day because Hannukah for the Jews, Yule to Pagans, Kwanzaa for African-Americans, all fall around the same timeframe. Most of the time I say,…

New editions to this site

  Shabbat Shalom! I have added a lot of new editions to this site and quite a bit of new content as well. Facebook profile pictures, new recommendations, a bunch of new articles, and much more is coming. Yesterday I couldn’t add as much new content as I’d wanted to, as we woke up to…

Starting January

  Starting January 18th the intro to Judaism course begins at our synagogue, once a week from 6:00-8:00 pm for four months, and my wife and I are super excited. This is a big step in our conversion process, one of the last few in fact, and we will be officially Jews (Though I’m Ashkenazi…

A lot of new additions

  I have added a lot of new additions to this site since my last post, new articles, new media, and new posts here. I add new content just about every day here and this site is just over 7 months old now!  In other news, I have completed the first full rough draft of…

Dec 9th concert

  December 9th my wife and I went to the most amazing concert I’ve ever been to (and I’ve been to dozens) at an intimate venue called the Kung Fu Necktie. All Jewish performers and I’d estimate 90% or more Jewish fans from nearly all branches of the Judaic tree, 100% respect and love. We…

Huge news!

  I have some huge news to tell you all and it’s even mind-blowing to me! After giving countless interviews, articles published all over the world, and on this website, I have come to a consensus after talking with several people… now are you ready for this? I’m not writing a full-length feature documentary film…

This last night of Hanukkah

Tonight is the last night of Hanukkah and I have learned not to let the gift-giving and commercialization infect the true meaning of the holiday. I’ve been talking to my kids about the historical meaning of the holiday, but tonight I will be talking about the religious/spiritual aspects of Hanukkah. It’s not about gifts, it’s…

5th night of Hannukah

Hannukah has been nonstop going in our house and tonight…night 5 is no different. Above was an incredible site by constitution plaza we found, while visiting the liberty bell here in Philadelphia and we needed a family picture there. Well, I have to get back to the heated games of dreidel we have going here…