The Fire – Philadelphia, PA
Adam Oded of Philly Custom DJ filmed my set at The Fire, a great little venue in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is an eclectic open mike night, with some fantastic talent.
An Open Letter to NY Giant Geoff Schwartz
This first appeared in the New Jersey Jewish News: Dear Mr. Schwartz, When I first heard that you, an offensive guard for the New York Giants, are planning on playing against the Dallas Cowboys on a game unfortunately scheduled to begin after sunset on Sunday, Sept. 13, the first night of Rosh Hashana, I have to admit that I was a bit crestfallen. I know that when you were a college freshman on the University of Oregon team, you took…
Dream Come True by The Halftime Show
Dream Come True – a love song of sorts – is something I wrote especially for my beloved of almost 20 years. Our anniversary is next month! My band, the Halftime Show, is a project with my friends Ben and Craig and occasionally Dave – who helps out big time on this number both producing and banging the drums in a reggae style. So far we played one benefit event and one birthday party, but we’ve got our eyes set…
#Throwback to Fifth Grade
I was cleaning out some files and I found this gem. It is my daughter’s fifth grade project: Interviewing me about my fifth grade experience. I can’t help but love this introduction to journalism. Where did you go to school in fifth grade? In fifth grade I went to the North Carolina Hebrew Academy, which was a Solomon Shechter school in Charlotte. How did you get there? My father drove me to school in his Dodge Dart. What did you…
Because someone had to write a Jazz tune for the Omer.
This is still one of my personal favorites from my Jewish seasonal song cycle year. I read the statistic recently that 3% of Americans like Jazz. (Which sounds a few percentage points low, right?) Considering that probably .003% of Americans like songs about the Omer and 3% of Americans like Jazz, the 267 views on this video probably represent 99% of the potential audience. But maybe there are one or two more people who might dig this? I hope so….
Passover Obscurities
Passover Warehouse
Welcome to the Passover Warehouse! That’s right folks, you’re ONE STOP SHLEPPING for all the ridiculous bargains you look for in the Passover aisle! We got a fantastic play/skit that reviews the key points of the Exodus narrative for the seder. featured by PJ Library We got a collection of clean jokes for your seder. featured on Haggadot.com We have a quirky poem you could add to your seder. Popular with fans of Michael Jackson And, wait, what’s this? We got…
The Jewish Perspective on Birth Control
A video for Middle School and High School students about birth control in Jewish law.
Interview in the Jewish Daily Forward
I had the pleasure of being part of the 25th anniversary of Judith Plaskow’s Standing Again at Sinai at B’nai Jeshurun in Manhattan. Here’s a little interview they did of me reflecting on some of my thoughts on gender.