I was in Ashland, at the Oregon Shakespeare Theatre, near where they filmed The Goonies  and Short Circuit . Their airport only had one gate...

You probably already knew about this -- so, you know, feel free to scoff at my misfortune -- but if you (a) have kids and (b) they’re old en...

So right now I'm on vacation in Chicago. Weird to do a trip where we're just visiting people and not Having Meetings or Running To D...

I wasn't dreaming of a white Purim , but that's what we got. Saturday night, Shabbat went out, and I shoveled out our car in raver ...

Admittedly, 770 Eastern Parkway, the biggest synagogue in Crown Heights and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Juda...

We love B&H Photo & Video , the only midtown New York store that I actually have fun in that doesn't sell comic books or Legos. ...

Here's the moment I knew Matisyahu had stopped being a Jewish phenomenon and entered the realm of pop culture. My sister, who was living...

It's official: we got our first Lubavitcher Rebbe video as a wedding souvenir last night.

When I lived in San Francisco, I didn't have much going on in the way of hospitality -- mainly because I had so much going on in the way...

A while ago, I got an email from some chick saying asking if I could talk about about being shomer negiah . Yes, it sounds totally sketchy, ...

Because it's impossible to write enough stories on Hasidic Jews and sexuality, Nextbook has an article on dressing modestly in Crown Hei...

A reader wrote in, asking me to post this article , which is the most complete account I've found so far of the siege against the Mumbai...

Twitterers are saying that CNN broadcast their room number on TV. I couldn't find any official media reportage, but a couple are suing ...

Matisyahu is in a delicate place right now. Not emotionally (although in conversation he is raw and perceptive -- he always seems to know wh...

During Yom Kippur services this year, I came up with the best praying strategy I've ever had, I think. It's the kind of thing that m...