The Curious Jew

The Enchantress of last year's masquerade did indeed get married to a friendly, charming Beast (who, entertainingly enough, found someo...

Recently, a friend of mine took me on a tour of the Mrs. Miriam Lubling Hospitality-Bikur Cholim Room at the NYU Langone Medical Center in M...

Hey all, just wanted to point you toward Erica's response to my questions about interfaith dialogue . I think it's an important and...

Yeshiva University's Alumni Affairs department is currently utilizing an extremely poor marketing strategy. Basically, it consists of bo...

So, as you folks know, every year I make a party on my birthday! It's my official birthday masquerade! Except this year it's even be...

This is a picture of me and my Grandpa, who passed away on the fourth night of Chanukah, which is also December 23rd. My Grandpa passed away...

Last night I went to The Container Store to buy- you guessed it- containers! Well, what I really wanted was a receipt sorter so that Heshy ...

The two parts of my psyche- or perhaps of my soul- are warring again. There's an organization called the IFYC , otherwise known as the I...

Pretty much a year ago I told you about The Blue Badge of Honor. Well, last night Mt. Sinai Shul here in Washington Heights held a blood dri...

So. I'm going to be in Princeton tomorrow. W00T. Dear Random People of Princeton: Hi! Is your kosher cafeteria good? Come hang out with ...

I generally prefer to use a Chumash that has the English translation because I like to know what I'm reading, but all my fun insights al...

When I was learning about Niddah, I was particularly reminded of two different concepts. One was the myth of Achilles. Basically, Achilles n...

What most people do the week before their wedding: -Pray -Frantically attend dress fittings -Scream at their florists -Break down in tears -...

I love my husband. It makes me happy to be able to say that word. Husband. I think: Really? I have a husband? I'm a wife? I'm his w...

See New York Times article " A Safe Haven in Cartoon Confidants " (hat-tip Muffins) and compare to Brothers Grimm story "The ...

Many of you recall the posts I have written referencing The Golden-Haired Girl. You probably also remember my frustration regarding Dates ...

This is me. This is me with lots of Hasidim during my Mitzvah Tantz. Also, probably a picture you never expected to see on this blog. Which ...

I AM GETTING MARRIED TODAY (TO THE MOST WONDERFUL PERSON EVER WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MY SOULMATE!) SQUEE!!!!!!!!!

Dear God, You who formed me and who knew me throughout every period of my life, who saw me as I gurgled and played and sucked at the breast,...

As an Almost-Bride, I feel excited. Happy. Formerly, anxious and nervous, but that's passed by now. And also very pure because of the be...