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Shabbat shalom everyone! A quick shout out to the JNR, as we officially turned two years old last week. In honor of said anniversary, I will be putting together another order for the ever popular JNR swag. So, in case you are new to the forum, or missed the last order, fear not! There areContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 30, 2021 – Hungarian Ghoul-ash, Jewglers, “This Zucks” and birthday wishes to the JNR”

Shabbat shalom! A couple of shout-outs this morning. First, congrats to my niece Molly for her promotion at Pinterest. And, props and congrats to Michael and Beth on the marriage of their son Corey to Jocelyn. We had an amazing time at the posh, black tie affair held at the famous Willard Hotel in DC!Continue reading “The Jew News Review – October 23, 2021 – No joy in Mudville, or in the occupied territories, and guess who is coming to dinner?”

Shabbat Shalom everyone!  A couple of quick shout-outs: Big shalom to new members Karen Kane (Jack’s mom), and Reade Brower, an old UMass friend and fellow Bell’s Pizza delivery alum! Sandy and I are here in our nation’s capital helping to celebrate our dear friends Beth and Michael’s son’s wedding! Mazel Tov to Corey andContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 16, 2021 – Diamonds are Forever … and so are Bubkas!”

Shabbat shalom one and all.  Earlier this week I sold my Facebook stock. I am a big believer in high tech, and have made a good living from it for almost 40 years. I also believe there is some goodness in social media platforms in their ability to enable and build connective community tissue andContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 9, 2021 – “What would your mother think?””

Shabbat shalom everyone! What a beautiful day in the neighborhood! The high holidays are now behind us, and the new Hebrew month, Cheshvan, represents a pause in the holiday calendar until Chanukah rolls around in late November. So consider this a time to get back to the normal routines of the week, be that work,Continue reading “The Jew News Review – October 2, 2021 – Not so good news and JNR Fat Bear leadership”

Shabbat shalom everyone! I hope you have been shaking your Lulav and Etrogs and having a swell Sukkot! And don’t forget to stock up your Sukkot with extra toilet paper as disrupted supply chains once again wreak havoc on some basics. And how many of you celebrated the little-known American Jewish holiday, National Fried RiceContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 25, 2021 – A Jewish chicken farm, matchmaker mom App, and a trip in the wayback machine”

Shabbat shalom my fellow atoners and a big happy, healthy new year to all! And a shout out to a new JNR subscriber, Robin Winston, a dear cousin on the Berman side.  This week we celebrate another important Jewish holiday, Sukkot, but before I get to that, a quick riff on the election results inContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 18, 2021 – Sukkah Hopping and Democracy as a Service (DaaS) California Style”

Shabbat shalom! Shana tovah, and chag sameach! This morning, as I did my usual tour of our backyard gardens, I looked up into an amazing blue and cloudless September sky and couldn’t help reflect on the eery resemblance it had to the sky on the exact same day 20 years ago, that started in suchContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 11, 2021 – We will never forget”

Shabbat shalom! While I have been enjoying my family for the week in Martha’s Vineyard (summary: Max is adorable, Nox is the best dog in the world, and my kids made great spouse decisions), the awful and ugly truth about elections having consequences reared it’s Supremely non-judicial head in the form of a late nightContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 4, 2021 – The Slippery Slopes of Texas”

Shabbat shalom everyone!  A few reminders: This is the first edition of the JNR enabled by the Substack platform. Hopefully you have received this in a nicely formatted email and you are reading it while donning your JNR t-shirt and enjoying your coffee in a JNR mug. Also, The Forward’s Shabbat reader is not publishedContinue reading “The Jew News Review – August 28, 2021 – A Witch, a Drummer and a Survivor”