Kashrut

Jewish News: Mike Tyson in Talks to Open Chain of High-End Kosher Restaurants

So…Apparently Mike Tyson is in talks to open a chain of high-end kosher restaurants. I promise that isn’t a story from The Onion, but will likely end up in News of the Weird. The Original Story  The “Are human ears kosher?” jokes have begun! I’m excited about anyone wanting to open up a kosher restaurant,

Jewish News: Mike Tyson in Talks to Open Chain of High-End Kosher Restaurants Read Post »

Reason #97 You Know You’re Crazy: Orthodoxy Has Tripled Your Meat Consumption

Reason #97 You Know You’re Crazy: I don’t know why this is, but most of the converts I know eat very little meat, if at all. Yet, by becoming orthodox, orthodoxy at least triples your meat consumption. That’s how it was with me. I only ate meat in restaurants before I became kosher-observant. (My conservative

Reason #97 You Know You’re Crazy: Orthodoxy Has Tripled Your Meat Consumption Read Post »

Shabbat shalom, ya’ll!

Shabbat shalom, ya’ll! I’ll be off the interwebs until Saturday evening. But there are plenty of posts sitting in my editor, just waiting to be posted. Proud moment of the day: Saw very obviously observant Jews at the grocery store who were also very obviously lost. I got to explain the weirdness of our 5

Shabbat shalom, ya’ll! Read Post »

The Best Part of Converting

You know the best part about converting? Preparing for a mitzvah IS a mitzvah, so I will eventually get “credit” for all the things I’m doing pre-Conversion 2.0. Why is this awesome? It means that even my most awful, stupid mistakes are actually a mitzvah in themselves rather than being a chet that might turn

The Best Part of Converting Read Post »

Scroll to Top