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by Adam | Friday 30 April 2010
Today it's Sarah Jessica Parker. In the future, more things I'm not sure I'd ever finding myself writing about. Enjoy!...
Goldberg on Jim Jones' Jew Joke
by Adam | Tuesday 27 April 2010
Say that one five times fast. I (almost) always like Jeffrey Goldberg's take on things. He's smart and funny and knows what's really worth kerfuffling about. Like this Jim Jones' joke. And how it's stupid to be angry about it....
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Fame.
by Adam | Monday 26 April 2010
My touching *thanks Paul* column on handjobs was so well-received that over the weekend I became a top trending topic on thegloss. I am starting a weekly column for them, so be on the look out for that as I...
In Defense of Handjobs
by Adam | Friday 23 April 2010
My friends over at The Gloss posted an article about handjobs that I took emotional exception to. They were advocating for the extinction of the act, which for me, is like killing memory itself. They were kind enough to post...
Chik-Fil-a
by Adam | Wednesday 21 April 2010
TFR Salutes Jason Methner, friend and TFR enthusiast, who recently almost single-handedly brought the Chik-Fil-a franchise to Chicago. This video is him being honored by the corporate bigshots. We are proud of you....
Afterthought
by Adam | Monday 19 April 2010
I found this in the New York Times just a few minutes ago. It's essentially the original copy from 2001 of the xerox argument Elie Wiesel recently made in papers across America. There are differences though. This older one is...
Siding Against Elie Wiesel
by Adam | Monday 19 April 2010
Elie Wiesel (you may have heard of him) has cast his lot with a cadre of beautifully delusion people who dance beneath the troubling banner of Jerusalem's indivisibility. He makes a salient point about the need for small steps, but...
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Woot (with confessional)
by Adam | Thursday 15 April 2010
Here is my piece for The Jewish Week. It would just so happen that the second-most read article on the NY Times right now is on the same topic, albeit with greater depth and word count. During my follow-up interview,...
TFR Reader: You have forsaken us
by Adam | Friday 9 April 2010
I was pleased to receive a little note from a TFR reader all the way in Israel who accused me of forsaking my readership. And my response is yes and I'm sorry. Next week I'll be posting a link to...
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April Drool's Day
by Adam | Friday 2 April 2010
(Brisket on homemade matzah with matzah ball soup) Yesterday I explored the new neighborhood and tried out Mile End, a Montreal Jewish deli around the corner from me. They feature smoked meats (which is essentially the Montreal version of...