Tag: California
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Food & Kashrus
I miss the Cholent Moshpit
There are certian things I miss about the east coast, shoving matches at kiddush is one of them. In my shul, everyone waits for…
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Jewish Life
Too busy to write
"Did you take any pictures" my friend Yosef asked excitedly as I spoke to him about one of the most amazing rides I had…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Chesed Week: Chabad of Folsom California
[Image missing from the archive]One of the biggest problems with Northern California is that it's so prohibitively expensive to live here that no one…
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Food & Kashrus
The masochistic foodie in me
My stomach is growling, I can totally sit here on the gravel parking lot and eat a can of chili as a marvel at…
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Jewish Life
I love Oregon
Just a warning: This is true stream of consciousness if you do not appreciate long winded out of order interludes that are full of…
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Jewish Life
So I just realized it’s November
For the first time in ages I worked the day shift today and had an opportunity to join normal society, you see I work…
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Shul Life
My car died erev Shabbos in Yosemite
God decided that my car would die on top of Glacier Point road in Yosemite. I was able to coast down the hill in…
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Jewish Life
My latest backpacking adventure
I laughed suddenly, as I hiked briskly up the Pine Ridge Trail into the Ventanna wilderness, I have this habit recently up laughing like…
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Jewish Life
Bay Area Orthodox Jews are ahead of their time
One of the first things I was told when I moved to the Bay Area was that the Jewish community was way ahead of…
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Jewish Life
I miss New York a little bit
I was walking down the street in San Jose with a buddy of mine from Denver and we came to a random crosswalk in…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Chabad on Campus I love you
The kid I was sitting next to really reminded me of myself. He had barely sat down and already he had an ever growing…
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Shul Life
Shabbos in Oakland
It took me about 4 minutes to fall in love with Beth Jacob. I found a siddur situated in the little holder in front…
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Jewish Life
4 months in California and loving it
Everyone I have been speaking to on the phone lately has been asking me when I plan to move back to New York and…
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Jewish Life
What I do on my off days
I love mountain biking. I rode 5 times this week so far and the Lord has blessed northern California with some amazing riding -…
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Chassidim & Chabad
Shabbos with the Motorcycle Rabbi
I think it was the first time in my life that I heard the following from a Rabbi with a long white beard: “You…
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Pesach
My first days of pesach were awesome
My nose was filled with sweet cologne as two men sat in back of me, I could smell them as soon as the door…
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Pesach
Why is it so hard to find kosher for passover matza?
I was trying to find kosher for passover matzah last year in Denver and all of the grocery stores were out, this year I…
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Food & Kashrus
Californian Jews are too peaceful at kiddush
I was armed with a fork, flimsy plastic plate and a strategy before the rest of the congregants even walked through the door. I…
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Jewish Life
Is LA considered “out of town”?
My newly created friend from LA a Rabbi comedian by the name of Rabbs, is convinced that Jews in Los Angeles deserve out of…
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Food & Kashrus
I was pretty impressed with the Los Angeles Jews
They say it’s not good to go anywhere with expectations because you will undoubtedly be let down. I came Los Angeles this week with…
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Food & Kashrus
Shabbos at the Shul on the Beach in Venice California
Typically when you walk out of shul for a break, you find the bulletin board and check if there’s a hot Kiddush, look through…
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Jewish Life
Video from my sunday night show in LA
I am totally impress with this 8 minute snapshot of a show I did at the shul on the beach in Venice, CA on…
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Jewish Life
Jewlicious Festival
Reminder: I am performing tonight at the shul on the beach in Venice, California. Jewlicious Festival 6.0 is a three-day gathering of Jewish students…
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Jewish Life
Frum Satire show in LA this Sunday
I know it's a bit short notice but I will be performing this coming Sunday February 14th in Los Angeles at the Pacific Jewish…