• Why Aren’t Jews Eating This Weekend?

    Why Aren’t Jews Eating This Weekend?

    Chag Samach everyone! And no, that’s not a typo or a drunken slur. It’s how we Jews say “happy holiday” to each other during the high holidays. It’s right up there with our favorite sayings and is only beat out by “daaaddddyyyy” and “what was your Bat Mitzah party favor?”

  • Celebrating the High Holidays Away From Home

    Celebrating the High Holidays Away From Home

    For many Jewish college freshmen, this will probably be the first time you are celebrating the High Holidays away from home. Many schools, mine included, still have classes during Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur. It is definitely a big change from observing these big days at home. You can bet your laundry money that your dining hall won’t be providing lox and a shmear to break the fast, but that shouldn’t stop you from experiencing these days in a way that makes your feel comfortable.

  • Weekly Ten: Repenting? Yeah Right

    Weekly Ten: Repenting? Yeah Right

    This week, in light of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. I’m not Jewish, but the fact that my 21st birthday falls on the day of repenting has caused me to think about the fact that I’m doing the exact opposite: indulging and sinning.

  • The CC Weekly Weigh In: Repenting for Our Sins

    The CC Weekly Weigh In: Repenting for Our Sins

    Monday is Yom Kippur. For all you non-Jews out there who will be spending your Sunday night watching Entourage (instead of standing and praying for 3 hours) and your Monday enjoying the limitless salad bar in the caf (instead of standing and praying all day…without any food or water), Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days for us Jews.

  • What Are You Giving Up For Lent?

    What Are You Giving Up For Lent?

    I live with 7 girls. Half of us are Jewish and half of us are not. In efforts to bond even more than we…

  • My 5 Biggest Hook Up Regrets

    My 5 Biggest Hook Up Regrets

    Yom Kippur is all about reflection. So, I spent a good portion of yesterday in synagogue reflect…

  • It’s Yom Kippur, Baby!

    It’s Yom Kippur, Baby!

    Last week we had Rosh Hashanah; now it’s time for Yom Kippur. Yeah, baby; time to atone! St…

  • The Hotties of Rosh Hashanah

    The Hotties of Rosh Hashanah

    Today is the first full day of Rosh Hashanah, which means that I just spent 4 hours thanking God for everything he has given me in the past year (followed, of course, by a large and delicious meal). While in synogogue, I thanked the Big Guy upstairs for my family, my friends, my education and the fact that my money is still safe in a bank somewhere.

  • The Jewish New Year: Forgive Me For My (Many) Sins

    The Jewish New Year: Forgive Me For My (Many) Sins

    Tonight at sundown Jews all over the world will begin celebrating one of our holiest of holidays…

  • Welcome, Lindsay Lohan-stein

    Welcome, Lindsay Lohan-stein

    Rumor has it that Lindsay Lohan is saying TTYL to Jesus and Shalom to the Jewish faith.
    Yes, like m…

  • The Passover Diet: The Final Days

    The Passover Diet: The Final Days

    Basically, I ran out of things to eat.
    Yeah, yeah, it shouldn’t be that hard. But somehow n…

  • Passover Jew Angst

    Passover Jew Angst

    Passover. Great holiday. Eternal source of existential agony.
    I’m Jewish, yes? Well, e…

  • This Week on Entourage: Vince Gets Dumped!

    This Week on Entourage: Vince Gets Dumped!

    Last night, as I went through my post-Cinco de Mayo hangover process, my margarita-filled week…