It’s been a while, but I’m giving myself a Rabbi Josh Yuter gold star for staying out of an online argument…

Y'know why I still subscribe to the NY Times (besides the crossword)? This is why. Painful, essential, and, in a sane world, something that would transcend all partisan political boundaries. nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opi…

First heard Rabbis Bechhofer Schiller in conversation some 30(!) years ago when both were at MTA. My sympathies lie much closer to one than the other (no points for figuring out which), but interesting to see how they've changed and stayed the same over that time...

Okay, time for some barbershop silliness from the 1985 International Barbershop competition finals. The whole thing is delightful in so many ways, but favorites Rural Route Four sang a parody of "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" that's just... words fail: youtube.com/watch?v=Af_DBR…

These two podcasts actually had a lot in common for me. Different groups have adopted different strategies to meet the challenge of maintaining Jewish identity in a modern society, and the pluses and minuses of different approaches are fully on display in these conversations…

Top-notch easter egg pun in Prof. Gottlieb’s excellent work on Mendelssohn, Zunz, and Hirsch:

Still working through over Shabbat. Still excellent. Brain aches thinking about how much careful reading in three languages the author needed to do for this.

Let's GOOOOOO! Even without Magnus or Hikaru, this is gonna be so much fun....

A delightful conversation. Granted, this sort of thing is right up my alley, but even if you're not a linguistics nerd, there's probably something for you in it.

I’m not sure what impressed me more, the expected disingenuousness or the occasional unexpected insight. The weirdest listen I’ve had in some time… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Sane political discussion? Is that even allowed anymore? Need about 10x more of this in my feed…

Sixty. Three. Years. Ago. Rabbi Lamm could be speaking of today with a change of less than 5% of this article... lammlegacy.org/indexes/the-wa…

Shots. Fired. "R' Hirsch's approach, which I believe we here in our yeshiva, perhaps continue that legacy more than any other place..." youtube.com/watch?v=25po3r… (cc: Yosef G Bechhofer )

Rabbi Lamm's 1968 sermon on Vietnam has more than a little resonance today, methinks. What a remarkable voice, and what a shame that nobody who speaks this way today has any chance of being heard (cc @jyuter, Yosef G Bechhofer ): lammlegacy.org/indexes/vietna…