In another era, Minaj’s sexuality, expressed semi-parodically — pretending she’s a Barbie doll; glorifying women dressed as prostitutes and set in red-light-district windows — might have given feminists pause. But in the 2010s, we have[…]
The biggest thing in my life is really daring to be human, and that’s the approach I take to the working world. We could all be so much more human, but we don’t allow ourselves[…]
The notion of “blue-collar jobs” emerged in the 1920s, following the metonymic model of the “white-collar worker”, who was, originally, not a professional or a manager but a pencil-pusher. A 1920 usage by Upton Sinclair[…]
Broadly speaking in terms of “Judaism Says,” golems are to zombies what Purim is to Halloween. The first golem was Adam’s primordial namesake, formed of clay before God animated him with the breath of human[…]
Israel inherited—and could not avoid—the radical disagreements that had always made Zionism so alive. The early battles among Zionist thinkers lingered on. Bialik and others had advocated the creation of a secularized “new Jew,” an[…]
With its mechanisms of accountability broken, Modern Orthodoxy is more and more vulnerable to claims of direct Divine inspiration and non-accountable certainty (often well-disguised as their opposites). A natural reaction to this risk of anarchy[…]
In response to the email from the Lakewood scholar, S. commented as follows: Another point which I think needs to be brought up about nude art is just how ubiquitous it was in Europe, statues,[…]
The term’s saturation curve dates to the turn of the 21st century. Numerous ‘‘thoughts and prayers’’ pronouncements followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, both in public statements and in paid advertisements. … It’s hard[…]
Like all consumer groupings and their accompanying system of social exchange, the brewing world possesses its own form of language. The lexicon extends from highly technical terms in regards to microbiology to idioms and expressions[…]
I’ve been working in reality television for 10 years, and I can tell you that Mr. Trump is exactly what we look for in our casting process. He’s uncomplicated and authentic: You can understand his[…]