At least they didn't call him Mr. Aleichem
Full disclosure: I'm working on the show reviewed by the New York Post in this article. Anyway, it's nice that people care about Sholem Aleichem, but Theo mentions in the show, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, that Sholem Aleichem was a pen name for Sholem Rabinovitch. Aleichem was NOT his last name. Alas, the writer from the Post was not listening. A shod.

Goldene Keytn
(A new feature of links to articles that caught my eye.)File this one under nice press for the Workmen's Circle/ארבעטער רינג. The Jewish Press has an article about the WC shules (schools), especially the Long Island branch.The article was only marred at the end, with a strangely underminery quote from a Rabbi at a competing secular congregation, the City Congregation of Humanistic Judaism. He is quoted as saying about the WC shule: “It’s better than nothing..." Alrighty then...File this next one under hack jo

Be a Mentsh and Celebrate the Publication of Michael Wex's New Book (with Michael Wex!)
Come out to the launch of How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck)Tuesday October 27 2009 at 6.30pmThe Workmen’s Circle: 45 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016Khanike, Xmas and Festivus are right around the corner. Get autographed copies of the book and turn your favorite shmuck into a real mentsh!See you there!

Rumination on the legitimacy of denominational Judaism
There's been a fascinating discussion (first time in ages) over at Jewschool sparked by a Forward piece by Ben Dreyfus. The piece is about shifting the way that 'liberal Jews' see themselves. BZ (his Jewschool handle) would like liberal Jews to stop seeing themselves in comparison to the 'authentic' Judaism of Orthodoxy and instead start seeing themselves positively, as practitioners of liberal Judaism.For me, the argument is ultimately about the legitimacy of Reform Judaism (and Conservative