Comments on: What to do in 5773

What to do in 5773

latkes — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:53:53 -0800

Dr. Ruth, Shmuley Boteach, Mayim Bialik, Shalom Auslander, and 23 more on ensuring a meaningful year.

Jonathan Goldstein, frequent contributor, This American Life In my early 20s, I was in a spoken-word band. I performed a piece about a pirate trying to steal my penis, and another about defecating out a racing horse on a first date. That kind of thing. My best friend Howard was the drummer, and just before our first actual show, standing there on stage about to start, I turned to him and said, off mic, "I love you, man" to which Howard replied, "What're you, Prince?" That cured me of the spontaneous I-love-you's for a good many years, but it's something I miss and would like to re-instate because, as awkward as it can be to say such a thing, having someone die and never getting to say it at all is worse. I need to start slipping them in somehow, like insurance. At the end of phone conversations might be a safe bet. "I love you." "What?" But it'll be too late. I'll have already hung up, and they won't be able to do a thing about it.

By: Nomyte

Nomyte — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:06:09 -0800

Say "scrotum" a lot.

By: Yakuman

Yakuman — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:10:38 -0800

Except for Daniel Okrent, what a lousy list of all-stars. Maybe Stanley Fish is OK, but I thought he died years ago.

By: LSK

LSK — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:16:34 -0800

Man, I can't believe it's almost 5773. I just got used to writing "72" whenever I had to write a date.

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:21:49 -0800

Except for Daniel Okrent, what a lousy list of all-stars. In post-WWII Palestine, Dr. Ruth snipes you.

By: Old'n'Busted

Old'n'Busted — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:29:39 -0800

So, since I'm not Jewish, what does this mean for me?

By: elsietheeel

elsietheeel — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:39:12 -0800

So, since I'm not Jewish, what does this mean for me? It's the Jewish New Year. So probably nothing.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:40:34 -0800

Cripes, I hate these sites that Continue reading comment on next page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ->

By: stormpooper

stormpooper — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:41:50 -0800

I like what Dr. Ruth had to say. Yesterday I was observing a woman, her friend, and her young daughter all eating dinner at the restaurant we were at. Not ONE of them were talking with each other. The two women were each on their iphones texting or doing something and the little girl was eating and coloring. I found that profoundly sad as my husband was pretty much doing the same while me and my toddler were talking about how bad his feet smelled. True story.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:49:34 -0800

I found that profoundly sad as my husband was pretty much doing the same while me and my toddler were talking about how bad his feet smelled. Husband's or toddler's?!

By: Lighthammer

Lighthammer — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:51:39 -0800

Nice find. I didn't know about Tablet, but I'm going to give more of their articles a read.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:59:10 -0800

So, since I'm not Jewish, what does this mean for me? It's the Jewish New Year. So probably nothing. And if you were Jewish, you'd be reading this, thinking "oh that's what I kept forgetting about" and then promptly continue to forget about it.

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:04:54 -0800

So, since I'm not Jewish, what does this mean for me? That's up to you, isn't it? I assume non-Jews experience years just as much as Jews do. Imagine that you saw this posted on December 31st if it's really that confounding. Also, I liked this part from the article: The first time I celebrated Rosh Hashanah was when I was a busy city reporter in my twenties and received an inopportune jury summons from the Philadelphia courts to serve that day. I had no idea then about my Catholic family's secret Sephardic Jewish identity, but citing the holiday helped me escape duty for the moment. The Philadelphia courts knew something I obviously didn't. They sent a new summons for Dec. 24. I served. I'm also a bit surprised that the Philly courts have jury selection on 12/24 at all. I want to believe...

By: briank

briank — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:06:49 -0800

Wait...Dr. Ruth is STILL ALIVE???

By: slater

slater — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:08:23 -0800

it's all the sex, briank

By: perhapses

perhapses — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:27:15 -0800

No matter how much you love your phone, it will never hold your hand or make your heart flutter. Just you wait until the iPhone 6, good Dr.!

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:08:42 -0800

The lesson of an 84 year old living Dr. Ruth isn't that sex will keep you alive to an old age but that good sex probably will.

By: jbickers

jbickers — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:09:26 -0800

Dr. Ruth is not only still alive, she single-handedly makes Twitter worthwhile.

By: mike_bling

mike_bling — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:32:48 -0800

I just had to make sure Jonathan Goldstein wasn't in King Missile

By: Ghidorah

Ghidorah — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:34:12 -0800

At this, at least, I'm way ahead of Shalom Auslander. In college, I regularly made it through Rosh Hashanah all the way to Yom Kippur blissfully ignorant of the whole thing. Without fail, o. Yom Kippur, I'd run into the same (Catholic) professor, who would point out to me, as I was scarfing down a snack bar cheeseburger on the way to a class, that it was, in fact, the day of atonement. Even though I hadn't attended services since I was fifteen, without fail, the guilt would rise up, and the cheeseburger would sit there, in my hand, half eaten, mocking me. Now, of course, there's Facebook and all the L'shanah Tovahning you can shake a stick at.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:11:28 -0800

L'shanah Tovah! Dr. Ruth is where it's at.

By: aureliobuendia

aureliobuendia — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:27:08 -0800

I'm not of the tribe, but I just had to comment on the beauty of Goldstein's suggestion. Especially compared to Mayim Bialik's, which was, in short, "I gotta go to Israel this year."

By: Katjusa Roquette

Katjusa Roquette — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:34:19 -0800

Well, Live Long and Prosper to all Jewish MeFites!

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:45:27 -0800

Some years ago she apparently heard about an amateur theater production at an acting school here in downtown New York. It was a kind of Palestinian / Israeli Romeo and Juliet. She issued a press release without solicitation, saying that she would be attending the opening. She sat through the whole thing, including the climactic scene between the lovers, when a prop army radio started beeping on stage, and none of the cast could frantically figure out which prop was beeping, while the actors muddled through. She went to the after party, and talked to everyone that wanted to talk to her, expressing her support for the theme of the play. Some people would approach her and ask sincere sexual questions and she answered them all compassionately and enthusiastically. It might not come off this way on TV, but she actually is quite sexy herself. I got her phone number, but we never hooked up.

By: Katjusa Roquette

Katjusa Roquette — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:58:27 -0800

My Mom knew a guy known as 'Max The Terrorist' he was in the same outfit as Dr. Ruth.

By: Zerowensboring

Zerowensboring — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:10:15 -0800

Ugh Shmuley

By: atomicstone

atomicstone — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:19:03 -0800

Fyvush Finkel is still alive? My day just got a bit better.

By: TDavis

TDavis — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:10:06 -0800

"So, since I'm not Jewish, what does this mean for me?" No apples and honey for you, sweetie!

By: Cheezitsofcool

Cheezitsofcool — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:17:33 -0800

hal9k, if there's no "single page" option, there's usually a "print" option, which in this case gets around the irritating click-fest of which you speak.