efrex's profile picture. Orthodox Jew, father of 4, Hirschian/ Soloveitchikian, die-hard Mets fan, talmud & jazz dilettante, straight musical theatre queen, proponent of “whom”

efrex

@efrex

Orthodox Jew, father of 4, Hirschian/ Soloveitchikian, die-hard Mets fan, talmud & jazz dilettante, straight musical theatre queen, proponent of “whom”

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.

efrex's tweet image. 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.

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

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

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…

It’s gonna be a fun morning…

efrex's tweet image. It’s gonna be a fun morning…


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…

efrex's tweet card. 1985 International Minneapolis Quartet Finals Rebroadcast

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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...

Told some yeshivish students about a book of Litvishe Gedolim's Hashkofos and Mussar by Berel Wein and Warren Goldstein. Response? "Maybe Bein HaZmanim." #JewishHumor



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…


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


Washington Heights kinyan masechta shiur starting the third perek of Sukkah. DM for more info!


What’s the over/under on how many days before Mamdani’s first “this is going to be harder than I thought” press conference?


Shiv'ah Neki'im Alternate side parking 🤝 Found a Friday spot!


Rabbi Lamm's Vayigash sermon from 1968 is well worth the read. What an underappreciated creative voice... lammlegacy.org/indexes/the-lu…


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