Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 5
In our final installment, Bernie tastes both disillusionment and the sublime
By
Steve Stern
· May 7, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 4
Peering from behind a curtain, Bernie sees the rabbi in action
By
Steve Stern
· May 6, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 3
Upon entering the rabbi's enlightenment center, Bernie is taken aback
By
Steve Stern
· May 5, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 2
Unable to fully master his newfound skills, Bernie visits Rabbi Eliezer at his workplace
By
Steve Stern
· May 4, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 1
Abandoned by his mentor, Bernie falls back on old habits
By
Steve Stern
· May 3, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 5
Overcoming his native skepticism, Mr. Karp accepts the rabbi’s offer
By
Steve Stern
· April 30, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 4
After sensing a business opportunity, the rabbi asks Mr. Karp to be his backer
By
Steve Stern
· April 29, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 3
In his three-day walkabout, the rabbi gets a taste of American excess
By
Steve Stern
· April 28, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 2
When a thief offers Pisgat some contraband beluga, Max senses an opportunity
By
Steve Stern
· April 27, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 1
Sensing an opportunity, Pisgat is slow to release the rabbi
By
Steve Stern
· April 26, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 5
The new Jocheved goes to retrieve the family’s well-chilled heirloom
By
Steve Stern
· April 23, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 4
The handmaiden gives Jocheved a (pretty radical) makeover
By
Steve Stern
· April 22, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 3
Finally on the mend, Jocheved makes her first outing—to her mother's funeral
By
Steve Stern
· April 21, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 2
When you go, Basha Puah says, be sure to take the rabbi with you
By
Steve Stern
· April 20, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 1
On her deathbed, Basha Puah instructs her daughter to head to the Golden Land
By
Steve Stern
· April 19, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 5
Before expiring, Salo performs a final act of heroism
By
Steve Stern
· April 16, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 4
As she recovers, Jocheved endures terrible dreams
By
Steve Stern
· April 15, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 3
Dressed in one of Mr. Karp's jackets, the rabbi makes his entrance
By
Steve Stern
· April 14, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 2
As he ponders the letters of the Tetragrammaton, Bernie’s brain begins to tingle
By
Steve Stern
· April 13, 2010
Book Reviews
Animal Planet
Yann Martel’s new novel features a donkey, a monkey, taxidermy, and a Holocaust allegory
By
Vox Tablet
· April 12, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 1
Over the TV's din, Eliezer describes the kabbalah's Tree of Life
By
Steve Stern
· April 12, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 6, Part 3
With great reluctance, the rabbi turns away from the TV and toward his eager protégé
By
Steve Stern
· April 9, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 6, Part 2
Bernie’s bookishness makes the Temple librarian suspicious
By
Steve Stern
· April 8, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 6, Part 1
Hungry for knowledge, Bernie brushes up on his Yiddish
By
Steve Stern
· April 7, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 5, Part 3
Some six decades after the fact, the rabbi learns about Kristallnacht
By
Steve Stern
· April 2, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 5, Part 2
The rabbi's rebirth seemed to awaken something in Bernie, too
By
Steve Stern
· April 1, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 5, Part 1
While Bernie starts learning the laws of kashrut, the rabbi develops a taste for treyf
By
Steve Stern
· March 29, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 4, Part 5
The Karps reckon with the absence in their freezer
By
Steve Stern
· March 26, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 4, Part 4
A foul-tasting meal leads to some meaty questions
By
Steve Stern
· March 25, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 4, Part 3
While taking a shortcut home, Jocheved encounters some trouble
By
Steve Stern
· March 24, 2010
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