Update on yesterday's post: Matisyahu showed up with all the MTV cameras and crew and filmed us having a farbrengen. Since I was sitting two chairs away from him, it's likely that I'll be on MTV sometime soon (something I'd never thought I'd do and something that I wouldn't have wanted to do under any other circumstance). Today, MTV Euro showed up ( Read more... )

My yeshiva is crawling with MTV folk right now (camera crews, producers, etc. -- there must be a few dozen of them). Either Matisyahu is making a video or MTV's doing a biography of him or something. (shrug)

1) Thanks to Babzen once again for another article about education. The Cato Institute argues for dismantling the Dept. of Education: "Top-down central planning in education robs teachers of their professional autonomy and parents of their freedom and responsibility. It hobbles the ability of schools to cater to students' varied needs, and prevents ( Read more... )