Last night was the first night of Hanukkah! Here's my friend Ann Druyan, co-creator of Cosmos and creative director of the Voyager Golden Record, and her daughter Sasha Sagan, author of the wonderful For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World, lighting the candles. And below, it's the turn of Laurie Anderson! These lovely videos are from the "Give Light" series, produced in 2020 by the the Jewish arts and culture nonprofit Reboot.
Light the Hanukkah candles with Ann Druyan, Sasha Sagan, and Laurie Anderson! (Video)
Read this incredible essay about Magneto, Judaism, and the legacy of the Holocaust
Over at Defector, writer Asher Elbein just published one of the single best pop culture-politics crossover essays I've read in a long time. In The Judgement of Magneto, Elbein expertly… READ THE REST
Astronaut celebrates Hanukkah in space with microgravity dreidel and flameless menorah (video)
Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli celebrated the first night of Hanukkah at the International Space Station. Check out the below video featuring a flameless menorah and microgravity dreidel. "Happy Hanukkah from the… READ THE REST
This is the best Ten Commandments story, and the soundtrack is by members of Flaming Lips and Los Lobos (video)
In celebration of Passover which starts tonight, I suggest watching The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story. (The full movie also includes… READ THE REST
3 things you can do with a $240 MacBook (that you probably wouldn't with an expensive computer)
TL;DR: Get a computer you can take anywhere when you get a MacBook Air refurb for $239.99 (reg. $999). I already have a computer, but I want another. Here's why: if I rely… READ THE REST
What's not to love about this Chromebook that's cheaper than your next dinner date?
TL;DR: This Samsung Chromebook might only be $80, but it comes with Google Assistant, 12.5 hours of battery life, and fast WiFi! Did you know you could get a laptop for less than… READ THE REST
What's that? You'll never have to pay a subscription for your Microsoft apps ever again!
TL;DR: Upgrade your productivity suite to Microsoft Office 2021, available for Windows for only $54.97 during Deal Days! Here's an unfortunate truth: subscriptions run our daily lives. As much as you hate… READ THE REST
