Barbara Barnett, Author at Blogcritics

Barbara Barnett

A Jewish mother and (young 🙃) grandmother, Barbara Barnett is an author and professional Hazzan (Cantor). A member of the Conservative Movement's Cantors Assembly and the Jewish Renewal movement's clergy association OHALAH, the clergy association of the Jewish Renewal movement. In her other life, she is a critically acclaimed fantasy/science fiction author as well as the author of a non-fiction exploration of the TV series House, M.D. and contributor to the book Spiritual Pregnancy. She Publisher/Executive Editor of Blogcritics, (blogcritics.org).

Book Review: The Nation Guide to the Nation

January 8, 2009 Book Reviews Comments Off on Book Review: The Nation Guide to the Nation

The Editors of The Nation have compiled this guide to the 21st-century American Left.

House, MD: 20 Essential Episodes, Part 2

January 6, 2009 Uncategorized 26

Part two of this essential guide to House, MD.

House, MD: 20 Essential Episodes, Part 1

January 4, 2009 Uncategorized 39

As House, MD approaches its 100th episode, here's part one of a new guide to the 20 most important episodes of the series.

House, MD: 2008 in Review

December 23, 2008 Uncategorized 95

What did 2008 mean for the people at Princeton Plainsboro and House, MD? And what's in store for 2009?

DVD Review: The Mysteries of the Bible Collection

December 20, 2008 Spirituality Comments Off on DVD Review: The Mysteries of the Bible Collection

The familiar stories and people of the Bible come alive in this fine documentary series from The History Channel.

blackberry storm

December 16, 2008 Uncategorized Comments Off on blackberry storm

The first "touch screen" smart phone by Research in Motion (RIM), the Blackberry Storm, sold exclusively in the United States by Verizon Wireless, is also known as the Blackberry 9500; it was earlier known as "Thunder." Like the iPhone with which it competes, the Storm's screen moves from landscape to …