• More lists! This time, it’s the 2012 best from our pals over at Tablet Magazine. [The Scroll]
• Matisyahu, still answering questions about the whole beard-shaving thing. [CNN]
• Father-figure Mandy Patinkin talks about sex, and it’s a little weird (“An orgasm is a real chemical thing”). [Esquire]
• How much Jewish news of 2012 do you actually remember? [Forward]
• Jeremy Piven, still doing stuff: