July 2010

Why Does Anyone Talk at Shul?

When I go to shul, I like to sit in the first or second row, by myself. Even if I ...

With the peace process at seeming standstill, some academics and policy analysts have revived calls for a single state. (VOA ...

Adam Langer’s fourth novel, The Thieves of Manhattan, is now available. He will be blogging for the Jewish Book Council ...

Since I’ve been on vacation, here are some cool articles you might have missed at MJL over the past couple ...

I don’t know if this means that as a group, us Jews are doing something right, or are not quite ...

“The Holy One hates him who says one thing in his mouth, and another in his heart. ” —Babylonian Talmud, ...

Have you heard about this story from Israel yet?Sabbar Kashur is an Arab-Israeli from Jerusalem. He met an Israeli woman, ...

Just to follow up a bit on my time at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, I heard some ...

Hey look, the New York Times is running two of the most depressing stories I’ve heard in months. And both ...

In the winter I never have any trouble planning Shabbat and holiday menus. Many of the most basic and quintessential ...