July 2010
Love at Hillel Academy
On Monday, Joshua Braff wrote about kissing girls at Jewish day schools . He will be blogging all this week for ...
Eema Knows Best?
There are a lot of things I would do before giving my parents control over my dating life. For instance, ...
The Future of Orthodox Technology
A few weeks ago, Talia Davis wrote to a bunch of Jewish techy and thinky folks and asked us what ...
Anne Frank Gets Graphic
Recently I mentioned that there’s a new YA novel out about Anne Frank, told from the perspective of Peter, the ...
A Tisha B’Av User’s Guide
Tisha B’Av is the day when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. Twice. The entire day is a sort of ...
Memories of Hillel Academy: Part I
Joshua Braff is the author of the novel Peep Show. He will be blogging all this week for the Jewish Book Council ...
Making Aliyah Is Not A Job
We’re about three minutes away from weekend, but I just want to take this opportunity to vent a little bit. ...
Wise Fridays: Behaving Wisely
“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.” —Abba Eban Find more ...
Like Holy Rollers, But True
I didn’t get a chance to see Holy Rollers, the movie about Hasidic kids who get involved smuggling drugs into ...
As Long As They Don’t Get Any Bright Ideas About Gefilte Fish
On these sweltering summer days, we’re all dreaming about ice cream. But when you dream about ice cream does your ...