August 2010
Rachel Shukert, Zionist Secret Agent
On Monday, Rachel Shukert blogged about Mad Men, Lenny Bruce style. Below is her satirical short fiction response to some ...
A Show About Circumcision
I guess that, in the back on my mind, I always knew that some Jews got adult circumcisions (what an ...
The Invisible Bridge
Today I’m reading — and dreaming about — the novel The Invisible Bridge.There’s something about Julie Orringer’s writing style that ...
The Peace Process
Abbas sets a total construction freeze as the price for direct talks. (Ha’aretz)Israel’s demands for West Bank security arrangements appear ...
Joan Holloway’s Tushy Is Jewish
Rachel Shukert is the author of the memoir Everything Is Going To Be Great : An Underfunded and Overexposed European ...
Best of the Week
As the week comes to a close, let’s take a look at some things you may have missed here at ...
Some Amar’e Conclusions (Finally)
I don’t need to go over all the details of the Amar’e Stoudemire being Jewish claims (you can read all ...
Madeline Joins the Israeli Army
Of all the comic books published about basic training in the Israeli army, this is far and beyond the most ...
Wise Fridays: Judaism Can Save Your Life
“Judaism, done right, has the power to save your life from being spent entirely on the trivial…But it can do ...
My First Bat Mitzvah Party
The other day, I wrote about vomiting at my bar mitzvah party. Not my finest hour.Since then, I’ve been thinking ...