Mixed Multitudes
The Origin of Russian for Lovers
Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. She will be blogging all week for ...
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It’s April Fools Day! Which would be a fun day on the internet except for the fact that the internet ...
Wise Fridays: Love Without Criticism
“Love unaccompanied by criticism is not love…Peace unaccompanied by rebuke is not peace.” —Genesis Rabbah 54:3 Find more Wise Fridays ...
Manischewitz Cook-Off National Finals 2011
The Fifth Annual Man-O-Manischewitz National Cook Off just finished, and, man, I’m still buzzing. There was some serious high-octane, high-pressure, ...
AJWS Dvar Tzedek Fellowship
Our good friends at AJWS are looking for a few more good women and men to write their social justice ...
A Good Looking Pastrami
There is no other restaurant in New York that makes me feel fatter than when I leave than the 2nd ...
Crumbs Cupcakes: A Passover Tease
Crumbs Bake Shop has a line of Passover inspired cupcakes this year. Passover inspired, which is apparently very different from ...
Downloading The Haggadah
At my parents house, we routinely have anywhere between 15-20 people at our Passover seders, occasionally even more. And while ...
Jews in Odd Places
When I told the people at my Orthodox Jewish high school that I was going to University of Iowa for ...
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Hey now (I’ve been watching a lot of The Larry Sanders Show)!!! The weekend is ever so close. I can ...