Mixed Multitudes

I’ve been a vegetarian for almost twenty years, but I’m intentionally chill about it. I won’t eat meat or poultry ...

On Monday, David Albahari explained the motive behind the madness of one-paragraph novels. He will be blogging all week for ...

Last night, stand-up comedy sensation and ghostwriter to the stars Jeremy Moses — otherwise known as our former Editorial Fellow, ...

David Albahari is the Serbian-born Canadian author, most recently, of the novel Leeches. The book is a feat of magic, ...

“God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on ...

I know that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I often do. And from the ...

Today is Bloomsday, named after Leopold Bloom, the main character of James Joyce’s Ulysses and patron saint of 21st-century literary snobs ...

A few months before my mother died, someone bought us a  gong (someone else bought us a pretty painted tambourine, ...

I have always wanted to join a Chevra Kadisha, a Jewish burial society, but I was nervous about what it ...

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said that the most difficult to observe of all the 613 commandments is “Honor your father ...

Earlier this week, Levana Kirschenbaum blogged about domestic disputes and gourmet food and Spanish chocolate-chip cookies. She will be blogging all ...

Yesterday, Levana Kirschenbaum blogged about domestic disputes and gourmet food. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council ...