Mixed Multitudes
Best of the Week
Hey now (I’ve been watching a lot of The Larry Sanders Show)!!! The weekend is ever so close. I can ...
A New Haggadah to Get Excited About
Guess what? The Maxwell House Haggadah is being reissued this year, and it’s new and improved…but let’s face it, probably ...
Jews Fighting Jews
Jon Stewart is at it again. It seems like every month or so, they pull out an exclusively Jewish segment ...
Today Could Have Gone Better
For many years my homepage on my computer was the Jerusalem Post, not because I found them to be the ...
March Rabbness
Even if you aren’t a college sports fan, let alone a sports fan, you have to admit that the March ...
Stop! Don’t Touch That Matzah
So I don’t know if you noticed, but we just finished up with Purim. So many kind strangers and people-from-my-synagogue-whose-names-I-sort-of-know-but-don’t-exactly ...
The Shiva Sisters: Awesome or Inappropriate?
My friend Jen has a fantastic blog where she spotlights something found on the internet and polls the readers on ...
Who Qualifies For Hillel?
Back when I was in college, my roommates were pretty involved with Hillel. And from what I got from them, ...
The Week Before Purim Is Legally Obligated to Drag
It’s Friday, Friday, Friday afternoon, and that means it’s time to look back at the week:Have you tried our Hamantaschen ...
Wise Fridays: On Land and in Heaven
“Each people has as much heaven over its head as it has land under its feet.” —Hayim Nachman Bialik Find ...
Turkish Coffee for the Crown Prince
Earlier this week, Reyna Simnegar, the author of Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride: And Other Sephardic Kosher Recipes You Will Love, ...
Not So Fast
There are a only a couple more hours left of Taanit Esther, the Fast of Esther. As per usual, this ...