Mixed Multitudes
A Gentile Drowning
Yesterday I blogged about our need, as a community, to confront the darker corners of our textual tradition. I worried ...
Finding a Rabbi
Earlier this week I blogged about non-Orthodox couples choosing to have an Orthodox rabbi officiate at their weddings. This post ...
Securing Jordan
Shmuel Rosner, Ha’aretz’s chief U.S. correspondent, has a piece on Slate which considers Jordan’s stability in the overall status of ...
Jewels of Elul
With the beginning of Elul (duly noted by Lili earlier today) our friends over at Craig and Co. have unveiled ...
Engaging Difficult Texts
This week, I contributed the Dvar Torah to American Jewish World Service’s Dvar Tzedek (which we also syndicate on MJL). ...
Elul Musings
This is my first Elul as a mother, but not my first as a daughter. WOW do I have a ...
A Wedding Dilemma
This past weekend I went to the wedding of a friend of mine. During the ceremony, I cried. But not ...
Reading Leonard Michaels
In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I examine the work of Leonard Michaels, whose collected stories were recently ...
Not My Warriors
Christiane Amanpour is at it again. This non-journalist has traveled the world seeking out “God’s Warriors.” In this documentary, two ...
New Blog: The New Jew
I was doing a bit of research this morning on the Areivim Fund, which I wrote about two weeks ago, ...
Just Facebook Me
Like many 20-somethings, I have spent countless hours wasting away in front of my computer on Facebook. I mean, who ...
Barry Bonds Isn’t Jewish
Barry Bonds became MLB’s new home run king last night, and while this could inspire blog posts about Jewish attitudes ...