Mixed Multitudes
Debating Peoplehood
Over at Jewcy, editor Joey Kurtzman and JTS provost Jack Wertheimer recently concluded a heated debate about the state of ...
Trying to be colorblind
Apparently there’s a new crisis in our community–addressing Jews of color.Or at least Jewish communal leaders are creating said crisis.The ...
Paying the Price
Moishe Ayre Friedman attended a Holocaust denial conference in Tehran, and in response, the Vienna Orthodox school has expelled his ...
Democracy and the Internet
A few weeks ago I wrote about the internet’s potential to help democratize Judaism. I hadn’t seen these lines from ...
A New Image for Israel
For our blog readers who also subscribe to Sports Illustrated (I know this may be a small percentage), “This Week’s ...
This is not kosher, Shlomo!
A passing reference to last year’s Morgan Freeman movie 10 Items or Less reminded me of a hilarious short film ...
Coming to Israel
The US Reform movement is placing a major new emphasis on aliyah, with an explicit goal “to impact Israeli society.� ...
The Future (or Death) of Theology
The other day, Meredith blogged about Elliot Cosgrove’s Forward op-ed about the unfortunate decline of Jewish theology. But I’d like ...
Something to Chew On
Puppies are cute, cuddly, and loving. They can even be Jewish. (Who hasn’t been to a bark mitzvah these days?)Puppy ...
Force or Diplomacy?
Israel is told, don’t end your conflict with Syria — this from Farid Ghadry, president of the Reform Party of ...
Where Have All the Theologians Gone?
The week The Forward has an op-ed from Elliot Cosgrove, a young, dynamic rabbi out of Chicago, asking “Where Have ...
My Holocaust, Part III
I’ve already blogged about my negative response to Tova Reich’s novel My Holocaust and the NYTimes’ similar critique.And, indeed, the ...