Mixed Multitudes
Debating God
Over at Jewcy.com, Douglas Rushkoff, the subject of some recent posts here, and our friend Rabbi Andy Bachman are duking ...
The Ideas Debate Continues
Steven I Weiss over at Canonist has posted his two cents on Gary Rosenblatt and the “Next Big Jewish Idea” ...
Why I Love Conferences (or, the end of day one)
I’ve been in panels all day — four, including my own. And one lunchtime meeting that was really interesting (it ...
Boston Study
In this week’s Forward, Bethamie Horowitz looks at the recent Boston Community Study that showed that 60% of children in ...
Association for Jewish Studies: Conference 101
The AJS Conference 101 — a primer:Not many people come to these conferences, so I thought, before I got into ...
Blogging from AJS
This year’s Association for Jewish Studies conference is being held in San Diego and begins on Sunday, running through Tuesday. ...
Hanukkah Prep
Hanukkah begins tonight, and as always, MJL is here to help you prepare. Learn about the holiday’s history, its theology ...
Judging a Book by Its Cover
Rich Cohen’s Sweet and Low has garnered one of the quirkier end-of-season literary honors: Bookslut has named it one of ...
Reading Jimmy Carter
I just started reading Jimmy Carter’s new book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, which has been garnering serious criticism in the ...
The Orthodox Respond
Thanks to Canonist for calling attention to the Orthodox institutions that responded to last week’s decision by (some in) the ...
More Ideas, More Rushkoff
Mobius over at Jewschool has posted a long and thoughtful response to the “Next Big Jewish Idea” question. Rather than ...
MJL’s Hanukkah Appeal
A few times a year, we at MJL ask our audience to donate to help us keep going and growing ...