Israel
Max Blumenthal Strikes Again
Max Blumenthal is starting to get annoying. If you don’t remember who this guy is, I posted a video he ...
Interview (and a free JDub album!) with Wailing Wall
Today, JDub Records releases their first-ever free debut album — Wailing Wall’s debut record, Hospital Blossoms. Follow that link to ...
Family Matters
In the last few years, quite a few gay men in Israel have decided to become parents and raise children ...
Interview with DeScribe: “Makin’ It” with Y-Love
A few years ago, I was asked (by another publication) to track down this Hasidic rapper who seemed to come ...
Sabra Returns to Marvel Comics
If you don’t know about my obsession with Sabra, the Jewish superhero, then just Google around — I’m kind of ...
Classical Music in the West Bank
You know those movies, books, and news stories about how classical music turned the life of some hard-knock kids around, ...
Israel: Settlements, Conflict, and Iran
Netanyahu says Israel will not stop construction in Jerusalem or halt building to accommodate “natural growth†in the settlements. He ...
Israel, Settlements, and the Diaspora
Does pressure on the Israeli government from diaspora Jews have any chance of actually making a difference? (Ha’aretz)Yossi Verter sees ...
Unwise Thursdays
Moment Magazine has a feature each month where they ask rabbis of various movements and constituencies to respond to a ...
Renaissance in a Time of Ration
This article was written for the 2009 Why Be Jewish Gathering: Renaissance in a Time of Ration, a project of ...
Yom Yerushalayim: Break Out the Kugel.
Tomorrow is Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day. This year I didn’t do much for Yom Haatzmaut, but I can’t let ...