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Birthright Makes It Rain
Birthright has done me well. I’ve gotten a lot of free things from them. Key chains. Coffee mugs. Lots of ...
What Can Jews Learn from the Fast of Ramadan?
Every year, during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims around the world observe a month-long fast. This fast, ...
Why? Why? Why? Why Not?
Why did Nixon refuse to compel Israel to join the nuclear non-proliferation regime? (Ha’aretz)Why are the “days between the times“–so ...
Interview with Daniel Levin, author of The Last Ember
As part of my normal Sunday morning trip to Costco, I like to head over to the book table to ...
The Second Coming of “My Jesus Year”
Benyamin Cohen, former editor of the sadly-demised American Jewish Life magazine, wrote a book called My Jesus Year. It detailed ...
Rent In Manhattan Is Expensive
I guess rent is expensive everywhere. But in Manhattan, especially, I would not wish these rent bills on my worst ...
Anticipating Day after Night
Next week, we’re going to have Anita Diamant, author of the new book Day after Night, blogging for us. It’s ...
A Golem in Brazil
The Apple in the Dark, Clarice Lispector’s fourth novel, was published in Rio de Janeiro in 1961, five years after ...
Wise Fridays: The Creativity of Loneliness
The originality and creativity in man are rooted in his loneliness-experience, not in his social awareness…Social man is superficial: he ...
Kids, You’re On Your Own
Wouldn’t this be a cool legacy? Imagine, when you died, to honor your life, the company you created ceased to ...
Buying Local in Jerusalem and Supporting Palestinian Farmers
MJL contributor and generally awesome person Leah Koenig has an article at Tablet right now about about a mini-shuk in ...