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I Want to Be a Rebbe

My rebbe is an awesome man. His family lives in a little falling-apart shack on the edge of Boro Park, ...

Since his death at age 98 a few weeks ago, I’ve been meaning to write a bit about Rabbi Emanuel ...

The Ponzi Scheme involving Bernie Madoff stealing some $50 Billion is kind of a big deal. I wouldn’t even know ...

In last Sunday’s New York Times, Paula Roth (no relation) covers the opening of a new bar in an area ...

We have a really nice article with some tips for someone who’s planning to give a dvar Torah.Â And when ...

There’s a fascinating back-and-forth over at The Atlantic between Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi about exoticism and intermarriage in the black ...

Test your knowledge of this Torah portion.

There was a really cute baby in the MJL office today, and it got us talking about baby names and ...

Looking toward the rebuilding of the Temple.

A new site, TransTorah, was just launched, offering resources for trans and transitioning Jews along with divrei Torah, and resources ...

From today’s emailbox:When you think of G_d, do you think of an “entity” (I know it’s not the right word, ...

Check out this fascinating article in The Guardian about all of the letters that people send to God, often addressed ...