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Jewish Publication Society: Until 120 and On
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaking at last night’s Jewish Publication Society 120th Anniversary Banquet, could not constrain himself from talking ...
You Can Fill My Pool With That Anytime.
Our newest section, Magic & the Supernatural, has articles about all types of amulets and other magical objects. We’ve been ...
Historic Moment for the Conservative Movement
Yesterday, the Rabbinical Assembly elected Rabbi Julie Schoenfeld to be their next Executive Vice President, the highest administrative position in ...
Daily Show Democrats and Larry-publicans
Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...
Size Doesn’t Matter (Seriously)
Last night I met up with some of my old friends from the Jewish Society at Oxford, and remembered how ...
Better find a friend who takes good notes.
Sorry gentile college students of Toronto. That long weekend trip to Cape Cod you were planning next Rosh Hashanah is ...
Want to fix the world? There is a solution.
A recent trend in commercials about political issues is to have a close up of a famous celebrity/sad looking child’s ...
Noah, Meet Youtube.
G-dcast has been going off the hook lately. First there was the wave of Jewish blogs raving, then the Gigaom ...
A Different Kind of “From the Academy”
Recently a group of more than 250 Jewish studies scholars endorsed Barack Obama. At first I was a little confused ...
Eruv: The Next Generation
Technological artist Elliot Malkin isn’t a stranger to religious art. While still a student at NYU, he designed Crucifix NG, ...
From the Academy: Benjamin Sommer
In this installment of “From the Academy,� Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary, tells us ...