Study
Everyone is Amalek
The commandment to wipe out the nation of Amalek is, perhaps, one of the most morally complicated parts of the ...
Palin and the Jews, Again?
Yesterday Daniel, noted in the comments section of Matthue’s blog on Sarah Palin that “strangely, Gawker is becoming quite the ...
Smoking and Jewish Law
As a new parent, I’ve become suddenly and acutely sensitive to smoking. While I used to personally detest it and ...
Honorable Mention: Whoopi Goldberg
I need to confess something. I have a big crush on Mordecai Kaplan. I am a firm believer that most ...
These Books Should be Burned
Recently I walked into a Judaica store in New York City with my boyfriend. We had to buy some new ...
Another way of avoiding American politics.
Great news for those hoping the upcoming Israeli elections will decrease corruption by government officials. Aryeh Deri is running for ...
Israeli Defense Forces
The complex set of lessons imparted at the IDF’s Officer Training School near Mitzpe Ramon. (Jerusalem Post)Only 52% of Israeli ...
Permitted graffiti
I received this from a (non-Jewish) teacher at a school that’s largely not Jewish. It’s a classroom experiment — and, ...
Sweet Home Alabama?
Yesterday, I had never heard of Dothan, Alabama. Today, I might be considering a move there. Larry Blumberg and his ...
God on Trial
You know that story wherein a group of rabbis in a concentration camp assembles a beit din — a team ...
How do you help…?
This morning on the subway, I was scribbling away in my notebook — scrunched up, as usual, between a 300-pound ...
Religious. Gay. You’ve heard this, right?
Earlier this year, the Israeli website HOD launched. It’s a Hebrew acronym that roughly translates to “religious and gay.” It’s ...