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Becoming Communist
These past few days have been weirdly Communist-centric for me. First, my book that’s coming out in October. Then there’s ...
Women Can Sing, Officially
For anyone who missed the public outcry last week about the Israeli youth group Bnei Akiva’s new single-sex policy on ...
Jewish Identity
For “the perpetual discussion of what it means and how it feels to be a Jew�, even though “there is ...
A Detailed Explanation of Niddah, or “Family Purity” Laws
How traditional Jewish women prepare for monthly mikveh use.
Back to School
It seems like this little doozy from my home state of has flown under the radars of church-state separation proponents: ...
Politics Now
Dennis Shulman seeks to become the first ever blind rabbi in Congress.The Jerusalem Post interviews Obama and McCain. Michael Wissot ...
Welcome Home Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!
On Wednesday I heard John Ruskay, the executive vice president of the UJA speak at a seminar of 50 college ...
Nuclear Warfare & Obama’s Feelings…
When Barack Obama met with members of the Democratic Caucus to speak about his tour of the Middle East, he ...
It Takes a Nation of 150,000
In Black Orthodox hip-hop M.C. Y-Love’s song State of the Nation, he reels off statistics gleaned from the National Jewish ...
Islamic Movement: Knowledge is Dangerous
Chabad is nothing if not well-organized. Each year, they release a set of uniform lesson plans to literally hundreds of ...
Jesus Saves, Moses Eats Deli.
What a waste of a pickle. Probably a full sour too, by the looks of it:
Hilkhot Kotel
The story of Barack Obama’s stolen Western Wall note — and its subsequent publication in Ma’ariv — is interesting for ...