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I love Amazon. One can buy just about anything and everything. I personally use it for dog bones, Muppet DVDs, ...
Defining Charity
While Palestinians continue to battle each other for control of Gaza, another battle involving Hamas is taking place on American ...
Jews in Sports
-In its early decades, Jews were an important part of basketball. For example, half of the 1946-47 New York Knickerbockers ...
Jew York
Jewish life is seemingly apparent everywhere in New York City. From the numerous kosher restaurants, to those in Orthodox garb ...
Where Things Stand
Reservists who fought in the Lebanon war, now a year later, give a more nuanced view of their experiences. Includes ...
Small Giving, Big Impact
Today’s Jewish philanthropic news centers around those who give $5 million or more. In recent years many organizations have focused ...
It’s Not Just Us
Of course, Jews hold no monopoly on inter-denominational strife, but it was still eye-opening to read my friend Benjy Balint’s ...
Know Your Audience
One problem with writing, as opposed to speech, is that one can’t use voice inflections. This creates a particular issue ...
California Love
In one of his hit songs, California Love, the late Tupac rapped, “It’s all good, from Diego to the Bay,” ...
How to Judge People
If there’s one thing the Jewish community is all-too often missing, it’s self-criticism. Groups and movements tend to blame other ...