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I first heard about Birthright’s new initiative about a month ago. Called Next Shabbat, Taglit-Birthright Israel is sponsoring their alumni ...

I love this article in the New York Times about a pastor who told his congregation of some 20,000 people ...

Yesterday, in London, Israeli President Shimon Peres was honored by the Queen of England by becoming a knight. I tried ...

Shalom TV is starting up a war! Everybody hit the floor so you don’t get hit!In an interview this week ...

(Editor’s Note: I’m not a creep.)Last year, when the writer’s strike in Hollywood was in full effect, I had plenty ...

Today is National Adoption Day, which you may have guessed by the title of this blog post and also by ...

Ruti Abusch-Magder, a scholar-in-residence at the University of Chicago Hillel is doing outreach based around food and gender (sometimes together, ...

Well the Forward 50 is up. And it’s pretty lame. Rahm Emanuel? Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Adam Sandler?It really looks like ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you probably know about the very important Gardasil ...

Up until very recently I’ve been shocked at how simple my grief has been.  I’m just sad all the time.  ...