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Kugels and Chulent Only!
Over at Jewlicious Y-Love alerts us to a bizarre new modesty issue in the haredi community: an unnecessarily wide variety ...
Angelina Jolie Stars In: The Bible
There’s a new Bible on the market, and while it doesn’t have the awesome JPS translation going for it, it ...
Celebrate Yom Kippur With Jewish Athletes
For reasons that aren’t totally clear to me InGameNow decided to take Yom Kippur as an opportunity to list their ...
The Case of the Jew-y Getaway Car
If I was going to rob a bank on and steal a rabbi’s car to use as a getaway vehicle, ...
Aramaic for the Masses
Over at the Aramaic Blog there’s news of an online Introduction to Aramaic course being offered at a discount to ...
Israel and Iran Make Nice Over Sick Kid
An Iranian child with a brain tumor will be in Israel with his family for two weeks while he undergoes ...
Pink Ribbons and Yom Kippur
It’s October, which, as you may have noticed is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and there’s a pink ribbon on everything ...
The High Holidays are nuts!
I thought I’d heard of all the major High Holiday customs–fish heads or goat heads on the table, kaparot, and ...
Anorexia and fasting on Yom Kippur
This week we’re all gearing up for the big fast starting on Wednesday night, so I’ve been reviewing the rules ...
Vilde Chayas
I’m the first person to ‘fess up to my Maurice Sendak obsession — Where the Wild Things Are is the ...