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Lamentations 9/11

I thought it would be a bit odd to have an entire day of posts without mentioning 9/11. On Faith, ...

Wanted: Muslim-Jewish Dialogue

Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s speech at the Islamic Society of North America conference has been flagged by other Jewish leaders as ...

Jewish Triumphalism, Jewish Essentialism

I’ve often expressed my belief that Jewish triumphalism (be it biblical or theological) is dangerous because it will likely lead ...

Fish Heads, Kosher Honey & Teshuvah

-In “Facing the Music� Rabbi Shefa Gold gives a meditation on “Tefilah …Teshuvah … Tzedakah.� (The Shalom Center)-Here’s where that ...

From Robben Island to Yad Vashem

I spent part of the summer in South Africa spending time in the black townships outside Cape Town with an ...

Where do non-profits go when they die?

Jewish organizations rarely disband or die. Many that have outlived their original, and even subsequent, missions frequently hang around, eating ...

Censorship in Israel

Earlier this week, MJL launched a new subject area: Theatre & Dance — a collection of articles about Jewish performance ...

The World of Jewish Education

-Can Jewish law be “temporarily set aside for the sake of a teaching moment�? (The Jerusalem Post)-Will Jewish charter schools ...

Armenian Genocide: The Fallout

Jewcy is rallying the troops for a boycott of Abe Foxman’s speech at the 92nd Street Y next week to ...

The New Development Towns

Israel is working on making the Negev bloom, again: Development in the northern Negev received a boost on Tuesday from ...

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