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What’s The Hebrew For Community?

Just yesterday, Tamar and I were sitting around the office discussing the merits of talking about our favorite television shows ...

Do You “Like” My Name?

A couple in Israel recently decided to name one of their children Like, because of liking things on facebook. They ...

Roger Waters Is A Wimp

There has been a small, but growing trend among some musicians and bands to refuse to play in Israel because ...

Civilized Discourse

Do the Zionist left and Zionist right really have to keep demonizing each other? (Forward)Says Rabbi Reuven Hammer “I am ...

Defending Justin Bieber

Say it aint so Justin! Or better yet, never say never Justin!You know Justin Bieber, right? The greatest singer alive? ...

Today Could Have Gone Better

For many years my homepage on my computer was the Jerusalem Post, not because I found them to be the ...

Who Qualifies For Hillel?

Back when I was in college, my roommates were pretty involved with Hillel. And from what I got from them, ...

Wise Fridays: On Land and in Heaven

“Each people has as much heaven over its head as it has land under its feet.” —Hayim Nachman Bialik Find ...

Jewish Languages: What’s Trending?

“Yeshivish” is a normal form of discourse for many Orthodox Jews in America–but could it become a new language? (Forward)Daven ...

Egypt & Israel

Rob Eshman challenges the standard Jewish response of  “full-throated pessimism” to the events of Egypt, noting “I worry that fear ...

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