Israel
ROI 120: Tightrope Walkers, Half-Naked Trapeze, and the Future of the Jewish Community
Heshy Fried, better known as Frum Satire, is one of 120 participants in the Schusterman Foundation’s initiative ROI 120, a ...
Everybody Dance (and Daven) Now
You know what the shema has always been missing? Blonde girls in leggings. Also a DJ. And awkward dance moves. ...
A Little More on Casspi
I wanted to pass along this feature article about Omri Casspi in Ha’aretz. The difference between this piece and my ...
Jews and the Vatican: Epilogue: The Portable Altar of Ludwig the Priest
Inbal Freund-Novick is an organizational consultant and co-founder of The Unmasked Comics Project, a social change comics venture with comics ...
Diaspora & Israel, Messianism and Families
Are there really more Muslims than Jews in the US? (Chicago Jewish News)Should Jews shun “Messianic Jews“? (Beliefnet)Soli Shahvar, Amos ...
Conversion & Intermarriage
Can a person be too evil to convert to Judaism? (Forward)Says Julie Wiener, “I, a liberal intermarried Jew feel ambivalent ...
Jews and the Vatican: Thoughts about Spirituality and Love
Inbal Freund-Novick is an organizational consultant and co-founder of The Unmasked Comics Project, a social change comics venture with comics ...
Bamba Brakha Brouhaha
In Israel, the first solid food many children are given is Bamba, a peanut flavored puffy corn snack. Bamba is ...
Single Men Over 20, What Are You Waiting For??
In continuing with my theme of weird marriage-related stories from Israel, here’s a doozy:Apparently, if you’re a single haredi guy ...
Jews and the Vatican: Our Christians, Ourselves
Inbal Freund-Novick is an organizational consultant and co-founder of The Unmasked Comics Project, a social change comics venture with comics ...