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Wise Friday: Understanding Racism
“Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum hatred for a minimum reason.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel Find more ...
Family Meal Traditions
Over at TheKitchn, blogger Ronee Saroff writes about her family’s tradition of spending Friday night without electricity: About a year ...
How Do I Become an Empowered Jew?
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the Executive Director of Mechon Hadar, has written a new book called Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim ...
Some Good News For Orthodox Marrieds
I have been thinking critically about marriage, recently. Partially this is because more and more of my friends and mentors ...
You Never Forget Your First Time
Not long ago I wrote about that old die-hard myth of Jews having sex through a hole in the sheet. ...
How Jews Mourn
People grieve in different ways. While Judaism may have set rules and regulations on death and mourning, the ways people ...
Wise Fridays: Laziness and Satisfaction
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.–Anne Frank Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.
No Orthodox Glory Holes
Aliza Hausman just posted a great video by Ma Nishtana about mythbusting that whole Jews have sex through a hole ...
Melissa Broder’s Pen Pal # 1
In her last posts, Melissa Broder conducted a “Jewish vs. Goyish litmus test” for the year in review, shared the ...
Phylactery, Olfactory, Same Thing
Oy vey. Check out this video of the Chief Inspector of the Philadelphia police department talking about the plane that ...