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A Baby By Any Other Name…

JTA is currently featuring an article about the challenge of choosing a name for a Jewish baby, so I thought ...

The Virgin Bride

In recent months I have received a flurry of wedding invitations. I have also been helping plan my sister’s wedding, ...

What Happens Then?

Last week an older man who I know from various minyanim on the Upper West Side mentioned that he was ...

Old School Birthing

Yesterday’s New York Times profiled the recent rise in home birthing, a concept that started out as the only option ...

How Much Should We Talk About Sex?

I’ve been thinking a lot about sex recently, which is not, like, a new thing for me, but I’ve been ...

Election Roundup

Just in: According to ABC News and Fox News, Rahm Emanuel has been offered the position of President Obama’s Chief ...

Gawking vs. Learning

I’ve been watching a lot of TLC lately, and it seems like the angle of that network is essentially, ‘Watch ...

Half a Torah

What is a haftarah, exactly? You should visit MJL’s haftarah page to become an authority on the matter in less ...

Jews in Television #1: Mazel Tov on Becoming a Dad

I’m devoting today’s posts to the love of my life: Television.Because I was a bit too young to appreciate it ...

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 ...

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