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Jews and Money

A substantial look at how the ailing economy means that donations to social action agencies are down as demands are ...

Snoozing on the Shoulders of Giants

This post on Jewschool got me thinking. It’s a pretty common story in our days: a Jewish teenager’s grandfather died, ...

The Synagogue Review

A New Jersey Conservative synagogue finds that instrumental music draws crowds for a Friday night service. (NJ Jewish News)Five synagogues ...

Olympic Culture Hacking

Meredith pointed out that Jews and Israelis are winning Olympic medals all over the place, and then asked, “Why do ...

The Onion takes on Postville

The Agriprocessors story continues to show up in newspapers of record. Today’s addition: The Onion . In its “American Voices” ...

Back to School

It seems like this little doozy from my home state of has flown under the radars of church-state separation proponents: ...

Lion Bites Rabbi

That’s the title of the original post from Nosson Slifkin, the Zoo Rabbi, and it’s hard not to use — ...

Hilkhot Kotel

The story of Barack Obama’s stolen Western Wall note — and its subsequent publication in Ma’ariv — is interesting for ...

I Never Tasted Shrimp So Good!

Last night on my daily supermarket run I picked up some Full Circle Shrimp for the whole family. I had ...

Agunah Progress

It’s an embarrassing fact that Jewish women trying to get a get (writ of divorce) from recalcitrant husbands are often ...

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