The Forward is looking for help with its next Forward 50, and the new Heeb 100 has just been announced. Which got me thinking, MyJewishLearning needs a Top Jew list, too!
So I’m pleased to announce “The MJL Million” — our homegrown list of the million best Jews in America.
True, it sucks for us that there […]

When blogging for a Jewish website, its tough to balance Jewish content in your entries.  On the one hand, I can’t just write about anything.  You didn’t come to Mixed Multitudes to hear me rant about why the Sacramento Kings are the greatest basketball team of all time (By the way, they are).  You came […]

Last night, Shimon Peres, the President of Israel spoke at NYU on the Globalization of Peace.

Although President Peres spoke on major political and social issues, the caveat that interested me the most was his “midrashic” conclusion.
President Peres told a story that he heard from a Muslim teacher:
“The Rabbi asked: When does the night end and […]

It’s the end of the year, at least the Jewish one, and the countdown lists are beginning.
Galei Tzahal will broadcast its countdown of the top Israeli songs of 5768 today at 9 pm Israel time (2 pm EST) You can listen to the audio stream online.
JTA also has highlights from the past year, touching on […]

Do you live in the New York metropolitan area? Have you ever thought about wearing tzitzit? Try it out here — somebody’s giving away a bunch of “gently worn” prayer shawls on Craigslist. It’s a great opportunity to jump risk-free into that wacky world of religious fashion…and, more to the point, you get to meet […]

Top 3 reasons not to work at Disney World inside a Mickey Mouse costume:
1) The kids.  So many kids.
2) The heat.  Florida is not kind during the summer.
3) This article. It seems as though Fundamentalist Islamic clerics are running out of people to give out fatwas to. According to the article, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Munajid, a […]

This guest post comes to us from Sara Hahn of the American Jewish World Service. She attended the International AIDS Conference last month and asks “Where were they Jewish organizations?”
A question: “Why should a Jewish organization be present at an international AIDS conference?”
My question: “Why weren’t there more Jewish organizations at an international AIDS conference?”
In […]

Sorry. We had to take down that episode of Todd & God.
For those who saw it and want to watch it again, it’ll be back up soon. For those who didn’t see it, it’ll be back up soon.

Fittingly, on the night of his big speech to the Republican National Convention, John McCain is the author of today’s installment of Jewels of Elul.
The Jewish month of Elul is both a time for reflection and one of hope for the future. Jewish tradition teaches that a person is judged on Yom Kippur, but […]

Today’s Jewel of Elul is from Elisa Bildner, who chairs the Foundation for Jewish Camp:
Erev Shabbat, July 18, 2008. Berlin’s Pestalozzistrasse Synagogue. One of the few non-native parishioners in a packed pre-World War II sanctuary, I daven, mesmerized by the cantor’s mellifluous tenor. I think: What seemed improbable, impossible, is not. Six […]