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Sami Rohr Prize

The Jewish Book Council announced the winner of the second annual Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature today. The Rohr ...

The Insanity Defense

I wrote the following article about Woody Allen’s The Insanity Defense for my Jerusalem Post books column, but it turned ...

The Anonymous Irish Rabbi

JTA has reported that a “leading rabbi in Ireland” has criticized the Irish Film and Television Academy for an award ...

Tom Zantos Z’L

Today the Jewish community mourns the loss of Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress. ...

Water in Israel

-Global warming notwithstanding, Israeli rainfall statistics have remained essentially unchanged in the 60 years they have been tracked. (Haaretz) -Preserving ...

Religion & Mathematics

-A mathematician makes the argument that the amazing coincidences, “miracles,� that people take as evidence for the existence of God ...

Arrrrrrre you going to shul later?

JTA is reporting that an ancient Jewish cemetery found in Jamaica contains headstones with pictures of skulls and crossbones. People ...

Muhammad on Wikipedia

The Wikipedia entry on Muhammad contains a 15th century illustration of the Muslim prophet preaching the Quran. But iconography like ...

From the Academy: David Shneer

In the second installment of “From the Academy,” Dr. David Shneer, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center ...

Watchdogs, Superheroes, & Second Life

-Sayed Kashua, an Israeli-born Arab journalist, and author has created a prime-time situation comedy which “deals with Israeli society’s prejudices ...

Best Error Message Ever

Tonight the New York Jewish Week is hosting an event called “Is the Internet Good for the Jews?” When you ...

PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism

Our friends Aharon and Ariel want you to know that applications are now being accepted for the Summer 2008 PresenTense ...

Schmutz Wednesday

There’s an old story about a Jewish mother who sees a young man with dirt on his face. She goes ...

Obligation

Rabbi Andy Bachman, an engaging and innovative Reform rabbi, recently blogged about those people who come to say kaddish at ...

The Sephardi World

-David Shasha sets forth that “Sephardic culture, which espouses an outlook of tolerance and coexistence…could speak in a sophisticated and ...