August 2010

Rachel Shukert, Zionist Secret Agent

On Monday, Rachel Shukert blogged about Mad Men, Lenny Bruce style. Below is her satirical short fiction response to some ...

A Show About Circumcision

I guess that, in the back on my mind, I always knew that some Jews got adult circumcisions (what an ...

The Invisible Bridge

Today I’m reading — and dreaming about — the novel The Invisible Bridge.There’s something about Julie Orringer’s writing style that ...

The Peace Process

Abbas sets a total construction freeze as the price for direct talks. (Ha’aretz)Israel’s demands for West Bank security arrangements appear ...

Joan Holloway’s Tushy Is Jewish

Rachel Shukert is the author of the memoir Everything Is Going To Be Great : An Underfunded and Overexposed European ...

Best of the Week

As the week comes to a close, let’s take a look at some things you may have missed here at ...

Some Amar’e Conclusions (Finally)

I don’t need to go over all the details of the Amar’e Stoudemire being Jewish claims (you can read all ...

Madeline Joins the Israeli Army

Of all the comic books published about basic training in the Israeli army, this is far and beyond the most ...

Wise Fridays: Judaism Can Save Your Life

“Judaism, done right, has the power to save your life from being spent entirely on the trivial…But it can do ...

My First Bat Mitzvah Party

The other day, I wrote about vomiting at my bar mitzvah party. Not my finest hour.Since then, I’ve been thinking ...