November 2010

Jewish Video Of The Year

Yes, you heard me. I’ve come across the best Jewish video of 2010. And straight out of left field, the ...

Everything We Need to Know

On Monday, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel. She is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: ...

Eat Or Get Punched

Sometimes a story is so random, so weird, so out of the blue, that there really is no explanation for ...

Discovering Sepharad/Al-Andalus: A Short Reading List

I guess it was the recent New York Times profile of the hateful extremist Pamela Geller that set me off ...

MJL Dessert Recipe Contest Winner: Poppy Seed Cake

Over at the Jewish Food facebook page we recently ran a dessert recipe contest, and we’re pleased to announce the ...

Holes

Ruth Franklin is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. She will be blogging all ...

Best of the Week

The week is over. Here’s the best of it.Hanukkah is really soon. Like realllllly soon (so soon that it warrants ...

Wise Fridays: Don’t Begrudge Him

[If a rich man said to a poor man],”Why don’t you go out and work at a job? Look at ...

Must Be Fundraising Season

Raising money can be a difficult task–especially in this economy (I love that line). But non-profit organizations have to raise ...

What’s So Sexy About Jews?

We can all agree that Jews are sexy. But what makes the People of the Book so hot? Is it ...