November 2010

Best of the Week

It’s Friday! I’m sitting up in Toronto and it’s cold and rainy! Someone please make it stop. Here are some ...

Wise Fridays: Don’t Wait for the Subpoena

“From where do we learn that if you are in a position to offer testimony on someone’s behalf, you are ...

Making Kosher Food Is an All-Night Affair

Earlier this week, Sue Fishkoff wrote about watching a goat slaughtered and people who only keep kosher on holidays. She ...

All Lentil Shabbat

This Shabbat we read the story of Esau selling his birthright for some awesome lentil soup. I highly suggest you ...

Make Vegan Kosher

The other night, I went out with my roommate to a local Rastafarian vegan restaurant. We had an awesome time, ...

More Thoughts on Niddah

I’ve been faithfully attending the Yeshivat Hadar sessions about Niddah, taught by Rabbi Ethan Tucker. If you have any interest ...

Goji Berries

I know that not EVERYONE watches The Adventures of Todd and God as much as we do at MJL headquarters. ...

Star-K Marriage

We’ve put on some pretty crazy contests here at MJL in the past (anyone remember Bad Poetry?). However, we have ...

Getting Close to Your Food Is Harder when Meat Is Involved

On Monday, Sue Fishkoff wrote about people who only keep kosher on holidays. She is the author of Kosher Nation: ...

Craigslist Torah

I have two dining room tables. Well, one of them is sitting in pieces in my closet because, really, who ...