April 2011

The Matzah House

Last year, I attempted to break (set) the record for the fastest time to eat a piece of matzah. I ...

The Poetry Writing Process

Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. She will be blogging all week for ...

How to Set Your Seder Plate for Passover

Setting up a seder plate doesn’t have to be hard. And neither does understanding what’s on the seder plate. Just ...

What Do You Think of MyJewishLearning?

Hey, you! Yeah, you. Have you ever heard of this great transdenominational website where you can learn about everything Jewish? ...

A Good Passover Video!

I’ve been working here long enough to know that most Jewish video spoofs are terrible. The jokes are corny. The ...

The Origin of Russian for Lovers

Marina Blitshteyn is the author of the new poetry chapbook Russian for Lovers. She will be blogging all week for ...

Best of the Week

It’s April Fools Day! Which would be a fun day on the internet except for the fact that the internet ...

Wise Fridays: Love Without Criticism

“Love unaccompanied by criticism is not love…Peace unaccompanied by rebuke is not peace.” —Genesis Rabbah 54:3 Find more Wise Fridays ...