Jordanna Birnbaum

Jordanna Birnbaum is the intern at MyJewishLearning.com


Articles by Jordanna Birnbaum

HA YA!

Four years ago in Athens, Gal Fridman (whose first name means wave) took home the first gold medal for Israel ...

Travelling On A Prayer

Everyday I take the Long Island Rail Road to work, although it is not ideal to daven (pray) on the ...

The Rabbi Roundtable

Recently I experienced an interesting situation: a rabbi roundtable.A group of college students part of a summer internship program, sat ...

Kosher Elk Anyone?

Yesterday the JTA reported that kosher elk meat will soon be available to the public. After more than six years ...

The Pursuit of Happiness

This week Newsweek features an article called “Does Having Kids Make You Happy?”The author gives a list of experts, surveys, ...

The Shrinking Diaspora

Recently I heard Sammy Samuels, one of 20 Jews in left Myanmar speak about his homeland and how he made ...

Are Jewish Women Cheap Labor?

Recently I attended a fundraiser for a Jewish organization. After the speaker I went to get a bite to eat ...

Object Origins

Recently Dunkin’ Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray after a Fox ...