Mixed Multitudes
Courage, Creativity, and the Path to Self-Transcendence
Rabbi Niles Goldstein is the author of The Challenge of the Soul: A Guide for the Spiritual Warrior, an approach ...
Regina Spektor Blows (the Shofar)
Apropos of nothing:Oh, Jewish blogging world, you are losing your touch. Or maybe I’m just losing touch with you. Last ...
What We Missed, 2009 Edition
Almost every day I come across some article or blog post that’s worth sharing with the Mixed Multitudes. I usually ...
The Stamina of Spirit
Rabbi Niles Goldstein is the author of The Challenge of the Soul: A Guide for the Spiritual Warrior. In his ...
Food Year Resolution
I tend to make my real New Years Resolutions in September for Rosh Hashanah, but this year I am making ...
A Psalm for P.S. 22
The kids who make up the Chorus of New York P.S. 22 are going to grow up thinking that it’s ...
Jewish Music Lyrics: The Best of 2009
It’s not news that a Hasidic Jew can rule the charts or that Yiddish-revivalist klezmer-punk bands are capable of rocking ...
What Really Counts as Tzedakah?
It’s the end of the year, and you’ve probably been getting a lot of emails from your favorite (and not ...
Jewish Comic Book Characters: The Best of 2009
Comic books in 2009 came one more step closer to being accepted by the literary public. Oh, there were the ...
The Holocaust in Culture: The Best of 2009
Yes, this is a weird culture category; and no, this isn’t the “best of the Holocaust.” After last year’s ubiquity ...