Mixed Multitudes
Soulico, Arabic Flow, and a Bit of Torah
The key to hip-hop music–the music part, that is–is restraint. A sparseness of beats, the use of musical samples when ...
Recent Holocaust News
You’ll get a chance to see Anne Frank as a “feisty teenager” rather than a “tragic Jewish saint.” (New York ...
A Seriously Late Take On A Serious Man
I’ll admit it. I still haven’t seen A Serious Man. I mean, I should. I’m planning on it. But, let’s ...
Kosher Comics
There’s a photo in YNet’s feature on comics for Hasidic Jews with the caption “Determined not to pollute children’s minds.” ...
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album (Part 1)
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council. ...
Best Of The Week
The week has been an exciting one. Probably more important than anything, New York’s Veterans Day Parade went by our ...
Wise Fridays: Civilized Warfare
Renunciation of chemical and biological warfare, and humane treatment for prisoners of war…are certainly marks of civilized peoples, but on ...
Autumnal Shabbat
I love the Fall. I love leaves changing colors, and sitting inside sipping hot chocolate and walking around in rustic-looking ...
Some More Press For Casspi
I know, I know. I think I’m obsessed. I just can’t enough of Omri Casspi. But I’m just trying to ...
Fast Forward through the 50
Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...