Mixed Multitudes

I still have mixed feelings about KaparotOn one hand, the pre-Yom Kippur ritual where we transfer our sins onto some ...

One thing I’ve always wondered about the holiday of Sukkot: If the makeshift tabernacles that we’re commanded to erect are ...

Like a lot of Jews my age, I sometimes have a hard time conceptualizing the Holocaust. I’ve heard tons of ...

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...

In her last posts, Jennifer Traigreorganized her library and looked at the changes from her past year. She has been ...

When I was a kid, when the Moses family went on vacation, we did fun, wholesome things. You know, like ...

So I’ve been reading the script (downloadable here) to the film Inglourious Basterds. And it’s pretty over-the-top insane.Not that you ...

I’m no Edward Said fan, but this article from the New York Times about the cupcake trend going all the ...

In her last post, Jennifer Traig looked at the changes from her past year. She is guest-blogging all week for ...

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...