Mixed Multitudes

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Gay Jewish Hip-Hop Saturday Night

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.In hip-hop, Soce the Elemental Wizard is as self-aware as it gets. Not that you ...

Family Matters

A man is unable to marry because the Israeli Rabbinate decides that he is actually an adoptee, although there is ...

I’d JDate him!

It’s the time of year when the Jewish calendar turns to love–Tu B’Av (which falls on August 5th this year). ...

Wise Fridays: Sins and Lizards

The rabbis told this story: In a certain place there was a lizard which used to injure people. They came ...

A Flower of Ashkenazi Frizz

In her last blogs, Joanna Smith Rakoff wrote about some of her favorite books.In the months preceding its publication, Jean ...

Did Noah Have Cute Galoshes?

There are so many stories in the Bible that I (among many people) have a hard time believing as truth.A ...

Ending Kaddish on Tisha B’Av

In a few hours we begin mourning the destruction of the Temple. Tisha B’Av is considered the saddest day of ...

Matchmaker, Make Me A Millionaire!

Coming up on August 5th is Tu B’Av, (the 15th of Av), a Jewish day for matchmaking and love. According ...

The Tagged Tanakh

When user-testing the Tagged Tanakh, the Jewish Publication Society’s attempt to user-navigate the Bible, my first reaction was, this is ...

Tish Above

Growing up, I didn’t really know what Tisha B’av (It was pronounced Tish Above) was. I did get the sense ...

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