Mixed Multitudes

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Dvar Torah: Live, Tonight, On Stage

Tonight I’m giving a dvar torah, and I’m nervous. So I set my Twitter status to say exactly that. My ...

Evangelical Tractate Bonanza, or, My Christian-Take-on-Jewish-Holidays Learning

Secret disclosure #481516: I like to collect evangelical Christian tractates.Since I’ve become a parent and gotten a regular gig — ...

The White Smoke Rises from the Chimneys at 25 Broadway…

… announcing that friend of MJL Jerry Silverman has been tapped as the new Pope, er, President and CEO of ...

Israel & the Media

Whether the BBC is pro-Israel or anti-Israel may well depend on what time period you collect the data from–and who ...

Extra! New York Times Runs Story about Jews!

What’s the key to any ultra-popular Jewish news story? Start out with a question — a popular Jewish activity, asking ...

Maccabiah Games Score a Major Coup

Michael Phelps must be too good for everybody. Why should anyone attend the World Swimming Championships just to compete for ...

ROI Roundup: Saying “Shalom” to Israel (for now)

As a satirist and a cynic, you would think that at the conclusion of ROI, I would have a laundry ...

ROI 120 Roundup: Text Study, Dylan, and Twitter

I woke up Wednesday morning with a new bounce in my step. Today was the day I was going to ...

Out of Isolation

I was thrilled to see Benjamin Greene’s thoughtful article in PresenTense Magazine (“Outside the Bubble: Integration in Education,†Issue 8, ...

10 Things I Hate about Commandments

I’m a big proponent of making the Torah relevant for modern society and everyday life. Maybe it’s my whole Orthodox ...

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