Mixed Multitudes

What Makes a Kosher Pickle Kosher?

When we hear the word pickle, most of us think of cucumbers — brined, shriveled, sour, cut into chips and ...

It’s that time of the week again. I tell you what you missed on MJL and you expand your mind. ...

This week’s Torah portion discusses the sotah, a woman suspected of adultery, who’s is forced to drink “bitter water” to ...

A few years ago, I was asked (by another publication) to track down this Hasidic rapper who seemed to come ...

“In analyzing or evaluating an object, we think and judge from a particular point of view. The psychologist, economist, and ...

Everyone, by now, must have heard about the scary terror plot at two synagogues in the Bronx. Luckily, the FBI ...

A marvelous, funny, and just pleasant-to-read interview with Jonathan Safran Foer has just appeared on The Young and Hungry, serving ...

I have a confession to make: I kind of like Holocaust movies. I wouldn’t go so far as to have ...

Last night, my favorite episode of The Office, “Diversity Day,” aired on TBS. It is actually the second episode ever ...

The flourishing of Jewish Studies in American universities has been one of the crucial stories in Jewish culture since World ...