Mixed Multitudes
Windmueller on the Election
This week’s homepage features an article by Prof. Steven Windmueller on the changing Jewish American vote. However, the piece was ...
Euthanasia in the News
There is a very sad story coming out of the Washington DC area this week. It involves, Motl Brody, a ...
A Note On Hebrew Pronunciation
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people mispronounce Hebrew words, especially when the person in question is leading ...
Lekh Lekha (Get out of here.)
That’s right — the next time you don’t like someone, tell them Lekh lekha. That’s what G-d told Abraham, who ...
This One’s for Sarah
The press has a love-hate relationship with fierce-minded politicians. At the same time as we of the liberal media quiver ...
Someone didn’t get that The Producers was a comedy
Here is the list of events that you are not allowed to make light of:1) The Holocaust2) Rwandan Genocide3) The ...
If Maimonides Was a Dessert, What Would He Be?
Came across this awesome article about a Swiss choclatier named Blaise Poyet who has created a new chocolate inspired by ...
I will not gloat. I will not gloat.
This is not a political blog. If you want to get expert advice on politics, head over the New Republic ...
40 Days, 40 Nights
Just when it seems there’s nothing Shemspeed can’t do, they take another bite of the Jewish music plate and grind ...
Messiah & Ignorance
I recently received a bizarre email that went a little like this: “The following are reasons for why the Mashiach ...