Mixed Multitudes

Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...

In areas like Williamsburg, Brooklyn, hipsters and Hasidim have existed in their own separate worlds, isolated except for rare events ...

This past Shabbat, I heard a friend of mine speak at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The general argument in his ...

Had you asked me a few months ago about new Jewish rituals, I would have told you that those “touchy ...

I’ve been watching a lot of TLC lately, and it seems like the angle of that network is essentially, ‘Watch ...

Yesterday, the Huffington Post featured an article written by Philanthropist and MyJewishLearning friend, Edgar Bronfman on why he is supporting ...

It’s Halloween. Its Shabbas. What’s a good Jew to do?Hand out challah rolls? Dress as the Sabbath bride?JTA has an ...

First-time novelist Ilana Stanger-Ross discusses in Publisher’s Weekly how her publishers needed to use her bio to “prove” that she ...

Here at MyJewishLearning we get lots of emails about all kinds of things, from how to sit shiva, to questions ...

Yesterday, I attended a session with Rabbi Chuck Simon, the Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, a ...