Mixed Multitudes
Oldest Hebrew Script Found By Teenager
Archaeologists have just found a shard of pottery with Hebrew script on it, which wouldn’t be a big deal, except ...
Jewish Publication Society: Until 120 and On
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaking at last night’s Jewish Publication Society 120th Anniversary Banquet, could not constrain himself from talking ...
Michael Phelps Redux
There is a new rule in the office that all blog posts now have to be about Michael Phelps. Fair, ...
You Can Fill My Pool With That Anytime.
Our newest section, Magic & the Supernatural, has articles about all types of amulets and other magical objects. We’ve been ...
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
It’s been a rough year for Jewish-Black relations. Because of the whole Hillary/Obama showdown, and The Great Schlep, I’ve been ...
More Ironic Than Rain On Your Wedding Day
Oy. So the Simon Wiesenthal Center is hoping to build a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. According to the Washington ...
Historic Moment for the Conservative Movement
Yesterday, the Rabbinical Assembly elected Rabbi Julie Schoenfeld to be their next Executive Vice President, the highest administrative position in ...
Who Ya Gonna Call? Jewish Ghostbusters!
Just in time for the launch of our new Magic and the Supernatural section, the New York Times runs an ...
Half a Torah
What is a haftarah, exactly? You should visit MJL’s haftarah page to become an authority on the matter in less ...
Impurim
San Francisco, for all that city’s rent chaos and interweb madness, still has one of the most productive, experimental, and ...