Mixed Multitudes
Pondering Historical Questions
Rabbi David Ellenson gives a broad historical overview on “How Modernity Changed Judaism�. (Institute for Global Jewish Affairs) A memoir ...
Asking Forgiveness
I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly haunted.It might just be my social awkwardness speaking (because, really, when’s the ...
Joe Six Pack and the Jews
Unless your internet is down and you don’t have cable (a quick shout out to my brother), you know that ...
An Issue with Lubavitch
The new issue of the Jewish college student magazine New Voices just released its new issue, focusing on the world ...
Repentance & Prostitution
We’re in the midst of aseret yemei teshuva — the Ten Days of Repentance — so I thought I’d share ...
Judaism- Hip and Traditional?
When blogging for a Jewish website, its tough to balance Jewish content in your entries. On the one hand, I ...
Playing Hookie
So while Jews across the country were locked inside Rosh Hashanah services for the past two days, the world outside ...
Rosenberg rehash
With the recent news about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg that one of them of them was innocent — and that, ...
The Fast of Gedaliah
Answer us, God, on this day of fasting, because we are in great pain. This morning, when I read the ...
“Rosh Hashana” is a nicer way of saying Screwing Up Less Often
Oh, yeah — we hit it again. Two parking tickets this morning, and one’s more than $100. Man, this Rosh ...