Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Francesca Lia Block: Learning to Quake
Francesca Lia Block changed the face of young adult publishing with her first novel, Weetzie Bat — a book that ...
Kosher Refrigerator
Gizmodo, one of my favorite tech blogs, recently profiled this conceptual refrigerator, intended for roommates sharing an apartment. It prevents ...
Rosh Hashanah In The News
Every year, thousands of men abandon their families on the High Holidays to prostrate the grave of Rebbe Nachman of ...
New Fruit Poll
With Rosh Hashanah around the corner, we here at My Jewish Learning are wondering what you will use as your ...
Shimon Peres on The Globalization of Peace
Last night, Shimon Peres, the President of Israel spoke at NYU on the Globalization of Peace. Although President Peres spoke ...
Digging Your Own Graveyard Book
When you’re an observant Jew and you have more than a passing interest in the non-observant world, it can cause ...
Help me Natalie Portman. You’re my only hope.
I’m not sure of many things. But one thing I am sure of is that Natalie Portman and I are ...
Rosh Hashana in Antarctica
A couple of days ago, we received this email: I am a Jew working in Antarctica as part of the ...