Mixed Multitudes

My newfound joy in life, as you might’ve noticed in the past few weeks, has been reading Vos Iz Neias. ...

Sharon Brous, the rabbi at LA’s Ikar minyan, has a upfront, provocative piece in On Faith about vice presidential candidate ...

I don’t need to start a discussion on how pro-Israel Obama will be or how well he will treat the ...

The commandment to wipe out the nation of Amalek is, perhaps, one of the most morally complicated parts of the ...

Yesterday Daniel, noted in the comments section of Matthue’s blog on Sarah Palin that “strangely, Gawker is becoming quite the ...

In one of this week’s Jewels of Elul, Marc Platt, the producer of Wicked , reflects on the evolution of ...

As a new parent, I’ve become suddenly and acutely sensitive to smoking. While I used to personally detest it and ...

Last week it was reported that six men were arrested in Pakistan for burying five women alive in a so-called ...

My copy of The Autobiographer’s Handbook arrived today. Edited by the illimitable Jennifer Traig, with an introduction by Dave Eggers, ...

I need to confess something.  I have a big crush on Mordecai Kaplan.  I am a firm believer that most ...