Mixed Multitudes
God on Trial
You know that story wherein a group of rabbis in a concentration camp assembles a beit din — a team ...
How do you help…?
This morning on the subway, I was scribbling away in my notebook — scrunched up, as usual, between a 300-pound ...
Religious. Gay. You’ve heard this, right?
Earlier this year, the Israeli website HOD launched. It’s a Hebrew acronym that roughly translates to “religious and gay.” It’s ...
Song of the Week
It’s not a secret that I’m a huge fan of the band Stereo Sinai. There are a lot of folks ...
Hope In Our Hands
Fittingly, on the night of his big speech to the Republican National Convention, John McCain is the author of today’s ...
Ultra-Orthodox Activism
On the right-wing Haredi news site Vos Iz Neias, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz takes the Orthodox world to task on the ...
Fiction Isn’t About Reasons
Our friend Joshua Henkin, whose NYTimes notable book Matrimony just came out in paperback, is guest blogging over at The ...
Sarah Palin *hearts* Jews for Jesus
While not necessarily true, the reports are leaking out: Sarah Palin is a little more, uh, fundamentalist, than her “pit ...
From Berlin to Bunks
Today’s Jewel of Elul is from Elisa Bildner, who chairs the Foundation for Jewish Camp:Erev Shabbat, July 18, 2008. Berlin’s ...
Now I Just Need a Shomer Shabbas Computer to Read These Stories
If a shomer shabbas toothbrush wasn’t enough for you, can you try a shomer shabbas lamp or one of the ...