Mixed Multitudes
Pentateuchs for Prisoners
Recently, we received a letter in the office from a person in jail, asking if we can send him a ...
Africans, Emigrating to Israel, Shot by Egypt
NPR reports that refugees from Sudan, Eritrea and Kenya, fleeing the economic and health crises in their own countries, are ...
The Jews of India
A recent issue of the Economist had a fascinating review of Edna Fernandes’ new book The Last Jews of Kerala: ...
A Vice President, a Sacred Space
I went home for Shabbat. Home meaning my parents’ house, which despite knowing I shouldn’t — I have an apartment ...
On the Ground Peace Efforts
“The whole idea of Chefs for Peace is to show that here we are, working in one kitchen, Muslim, Christian ...
More Magneto Fun
Okay, remember when we learned about the Jewish heritage of various comic-book characters yesterday? Now, we’re going to see it ...
Literature is Over
Earlier this week, I blogged about Vivian Gornick’s recent assertion that “Jewish writing is over.” Gornick was suggesting that the ...
Magneto in the Holocaust
This was announced a few months ago, and now a 6-page preview is up. But I haven’t seen it making ...
Hamas in Gaza
Ali Waked reports that the Hamas raid on the Hilles clan compound marks the completion of the June 2007 revolution, ...
Making Ties, Cutting Hair
Yesterday, I convinced my beneficent editor to let me out early in order to go to a friend’s son’s upsheren ...