Mixed Multitudes
When Archie Met Sammy
JTA reporter Jacob Berkman, who was himself the subject of these pages a few weeks ago, today reported that Michael ...
Israel and the Internet
We know that just about everyone who comes to MyJewishLearning.com is looking for Jewish answers, in some way.Answers to questions ...
Egyptian, Jewish, and Glam…and Exiled.
Here’s something you don’t get every day: Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist for the ’80s glam-punk band The New York Dolls, was ...
Search engine likes Messianic Jews
Today’s New York Times ran an article about Cuil a new search engine started by a bunch of former Google ...
Making Two Holidays Work
Growing up in the South, I was always amazed that some schools and institutions closed on the High Holidays or ...
Obama’s Secret Desires Revealed.
I’m not going to reprint it (although, if you’ve got two and a quarter seconds, it’s easy to Google), but ...
A Modest Agriprocessors Proposal
Not that this hasn’t been beaten, bludgeoned, and shechted to death, but: Rubashkin’s is in even more trouble. Yesterday’s front-page ...
Israeli Man of Mystery
Todays’ New York Times has an extended profile of Israeli investor (and Zhang Ziyi fiance) Vivi Nevo.Who is Mr. Nevo? ...
Live Jewish Poetry Slam!
Ben Bresky, the most prolific (if not the most obsessive) Jewish and Israeli music blogger out there, also hosts a ...
I Never Tasted Shrimp So Good!
Last night on my daily supermarket run I picked up some Full Circle Shrimp for the whole family. I had ...