Mixed Multitudes
And Yanklowitz…
Yesterday I posted Rabbi Avi Shafran’s response to Shmuly Yanklowitz’s response to Rabbi Shafran’s op-ed response to Yanklowitz’s organization’s response ...
Better than a list of thank yous.
I saw this Bar Mitzvah speech video a few weeks ago. It’s one of the most profound things I’ve heard ...
Rabbi Shafran Responds
On Monday, I wrote about Rabbi Avi Shafran’s op-ed in the Jerusalem Post, which expressed discomfort with those groups calling ...
Sarkozy (and Suicide) in Israel
Some wild and unfortunate events ended French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to Israel today. An Israeli official says a policeman ...
Religion in America
Today’s New York Times reported more findings from a recent Pew study on religion in America, with attention to the ...
Frum Entertainment
This week’s featured homepage article is written by MJL’s go-to movie critic Saul Austerlitz. But recently in the Forward, he ...
Agriprocessors: Presumed Innocence
Last weekend’s Forward noted that Agriprocessors — the kosher slaughterhouse that was raided by federal agents last month — has ...
Israel Update
Eli Gonen says, Israel has not maximized its tourism potential, in large part because of only fitful attention from the ...
The San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum
The new Contemporary Jewish Museum, seeks to present “a contemporary perspective on Jewish art, culture and historyâ€?, without functioning as ...
More on Agriprocessors
This week our homepage features articles about what makes meat kosher. But lately, the focus has been on what makes ...