Mixed Multitudes

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Negotiating Peace

Reviewing the efforts of Carter, Jerome M. Segal argues that while “Hamas has indeed said it will never recognize Israel, ...

Blogging Avot: Hillel the Hippie

Hillel — the 1st century sage — is one of Judaism’s great heroes. He is one half of the paradigmatic ...

What’s Today’s Date?

So yesterday, I decided to be all festive and celebrate Israel. Struggling to figure out what I wanted for lunch, ...

Conversion Controversy

-The High Rabbinical Court of Israel has ruled that all of the thousands of conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi ...

Blogging Avot: Hating Rabbis (or Authority)

Pirkei Avot 1:10 has some translation issues. Though I’ve been using a different translation until, now, here I’ll start with ...

A Hero In Heaven

Today is Yom Hazikaron, Israeli’s Memorial Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to tell our readers about the life ...

Israel’s Memorial & Independence Days

-The last surviving person to have attended the historical afternoon session when Ben Gurion read the scroll establishing the Jewish ...

MJL is Hiring Again

MyJewishLearning.com is seeking an Associate Editor for its New York, NY office.Qualified candidates should have at least 2 years of ...

Jewish Stars, Wives, and Rosaries

-In an earlier day, the Flag of Morocco had the 6-pointed Star of David, “known in Arabic as Khatam Suleyman ...

Pray Ball

Last night I was watching the Chicago Cubs game against the St. Louis Cardinals on ESPN. Around the top of ...

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