Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Jewish Beliefs and Practices
-Debra Ruth Kolodny crafts “A new Ceremony of Simchat Bat,� explaining the rationale behind the process. (Ritualwell)-Rabbi Shlomi Aviner, one ...
Blogging Avot: Bad Neighbors
Pirkei Avot 1:7 is a short mishnah with further advice about who to (and in this case, who not to) ...
Lakewood FBI Report Fabricated
At the end of March, I blogged a report I’d seen from Yeshiva World News about a man posing as ...