Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Speedy Delivery
As some of you might have noticed from earlier blog posts, the synagogue I now attend is a bit old-fashioned. ...
Yad Vashem on YouTube
It seems like everyone is taking advantage of new outlets online. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum of Israel, has ...
Israel & Syria
-Turkey is readying efforts to get Israel-Syria talks underway. (Haaretz)-Looking at the substantial domestic opposition to a deal with Syria ...
From the Academy: The Wandering Jew
In this installment of From the Academy Dr. Galit Hasan Rokem, Max and Margarethe Grunwald Chair of Folklore at the Hebrew ...