Mixed Multitudes

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Blogging Avot: Watch Out for Women

The fourth and fifth mishnayot of Pirkei Avot Chapter 1 begin a series of teachings about ethical socializing — and ...

Holocaust Collections and Connections

-A project sets its goal to collect 1.5 million crayons to commemorate the 1.5 million children who perished in the ...

Mah Jongg, Anyone?

Oh Jay Firestone. Replace “Twenty-three” with “Twenty-six” and “male” with “female” and you actually have me: The Next Intergenerational Mah ...

Blogging Avot: Religion & Reward

The third mishnah of Pirkei Avot focuses on motivations for serving God and includes some very interesting language. 1:3 – ...

Ecology in Israel

-Avner Rinat is working to be “awarded the desirable title of holder of an A-level bird-ringing license.� (Haaretz)-Are irises making ...

Israel’s Poor and Homelesss

-A look at the work of Jerusalem’s Hetzroni Zula, a refuge for street youth, mostly teenagers from religious Zionist backgrounds. ...

The Afterlife of Anne Frank

In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I look at the post-literary career of Anne Frank’s The Diary of ...

Blogging Avot: Simon the Righteous

Pirkei Avot Chapter 1, Mishnah 2 reads: 1:2 – Simon the Righteous was one of the last survivors of the ...

No Room for Karpas

What does a progressive seder plate look like?A little bit like a fruit salad, according to frequent MJL contributor Jill ...

Is Passover too long?

While I love the ideas and rituals of Passover, I admit, I’m a little disappointed: Is it really only Day ...

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