Mixed Multitudes
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 ...