Mixed Multitudes
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 ...
Blogging Pirkei Avot
Pirkei Avot, literally Chapters of the Fathers, but more commonly translated “Ethics of the Fathers,” is one of the most ...
Sports Stars Count the Omer
It’s omer counting time, and MJL has a daily counter to help you in this task. But I’m more inclined ...
Peoplehood is so vacant, it’s vacuous
In last week’s Forward, Jay Michaelson entered the Peoplehood debate with force, simultaneously acknowledging his own sense of connection to ...
Shlomo the Musical & More
-In “Herencia Judia (Jewish Heritage),� “Lapidus has reimagined familiar Jewish texts (and occasionally, traditional melodies) in Caribbean rhythms. The familiar ...
Searching for Matzah
And I’m not talking about the afikomen. Mainstream newspapers are reporting on an unprecedented matzah shortage across the country.The San ...
MJL Seeks Graphic Designer
MyJewishLearning.com is currently seeking a full-time graphic designer — for both web and print materials — to work from our ...
Israel’s Government
-Is Israel’s government becoming a gerontocracy? (Haaretz)-Isi Leibler says that not only “our prime minister is a failed leader,� but ...