Mixed Multitudes

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Stuff Jewish Young Adults Like

While most people were busy talking about the blog Stuff White People Like, some clever folks started Stuff Jewish Young ...

Jews & the Disabled

-A look at the treatment of marginal individuals (lepers, the disabled and the mentally ill) in medieval Northern European Jewish ...

Ultra Nomenclature

In the Forward this week, Abbott Katz begins his plea for new Jewish nomenclature with: “Stop calling me an ultra-Orthodox ...

Move Over, Dmitry

If you haven’t yet seen Orthodox Stance, Jason Hutt’s excellent documentary about Orthodox Jewish boxer Dmitriy Salita, you can check ...

Virtual Talmud

MJL is sorry to hear that Beliefnet’s Jewish blog, Virtual Talmud is being shut down. It has added great insight ...

Who’s More Pro-Israel?

I spent this past weekend with 175 Jewish high school students from the New York region of USY. The educational ...

Attitudes Toward the “Other”

-A majority of Israeli public feels religious and secular Jews ought to live in separate neighborhoods. (Ynet)-A new poll looks ...

Iranian Jewry in Political Action

As our homepage article addresses, many Jews from Iran left the country after the 1979 revolution. Those that came to ...

Jewish Lessons for Bear Stearns

Is it possible that the collapse of Bear Stearns is comparable to the destruction of the Second Temple? That might ...

Translating Kafka

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s birth. Which is, of course, totally meaningless — unless you’re looking ...

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