Mixed Multitudes
Judy Blume
For multiple generations now, adolescent girls have sought the guidance of author Judy Blume in navigating the world of becoming ...
What to Do About Hamas
-Nahum Barnea says Israel has only two options, both “dreadful …either reoccupy Gaza or talk with Hamas.� (Ynet)-The former CIA ...
Terror strikes Jerusalem
This story is just starting to make its way into the American news headlines. I’m sure there will be more ...
Synagogues & Rabbis
-Rabbis find they need to choose their political roles, if any, with care. (Washington Jewish Week) -A look at the ...
Fake Memoirs
Fake memoirs are all the rage. James Frey was never was alone, and he’s gotten more company recently.Margaret B. Jones’ ...
Israelis in the Diaspora
-Can Israelis become at home in the Diaspora? (Zeek)-And, for those expat Israelis, what of the next generation? (Haaretz)-And a ...
No More JCSCs
I’m not sure exactly when this happened, but it appears that Hillel has stopped its popular and successful Jewish Campus ...
In the Diaspora
-Jude Stewart says that R.B. Kitaj tried to show us what “Diasporist art looks like.â€? (Nextbook)-Reuven Hammer makes the case ...
Openly Orthodox
Last weekend’s Jewish Week had an article on the new conversion courts established by the Rabbinical Council of America under ...
Flipping Out
JTA reporter Ben Harris has an short but interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal discussing the Modern Orthodox practice ...