Mixed Multitudes
Israel’s Government
-David Kimche makes the case for Tzipi Livni taking over leadership of Israel. (The Jerusalem Post) -Nehemia Shtrasler argues that ...
From the Academy: Kissing Kabbalists
In this installment of “From the Academy,� Dr. Joel Hecker, Chair of the Department of Modern Jewish Civilization and Associate ...
At Least It Wasn’t Matzah
From the Jerusalem Post: A Haifa chocolate factory became the unlikely scene of a midnight heist when robbers broke in ...
Secular Humanistic Judaism
-A look at 32 year old Rabbi Adam Chalom, the new leader of Humanistic Judaism. The Society for Humanistic Judaism ...
Sharon Turns 80
Today, we’re reminded that — amazingly — former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is still alive, still in a coma ...
Leave my food alone.
It was bad enough when Dunkin’ Dount became the country’s largest seller of bagels. But now Kraft has to go ...
Send in the Jews
TMZ’s posted an entertaining video about former Israeli soldiers using their skills to protect the likes of Britney Spears and ...
Oy! The Unaffiliated…
It seems we Jews are not alone. The unaffiliated are everywhere!!! From the NY Times: More than 16 percent of ...
Random Writers
Writing in The Independent about Shalom Auslander’s Foreskin’s Lament, reviewer William Sutcliffe notes: If there is a defining thread that ...
Conservative/Masorti Judaism
-A report on Conservative Judaism’s annual Rabbinical Assembly convention, which had the theme “Religion in the Public Square.â€? (Washington Jewish ...