Mixed Multitudes
Coming to Israel
-A look at a program that sends Jewish, Christian and Muslim teens to Israel. (Jewish Exponent)-Hana and Sinai Julian made ...
A Mitzva Child
Oh Conservative Movement, you continue our love-hate relationship. Today I hate you.The movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards recently ...
Sami Rohr Prize
The Jewish Book Council announced the winner of the second annual Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature today. The Rohr ...
The Insanity Defense
I wrote the following article about Woody Allen’s The Insanity Defense for my Jerusalem Post books column, but it turned ...
The Anonymous Irish Rabbi
JTA has reported that a “leading rabbi in Ireland” has criticized the Irish Film and Television Academy for an award ...
Tom Zantos Z’L
Today the Jewish community mourns the loss of Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress. ...
Water in Israel
-Global warming notwithstanding, Israeli rainfall statistics have remained essentially unchanged in the 60 years they have been tracked. (Haaretz) -Preserving ...
Religion & Mathematics
-A mathematician makes the argument that the amazing coincidences, “miracles,� that people take as evidence for the existence of God ...
Arrrrrrre you going to shul later?
JTA is reporting that an ancient Jewish cemetery found in Jamaica contains headstones with pictures of skulls and crossbones. People ...
Muhammad on Wikipedia
The Wikipedia entry on Muhammad contains a 15th century illustration of the Muslim prophet preaching the Quran. But iconography like ...