Mixed Multitudes

I wrote the following article about Woody Allen’s The Insanity Defense for my Jerusalem Post books column, but it turned ...

JTA has reported that a “leading rabbi in Ireland” has criticized the Irish Film and Television Academy for an award ...

Today the Jewish community mourns the loss of Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress. ...

-Global warming notwithstanding, Israeli rainfall statistics have remained essentially unchanged in the 60 years they have been tracked. (Haaretz) -Preserving ...

-A mathematician makes the argument that the amazing coincidences, “miracles,� that people take as evidence for the existence of God ...

JTA is reporting that an ancient Jewish cemetery found in Jamaica contains headstones with pictures of skulls and crossbones. People ...

The Wikipedia entry on Muhammad contains a 15th century illustration of the Muslim prophet preaching the Quran. But iconography like ...

In the second installment of “From the Academy,” Dr. David Shneer, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center ...

-Sayed Kashua, an Israeli-born Arab journalist, and author has created a prime-time situation comedy which “deals with Israeli society’s prejudices ...

Tonight the New York Jewish Week is hosting an event called “Is the Internet Good for the Jews?” When you ...