Mixed Multitudes
(Another) Foreskin’s Lament
Erica Jong has never held her tongue, so why would she when talking about her grandson’s circumcision? Answer: She wouldn’t. ...
Let There Be Light
I generally don’t enjoy people who obsess about the media being anti-Israel, but this egregious case of bias is rather ...
Do They Need A Program Director?
This past week, The Simpsons featured the Hillel from Marge’s college days in a flashback. So what else does Hillel ...
Civilized Discourse
-Rabbi Avi Shafran takes a dour view of blogs: responsible blogs, in the Jewish realm are “decidedly in the minority. ...
The Next Big Idea
When philanthropist Charles Bronfman announced his intention to fund a two-year visiting chair at Brandeis for someone who could come ...
Psychedelics, Informants, & More…
-Joseph Epstein provides a comprehensive and generally favorable review of the PBS documentary “The Jewish Americans.� (National Endowment for the ...
Finally Good News From Hollywood
MSNBC is reporting that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have left the Kabbalah kraze: “Ashton and Demi used to have ...
Israel Academia Monitor
Last week, YNet reprinted an article by Aaron Klein, which purports to be about anti-Zionist positions held by Israeli academics, ...
Young Jews and Israel
Last fall there was a good deal of blog chatter and press coverage about a study released by Steve M. ...
The non-Orthodox in Israel
-A conference in Israel looks at the Reform Movement’s failure to make significant inroads in Israeli society. (The Jerusalem Post)-Rabbi ...