Mixed Multitudes

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(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 ...

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