Mixed Multitudes

I just finished Vanessa Och’s book Inventing Jewish Ritual , which not only investigates the development, acceptance, and theory of ...

-Isi Leibler bemoans the fact that in the Israeli Orthodox world, “the voices of moderation are silent. Zealotry has become ...

The New York Times takes a look at the editorial transition at Commentary: To some within the neoconservative movement, the ...

Today is Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day, which coincides with his yartzeit on the 12th of Cheshvan.I’ve included some links for ...

I like blogging about deli, particularly the Second Avenue Deli. When I first moved to New York a few years ...

I recently had the opportunity to interview poet and educator Merle Feld, author of A Spiritual Life: Exploring the Heart ...

Last week the Cornerstone Church of San Antonio held its 26th annual “Night to Honor Israel.” With more than 6,000 ...

Sounds like a bad joke?It might as well have been one last Thursday at “A Debate on Jewish Values.” Hosted ...

Several blogs have picked up the Haaretz report about 5 ultra-Orthodox men who apparently assaulted a woman and an Israeli ...

Commentary has announced that New York Post columnist John Podhoretz will be its next editor. Podhoretz will be only the ...