Mixed Multitudes
Synagogues & Rabbis
-Buzzy Gordon and Barry Goldsmith select “a minyan of remarkable synagogues known for their beauty or their place in history,� ...
As the playoffs continue
I’m a few days late getting this up, but it still holds true. From Overheard in NY: Old Jewish man ...
Blogspotality
Guest blogger Rabbi Jennifer Krause is the author of The Answer: Making Sense of Life, One Question at a Time. ...
Auslander: My Two Cents
Shalom Auslander’s memoir Foreskin’s Lament was published last week and seems to be selling quite well on Amazon. For those ...
Coming to Israel
-Michael Freund decries the fact that Subbotnik Jews are allowed to make aliya under the Law of Return “only as ...
Robert Alter has no soul
In a piece from Slate last month, renowned bible translator Robert Alter describes the process of translating Psalms, for his ...
And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor
Guest blogger Rabbi Jennifer Krause is the author of The Answer: Making Sense of Life, One Question at a Time.Dear ...
I’d walk for 40 years with him.
From the Forward: Moses and God are coming to the big screen later this month. “The Ten Commandments,� an animated ...
What Should Israel Do?
-The head of the national Religious party Benny Elon has proposed his solution: Israel would take sovereignty over the entire ...
Roth Loses
Philip Roth’s wait continues. Doris Lessing has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. MORE…