Mixed Multitudes
Religion in Israel
A look at the extensive splits within the religious establishment in Israel, and their increasing inability to deal with challenges ...
Harry Potter Frenzy: Day 3
Today’s offering of Harry Potter is a look at the new book Harry Potter and the Torah. No, it’s not ...
Anti-Semitism Revisited
As Kanye West so eloquently rapped in “Never Let Me Down”, “Racism is still alive, they just be concealing it.” ...
Harry Potter Frenzy: Day 2
My quest for Harry Potter news continues. As I noted in my blog yesterday, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, ...
Shul News
The Shabazi shul in LA has “no sign and no front door.…The Shema prayer … is … not a melody. ...
Jews for Jesus: Interview w/Shmuel Herzfeld
Last week, NPR’s “Heard on the Street” featured a “debate” between Jew for Jesus Larry Dubin and Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld ...
Who will pay for my therapy?
I don’t want to judge people who have been traumatized by Holocaust-survivor parents, but I’m not sure I can help ...
Harry Potter as Midrash
The frenzy has finally hit me. After seeing, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix this weekend (in 3-D, ...
Syria and the North
Pointing out that “The Golan … has been Israeli for 40 years, double the time it was in Syria’s hands..… ...
The End of the Jewish Newspaper?
A story came across my desk today discussing the fact that Jewish newspapers are fighting to stay alive in a ...