Mixed Multitudes

Oy, Such a Shmendrick!

The amateur etymologist in me enjoyed this piece on the genesis of the Yiddish term shmendrick in the April issue ...

A painful and moving tribute to those who gave their lives for Israel.

MJL has been nominated for a Jewish and Israeli Blog Award for Best New Blog. Are you an avid reader ...

Congratulations to MJL contributor Saul Austerlitz on the publications of his first book, Money for Nothing: A History of the ...

In light of Eli Stern’s op-ed about interfaith dialogue that I blogged about yesterday, this news story about Orthodox Christians ...

Thanks to LastTrumpet over at Jewschool for weighing in with a critique of David Klinghoffer’s latest Forward op-ed. It’s hard ...

In this week’s Jewish Week, Rabbi Eliyahu Stern addresses an issue I raised a few weeks ago in reference to ...

Michael Chabon’s new novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union won’t be published until May 1, but the Forward has jumped the ...

Okay. This has nothing to do with anything Jewish, but it’s a great story, so here goes.A friend of mine, ...

A lot has been written about the independent minyan movement, but most of that writing isn’t so funny. Not that ...