Mixed Multitudes
Is Patrilineal Descent Next?
A very interesting letter to the editor in this week’s Jewish Week raises a fascinating question: With gay and lesbian ...
Jerusalem via Austin
As promised, here’s a link to my Jerusalem Post write-up of this year’s South By Southwest music festival, with a ...
Passover Fun Roundup
Here are some great sites to get your kids or students excited about Passover. Babaganewz has a terrific magic trick, ...
Meir Soloveichik on Interfaith Dialogue
This month’s issue of Commentary includes a lengthy essay by Meir Soloveichik, in which he rejects theological interfaith dialogue. Soloveichik ...
In Your Inbox
Throughout the month of March we’ve been highlighting Jewish Women’s Archive’s This Week in History, a unique feature that highlights ...
For Mom’s Sake
The fourth issue of Guilt & Pleasure is now out, and at first glance, it seems as good (and good-looking) ...
Major Merger
Big news from the West Coast. The University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute are merging and forming a new ...
Ritual Contamination and Liberalism
David Klinghoffer’s latest assault on liberalism — published on Jewcy.com — is an attempt to frame liberalism in terms of ...
The Safran Foer Haggadah
The Forward‘s got the scoop on novelist Jonathan Safran Foer’s next writing projects. The first is a continuation to his ...
Yentl the Mensch
What is it about Barbra?Jewish Women’s Archive celebrates mega-star Barbra Streisand’s 1963 Broadway debut in This Week in History: Streisand has ...