Mixed Multitudes

On Monday, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel. She is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: ...

Sometimes a story is so random, so weird, so out of the blue, that there really is no explanation for ...

I guess it was the recent New York Times profile of the hateful extremist Pamela Geller that set me off ...

Over at the Jewish Food facebook page we recently ran a dessert recipe contest, and we’re pleased to announce the ...

Ruth Franklin is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. She will be blogging all ...

The week is over. Here’s the best of it.Hanukkah is really soon. Like realllllly soon (so soon that it warrants ...

[If a rich man said to a poor man],”Why don’t you go out and work at a job? Look at ...

Raising money can be a difficult task–especially in this economy (I love that line). But non-profit organizations have to raise ...

We can all agree that Jews are sexy. But what makes the People of the Book so hot? Is it ...

Does the word “mitzvah” mean “good deed”? Is it a commandment? Can it be both?The London-based initiative Mitzvah Day answer ...