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LimmudNY: The Responsibility of the Teacher

When you’re attending four or five sessions a day at a conference like LimmudNY, you start to compile an internal ...

LimmudNY: Let’s Not Muddy This Up With Jewish Texts

So I just went to my first session here at LimmudNY 2011. It was called Relationships and Sexuality Consumerist Culture ...

Wise Fridays:

“Do not say, ‘Why should I lessen my own fortune by giving my money to this poor person?’ Bear in ...

Best of the Week

Shabbat is just a couple of hours away. Time to start making your cholent! Before you go, here are some ...

Yiddish Shakespeare

Who is this Shakespeare guy anyways? I mean, the guy is definitely past his prime. Am I right, people?Kidding. Kidding. ...

Honi the Circle-Maker

It’s almost Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees! Even though my friends in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia ...

Blood Libel History

The media world is in a frenzy this morning over Sarah Palin’s use of the term “blood libel” in defending ...

Teaching Civil Rights to Jews

Many of us know that Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walked with Martin Luther King Jr. at the Selma Civil Rights ...

Debbie Friedman, Bringing Communities Together

NPR did a nice piece about the death this weekend of Debbie Friedman, a musician whose music impacted thousands and ...

Meat Indian Food Is My New Hero

That’s right–I have a new hero. I’m sorry, Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, you’re going to have ...

Jews: The Happiest People?

According to a new Gallup poll, Jews are the best! We are the healthiest, happiest, wealthiest, and generally most hep ...

Business in Israel

Israeli companies are starting to outsource work to Palestinians.  (Ha’aretz)“Going beyond Israel’s “Start-Up Nation” model will not be easy. The ...

Jewish History in 30 Seconds

Yesterday Jeremy posted a link to the quiz of the top 52 cities in the world in terms of Jewish ...

Best of the Week

After a couple week’s hiatus, “Best of the Week” has returned! You better get a glass of water, because it’s ...

Old and Grey and Only in the Way

Earlier this week, Michael Wex, author of The Frumkiss Family Business, wrote about writing about intermarriage. He will be blogging all ...

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