Partner Blogs
Amar’e the Jew
As I write this, professional basketball player Amar’e Stoudemire is hanging out in Jerusalem trying to improve his Hebrew. Amar’e ...
Adam Langer Writes a Book in Two Months
In his last post, Adam Langer set out to write a screenplay. His newest novel, The The Thieves of Manhattan ...
Roadkill Beer
I ask you all to keep an open mind with this one.Have you heard this story about BrewDog, the Scottish ...
Why Does Anyone Talk at Shul?
When I go to shul, I like to sit in the first or second row, by myself. Even if I ...
A One State Solution?
With the peace process at seeming standstill, some academics and policy analysts have revived calls for a single state. (VOA ...
Adam Langer Writes a Screenplay
Adam Langer’s fourth novel, The Thieves of Manhattan, is now available. He will be blogging for the Jewish Book Council ...
Best of the Week
Since I’ve been on vacation, here are some cool articles you might have missed at MJL over the past couple ...
Judaism is Sexy
I don’t know if this means that as a group, us Jews are doing something right, or are not quite ...
Wise Fridays: The Value of Honesty
“The Holy One hates him who says one thing in his mouth, and another in his heart. ” —Babylonian Talmud, ...
Is This Rape?
Have you heard about this story from Israel yet?Sabbar Kashur is an Arab-Israeli from Jerusalem. He met an Israeli woman, ...
A Peace Anthem
Just to follow up a bit on my time at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, I heard some ...
News to Make You Frown
Hey look, the New York Times is running two of the most depressing stories I’ve heard in months. And both ...
Jewish Food for the Summer
In the winter I never have any trouble planning Shabbat and holiday menus. Many of the most basic and quintessential ...
Schindler’s List and Hip-Hop Remembrance
When I was in Junior Congregation services at OCJCC-BI in Philadelphia, we spent Tisha B’Av — the holiday that’s the ...
Beyond Random
Have you ever looked back at an evening and gone, “That was the strangest night of all time!” I think ...