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From Keggers to Kosher
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, and thought it might be a fun video for you to ...
From the Academy: Benjamin Sommer
In this installment of “From the Academy,� Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary, tells us ...
Gay Marriage: Jews vs Mormons
An email from the usually-hilarious San Francisco-based comic Heather Gold (who, by the way, you can see live on Margaret ...
The Big Schlep is lame
Back in 2000, the Baha Men came out with their hit single, Who Let the Dogs Out. Man, that song ...
Keeping Kosher Chaos
There are a dizzying array of symbols found of food packaging that indicates something is certified kosher. Everything from the ...
Happy 1940
MJL’s latest biography tells the story of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the father of Modern Hebrew. So determined to bring Hebrew ...
Healing Havdalah
What are you up to on November 8? Depending who you are, either celebrating, stewing, or plotting revenge against fraudulent ...
And the Grammy for Best Yiddish cover goes to…
You might know Amy Winehouse as that very talented, but troubled singer from England. If you don’t, you are in ...
Win $500 At Interfaithfamily.com!
Head over to Interfaithfamily.com to take a survey about your Hanukkah/Christmas celebration plans and you could win a $500 American ...
Hasidic Targeted Advertising
In New York, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is testing digital ads on the sides of buses — and the ever-vigilant ...
Usher(s) Make Love (to Torah) in this Club
This was my third year in a row on the Upper West Side for Simchat Torah. I guess it has ...
Religion and Atheism on Mass Transit
The British Humanist Association is getting ready to run some ads on London buses that reassure those who have lost ...
G-dcast: Torah Transmissions
There’s a new Torah site in town, G-dcast (remember the dash, or else you’ll be in some odd Christian missionary ...
It’s a slow month in the Jewish non-profit world
Not that complaining (don’t tell me boss…too late).Back when I was at McGill, I was exposed to the horrors of ...
Groucho vs God
One of our most recent articles is Saul Austerlitz’s fine take on the Marx Brothers, in which he traces their ...