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Leave my food alone.

It was bad enough when Dunkin’ Dount became the country’s largest seller of bagels. But now Kraft has to go ...

Send in the Jews

TMZ’s posted an entertaining video about former Israeli soldiers using their skills to protect the likes of Britney Spears and ...

Oy! The Unaffiliated…

It seems we Jews are not alone. The unaffiliated are everywhere!!! From the NY Times: More than 16 percent of ...

Random Writers

Writing in The Independent about Shalom Auslander’s Foreskin’s Lament, reviewer William Sutcliffe notes: If there is a defining thread that ...

Conservative/Masorti Judaism

-A report on Conservative Judaism’s annual Rabbinical Assembly convention, which had the theme “Religion in the Public Square.â€? (Washington Jewish ...

Super Bowl, Super Sized

Good news for those synagogues who host Super Bowl-watching parties. The NFL reversed a previous ruling that prohibited houses of ...

Obama and the Jews…Again

It seems the campaign to paint Barack Obama as a candidate that’s bad for the Jews/Israel is not over. I ...

Too Early

Last night I was at the grocery store, stocking up before the snow storm hit New York. I saw multiple ...

Hooking Up

-JDate is now offering “a bulk rate to rabbis who want to buy membership accounts for congregants.� But singles gotta ...

Emerging Orthodox Communities

On April 6th, the Orthodox Union will be hosting an event called “Meet Emerging Jewish Communities” in New York. They ...

Education in Israel

-Former Harvard University president Neil Rudenstine argues that the only real solution for Israel’s universities is private philanthropy. (The Jerusalem ...

The Inspired Kitchen

Za’atar, a spice blend popular throughout the Middle East, is ideally a blend of hyssop, sumac, sesame seeds, salt, and ...

Liberal Minhag

I was looking for an article on Jewish customs, minhagim, on MyJewishLearning and, lo and behold, there wasn’t one. Which ...

Take a Hint, JNF.

I was walking by a New York City store, when I saw something curious in the window. They looked like ...

Gay Earthquake

Israel experienced an earthquake last Friday, registering at 5.3 on the Richter Scale. What caused this earthquake? Whatever you do, ...