Partner Blogs

In the West Bank

-Fatah is implementing “unprecedented internal reforms to democratize the ailing movement in the face of the electoral threat from political ...

The Jewish Body

-Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has been named “Body of 2008” by British men’s magazine Arena. (Haaretz) -A leisurely look at ...

Guide for the Halachic Minyan

More and more Orthodox women are exploring the boundaries of their participation in communal Jewish prayer. An Israeli couple has ...

Shalem Education Project

From our friends at Keshet:Regional Training Institutes for Jewish Educators May 18-20, 2008 Atlanta, GA July 13-15, 2008 Cleveland, OH ...

Foodie News

-On a per capita basis, Tel Aviv is the world’s 3rd largest sushi market. But a crisis looms. (Ynet)-A look ...

Brain Death & Jewish Law

Jewish bioethicists, across the denominational spectrum, tend to consider that cessation of breathing (which is connected to brain stem activity) ...

David Weiss Halivni

It’s well worth reading Yair Sheleg’s profile of Talmud scholar and recent Israel Prize recipient David Weiss Halivni. Among the ...

Holocaust Humor: It’s okay to laugh.

Holocaust humor is a very sensitive topic, rightfully so. Many people are appalled by its existence, and this is a ...

More About Peoplehood

Talking about the decline of Jewish Peoplehood was all the rage in 2007. But the debate between Jewcy’s Joey Kurtzman ...

In the North

-Martin van Creveld makes the argument that “Israel’s War With Hezbollah Was Not a Failure.� (Forward) -There is a report ...

The Truth about Obama

Despite the organized Jewish community publicly coming out and acknowledging that Barack Obama is not anti-Semitic, rumors continue to fly ...

From the Academy: Judith Hauptman

In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...

Israeli Successes

-An Israel-based company has invented a prosthetic tooth, the size of two molars, that delivers drugs automatically to the user. ...

Coming to Israel

-A look at a program that sends Jewish, Christian and Muslim teens to Israel. (Jewish Exponent)-Hana and Sinai Julian made ...

A Mitzva Child

Oh Conservative Movement, you continue our love-hate relationship. Today I hate you.The movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards recently ...