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-A new documentary series looks at how well women writers in Israel can function. (Haaretz)-In Israel, the detective novel genre ...

This week Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life announced that it has been made a full member of the ...

Yesterday I noted the passing of Mir rosh yeshivah, Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum. The New York Times obituary cites the AP ...

It’s primary day in New Hampshire, and it seems the whole country is (and rightfully should be) talking about who ...

In response to PBS’s new series chronicling Jewish Americans, Jonathan Sarna has an essay on “On Faith” that examines the reemergence ...

In keeping with our recent story about sporting trends and Judaism, Ynet is reporting that kosher food is now available ...

Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, the head of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Rav ...

Recent stories about conversion standards in Israel have revolved around halakhic observance (or the lack thereof), but an interesting case ...

Kudos to the Orthodox Union for swiftly condemning Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe’s public remarks that Israeli leaders Ehud Omert, Tzipi ...

The ongoing Writers Guild of America strike depresses more and more each day. I support the writers, but I miss ...

A few weekends ago, I came across an old issue of Time magazine from 2006 devoted to stem cell research. ...

Congressman Tom Lantos has announced that he’ll be retiring because of illness. Lantos is the only Holocaust survivor ever elected ...

Two ideas about leadership jumped out at me recently when I was reading the first chapter of the Book of ...

-An association of hundreds of Israeli rabbis called the Rabbinical Congress for Peace – Pikuach Nefesh recently wrote U.S. President ...

The theme of today’s blog is apparently Jews and Texas. This video follows the journey of Alan Veingrad, a former ...