Partner Blogs
I guess we should update the blogroll.
Everyone’s got a blog these days. Jewish institutions, celebrities, and even fake characters like to journal what’s going on in ...
Malamud: The Forgotten
From Lee Siegel’s NYT review of the new Bernard Malamud biography by Philip Davis:Paradoxically, the farther he traveled from his ...
Jewish Identity
-A conference wrestles with the question of whether there is an identity of the Southern Jew, and if so, “is ...
Woody is Speechless
The Writers Guild strike is still going, and while after-work TV-watchers are plunged deeper into rerun land, at-work internet watchers ...
Eight Days of Yid Vid
I, like most people who sit in front of a computer all day long, enjoy a good viral video. And ...
Do they light it left to right?
If you’ve ever been to Israel as a tourist, it’s likely that you took a picture in front of this ...
Here’s $100,000
The five candidates for the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature have been announced. This year’s award is for ...
The Inspired Kitchen
Eating fried foods is one of the distinct pleasures of Hanukkah, and the tradition behind it is well-known. According to ...
Is a half a bible better than nothing?
I’ve never been a big fan of The View. Mostly because I’m sitting on a train every time the show ...
A Reformed Temple
A small plane crashed into a synagogue in Georgia last night, killing the pilot. The few people inside the synagogue ...
Another Autonomous Jewish State
On the heels of yesterday’s post about the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, comes a report from YNet about another ...
Miracles, Gelt, and Hip Hop
-JAY MICHAELSON would like Hanukkah without supernatural miracles. (Jbooks)-An exploration of the why, and the how-good, of chocolate Hanukkah gelt. ...
Jewish Autonomous Region
JTA reports: “Officials in the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan in Siberia claim to have built the world’s largest menorah.”Which ...
A Letter to the Conservative Movement
Dear Conservative Movement,I have figured out why you are dying, as many of your own leaders have lamented. The answer ...
Being Cool and Jewish
Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility has a new feature on its website that is a little quirky but very ...