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Welcome Reshimu

Looks like there’s a new kid on the Jewish-media block: Reshimu, a group blog made up of bloggers that “have ...

True Joy, Through Water

Canfei Nesharim, a terrific organization that works to inspire the Orthodox Jewish community to understand and act on the relationship ...

Wanted: Muslim-Jewish Dialogue

Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s speech at the Islamic Society of North America conference has been flagged by other Jewish leaders as ...

Jewish Triumphalism, Jewish Essentialism

I’ve often expressed my belief that Jewish triumphalism (be it biblical or theological) is dangerous because it will likely lead ...

Creating new ritual

Last week, the good folks at Jewschool blogged about the need for Jewish ritual in contemporary life events. Their list ...

Bible Codes

Over at Cross-Currents, Rabbi Yizchok Adlerstein has this to say about a new Jewish Action interview about the Bible codes ...

I’m too poor to daven these days.

From Craig’s List via Gawker:Come celebrate the Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement with New York’s most elite Jews. ...

Fish Heads, Kosher Honey & Teshuvah

-In “Facing the Music� Rabbi Shefa Gold gives a meditation on “Tefilah …Teshuvah … Tzedakah.� (The Shalom Center)-Here’s where that ...

From Robben Island to Yad Vashem

I spent part of the summer in South Africa spending time in the black townships outside Cape Town with an ...

The End of an Era

I tend to get nostalgic around Rosh Hashanah, and in my JPost column this usually results in a September piece ...

Where do non-profits go when they die?

Jewish organizations rarely disband or die. Many that have outlived their original, and even subsequent, missions frequently hang around, eating ...

My Life.

I couldn’t pass up sharing this ad from the Jewish newspaper back in my hometown of Dallas.

What Not To Wear?

The high holidays are just around the corner. For many people, this is the only time during the year that ...

Censorship in Israel

Earlier this week, MJL launched a new subject area: Theatre & Dance — a collection of articles about Jewish performance ...

The World of Jewish Education

-Can Jewish law be “temporarily set aside for the sake of a teaching moment�? (The Jerusalem Post)-Will Jewish charter schools ...