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A Gentile Drowning

Yesterday I blogged about our need, as a community, to confront the darker corners of our textual tradition. I worried ...

Finding a Rabbi

Earlier this week I blogged about non-Orthodox couples choosing to have an Orthodox rabbi officiate at their weddings. This post ...

Securing Jordan

Shmuel Rosner, Ha’aretz’s chief U.S. correspondent, has a piece on Slate which considers Jordan’s stability in the overall status of ...

Jewels of Elul

With the beginning of Elul (duly noted by Lili earlier today) our friends over at Craig and Co. have unveiled ...

Engaging Difficult Texts

This week, I contributed the Dvar Torah to American Jewish World Service’s Dvar Tzedek (which we also syndicate on MJL). ...

Elul Musings

This is my first Elul as a mother, but not my first as a daughter. WOW do I have a ...

A Wedding Dilemma

This past weekend I went to the wedding of a friend of mine. During the ceremony, I cried. But not ...

Reading Leonard Michaels

In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I examine the work of Leonard Michaels, whose collected stories were recently ...

Not My Warriors

Christiane Amanpour is at it again. This non-journalist has traveled the world seeking out “God’s Warriors.” In this documentary, two ...

New Blog: The New Jew

I was doing a bit of research this morning on the Areivim Fund, which I wrote about two weeks ago, ...

Just Facebook Me

Like many 20-somethings, I have spent countless hours wasting away in front of my computer on Facebook. I mean, who ...

Barry Bonds Isn’t Jewish

Barry Bonds became MLB’s new home run king last night, and while this could inspire blog posts about Jewish attitudes ...

Babies on their Backs

Okay, I’ll admit it. I’ve been frequenting other websites. And even participating in discussions on other boards (Gasp!).As a Jewish ...

Revolution shmevolution

The editor of Jewcy, Tahl Raz, wrote on Daily Shvitz last week that he is:in the process of writing a ...

French (Jewish) Cardinal, Dies at 80

If you haven’t yet, you must read the fascinating obituary of the French Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger. Lustiger was a close ...