Partner Blogs

STAR’s New Blog

Our partner, STAR (Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal), has launched its first blog, CO-STAR. In his first post, our good friend ...

17th of Tammuz

Reaching for your morning coffee? Think again! Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a minor fast day.Today’s fast commemorates the ...

Shameless!

This just in: After all that…President Bush just commuted Scooter Libby’s prison sentence. Shocked? I am. But I should know ...

More on Austria

I returned yesterday from a four-day trip to Vienna, which I blogged about briefly last week. As I mentioned in ...

Duvid Crockett: King of Delancey Street

Jennifer Grey sings her grandfather, Mickey Katz’s, “Duvid Crocket”…

Advocating for Jewish summer camps

Is it really all pray, no play at Ramah camps across the country?This was the question posed by a Forward ...

The Numbers Game

UJC reported this week that the number of young Jews who applied for Birthright Israel was far greater than the ...

Jews in Far-Flung Places

A Jew spends time in Earth orbit. He took a mezuzah along, but on Passover, no Matzah. (San Diego Jewish ...

The Inspired Kitchen

The latest installment of Adeena Sussman’s MJL food column “The Inspired Kitchen� is now available. The newest recipe: Yerushalmi Kugel. ...

In Vienna

I’m currently in Vienna as part of a delegation of (youngish) Jews from New York. The trip is being organized ...

E-giving

We here at MJL have a strong appreciation for the internet. We have to in our line of business. But, ...

What Should Be Done?

Should Israel try to negotiate a “shelf agreementâ€? — a final-status deal that would then be put on the shelf ...

Here comes the bride. And the caterer. And the florist. And the band.

June is a popular time for Jewish weddings. Being a newlywed myself, we went through all of the traditional aspects ...

Do we really need more museums?

A groundbreaking ceremony for a new museum dedicated to the history of Jewish life and culture in Poland is set ...

The Israel Interviews

Probably the only Jewish woman in Gaza. (Haaretz) Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. (The Jerusalem Post) Prof. Uriel Reichman, who ...