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Mordecai Ardon

Last week marked the 15th yahrzeit of Mordecai Ardon, arguably Israel’s greatest painter. This week, MJL features an article about ...

Chutzpah Alert

Ynet News recently reported the following story about Rabbi Avraham Yosef: During a radio show on which he replies to ...

The H Word, and Other News

Avi Issacharoff looks at why Israeli media is so unconcerned about Palestinians killing Palestinians. (Haaretz) The haredi in Israel are ...

Pharoah’s real reason

First born sons have lots of responsibilities: being redeemed (Pidyon HaBen), fasting before Passover, and not losing their birthright to ...

Why Play Ball!?

With opening day of the Israeli Baseball League this Sunday, I thought it was time to revisit the multiple reasons ...

Gaza/West Bank Fantasies

Nahum Barnea argues that current notions, based on a total Fatah/West bank and Hamas/Gaza separation are based on utterly unrealistic ...

Debating Peoplehood

Over at Jewcy, editor Joey Kurtzman and JTS provost Jack Wertheimer recently concluded a heated debate about the state of ...

Trying to be colorblind

Apparently there’s a new crisis in our community–addressing Jews of color.Or at least Jewish communal leaders are creating said crisis.The ...

Paying the Price

Moishe Ayre Friedman attended a Holocaust denial conference in Tehran, and in response, the Vienna Orthodox school has expelled his ...

Democracy and the Internet

A few weeks ago I wrote about the internet’s potential to help democratize Judaism. I hadn’t seen these lines from ...

A New Image for Israel

For our blog readers who also subscribe to Sports Illustrated (I know this may be a small percentage), “This Week’s ...

This is not kosher, Shlomo!

A passing reference to last year’s Morgan Freeman movie 10 Items or Less reminded me of a hilarious short film ...

Coming to Israel

The US Reform movement is placing a major new emphasis on aliyah, with an explicit goal “to impact Israeli society.� ...

The Future (or Death) of Theology

The other day, Meredith blogged about Elliot Cosgrove’s Forward op-ed about the unfortunate decline of Jewish theology. But I’d like ...

Something to Chew On

Puppies are cute, cuddly, and loving. They can even be Jewish. (Who hasn’t been to a bark mitzvah these days?)Puppy ...