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UJ Accepts Gay Rabbinical Students

As expected, the University of Judaism made the first practical move toward integrating the Conservative movement’s new responsum on homosexuality: ...

New Torah Commentaries

Thanks to our friends at American Jewish World Service and the Jewish Outreach Institute you can now read weekly Torah ...

Women of the Tribe

March is Jewish Women’s History Month. But really, shouldn’t every month be Jewish Women’s History Month? Every day of every ...

Female Suicide Bombers

Slate asks the question on everyone’s mind: “If male martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens in paradise when ...

Confronting Jewish Violence

Today is Shushan Purim, the day Purim is celebrated in cities that were “walled” at the time of Joshua. Most ...

Beyond the Canon

In 2000, Harvard professor Ruth Wisse published The Modern Jewish Canon, a book that surveys two centuries of Jewish literature, ...

Who is a Jew?

Well, Ron Jeremy certainly, and on Beliefnet you can find a new interview in which the porn star discusses his ...

Purim Fun Round-up

Purim’s coming and it’s time to have some fun! Here are some terrific websites with lots of activities for kids:  ...

This Shtetl Ain’t Big Enough for the Two of Us…

In the mood for an old-fashioned Yiddish Western?Click here to watch a short film called The Cowboy. Here’s some background on ...

Philip Roth Wins

Philip Roth has another award for his trophy case. The AP reports: Philip Roth has won yet another literary prize, ...

Can a Jewish State Be Truly Democratic?

For those of you in the New York area looking for something to do tomorrow night (Feb 27), I’ll be ...

Campus Wars

Today’s New York Times looks at the latest battle over the Middle East on college campuses: a documentary film, Obsesssion: ...

The Book of Mensch

Hirhurim’s Gil Student has just published a review in the Jewish Press of Imrei Baruch (The Sayings of Baruch), a ...

Walter Benjamin’s Mix Tape

A few weeks ago, I blogged about Walter Benjamin, the great German Jewish intellectual, whose writings have become canonical in ...

The Inspired Kitchen

The latest installment of Adeena Sussman’s MJL food column “The Inspired Kitchenâ€? is now available. The newest recipe: Mandelbrot – the ...