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Magic Jewish Fences
Two things: first of all, Tamar Fox’s article on Jewcy about the struggle to erect an eruv — or what ...
Jewish Communal Organizations: The Early Years
Building a responsible, structured community.
Jesus and Me
Benyamin Cohen’s new book My Jesus Year is nearing its release date, and the official website has just gone up. ...
Remembering A Mystic: Rabbi Yitzhak Luria Ashkenazi
Today is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yitzhak Luria Ashkenazi, aka the Arizal or just the Ari (1534-1572). He was the ...
Inveterate Missionizing
On the elevator this morning, a courier — this legit-looking man in his late 30s or so — took out ...
Women Can Sing, Officially
For anyone who missed the public outcry last week about the Israeli youth group Bnei Akiva’s new single-sex policy on ...
Jewish Identity
For “the perpetual discussion of what it means and how it feels to be a Jew�, even though “there is ...
A Detailed Explanation of Niddah, or “Family Purity” Laws
How traditional Jewish women prepare for monthly mikveh use.
Welcome Home Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!
On Wednesday I heard John Ruskay, the executive vice president of the UJA speak at a seminar of 50 college ...
Nuclear Warfare & Obama’s Feelings…
When Barack Obama met with members of the Democratic Caucus to speak about his tour of the Middle East, he ...
Islamic Movement: Knowledge is Dangerous
Chabad is nothing if not well-organized. Each year, they release a set of uniform lesson plans to literally hundreds of ...
Jesus Saves, Moses Eats Deli.
What a waste of a pickle. Probably a full sour too, by the looks of it: