Mixed Multitudes
From the Academy: Mysticism and Philosophy
Elliot R. Wolfson is the Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, where he teaches ...
Everyone Loves Bad Poetry
Who doesn’t love bad poetry? As part of their new issue on poetry, 614 Magazine posted a new interview with ...
Best Of The Week
Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I ...
Full of Hate, or Too Nice?
A few days ago a friend sent me a link to this site, and my head has been spinning ever ...
Wise Fridays: The Perils of High Office
Rabbi Judah ben Tabai said: If anyone had said to me before I entered high office, “Assume that office,” my ...
You Sound Like You Are From New York
One of my favorite college classes was Introduction to Linguistics. A particular class stands out in my mind. Our professor ...
TED Talks in Hebrew
The TED Conferences (Technology Entertainment Design) are a pretty big deal with big names of all kinds gathering to share ...
We Should Be More Original
Think of your stereotypical, Eastern European looking Jewish man. Whether you like it or not, Jews will forever be linked ...
Esther: The Whole (Operatic) Megillah
This season, New York City Opera brought back on stage the late Hugo Weisgall’s Esther, a contemporary work based on ...
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: What Good Is It? (Part 4)
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, wrote about Bob Dylan’s Judaism, Jews who write Christmas music, and ...
Jewish Life on Orchard Street
Maya Escobar, a Jewish Latina video director, performance artist, and creator of shomer negiah panties, has previously worked with young ...
30 Days Since You Died
In Jewish practice, on the thirtieth day after a person dies, the mourners observe sheloshim — a lessening in severity ...