Mixed Multitudes

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Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Temple Menorah Edition

Last week we featured an interview with Daniel Levin, who wrote a historical thriller about the search for the menorah ...

Day After Night: The Book Tour

I will be on the road a fair amount this fall, introducing my new novel, Day After Night, to the ...

Remembering the Victims of September 11th

For most of us, September 11th has become just another day on our calendars. Though we may remember our own ...

Wise Fridays: The Perpetual Mercy Machine

Had the Lord been a God of stern, mechanical justice, then long ago he might have repudiated his covenant and ...

Get My Books Free!

It’s almost Yom Kippur. And what better way is there to celebrate than to get a free copy of my ...

Shofar: The Movie

What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...

Hitler Is Totally Embarrassed by How Often We Throw His Name Around

So, apparently I like to blog about: sex, independent minyanim, text study, mourning, and Hitler. For those of you who ...

Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?

This is one of those questions that most writers are inevitably asked. For me, the answer is different every time.The ...

Too Smart For Ramah

I’m a lifelong Camp Ramah guy. I find the institution fascinating on a number of levels, including its use of ...

Beck Plays Leonard Cohen

I hardly need an excuse to write more about Leonard Cohen, the observant Jew/Zen Buddhist monk/poet laureate of our dreams ...

Elul: I Am My Beloved’s…But I’m Not Only That

For the month of Elul, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape. One of the things that Rebbe Nachman ...

The Jerusalem Controversies

All that talk about possible freezes on Jewish construction near and in east Jerusalem is meaningless, reports Abe Selig, because ...

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