Mixed Multitudes

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How Kosher is Kosher Salt?

I remember the first time I saw Kosher Salt listed as an ingredient in a recipe I was making. It ...

Go to Israel, Fall in Love

Nefesh B’Nefesh is getting in the matchmaking game to the surprise of approximately no one. This Ynet article discusses a ...

From the Academy: Law

Suzanne Last Stone serves as University Professor of Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization at the Cardozo School of Law at ...

The Cover of Anita Diamant’s New Novel: The Director’s Cut

My new novel, Day after Night, is based on the true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than ...

Use Condoms! Or Else It’s Like Having Sex With Hitler!

I would really like to be in the meeting at the advertising agency where someone brings up using Hitler in ...

Best Of The Rest Of The Best (Of The Rest)

I’ll start with some advice. Never take an overnight bus anywhere, especially for a family gathering. All you get is ...

Birthright Makes It Rain

Birthright has done me well. I’ve gotten a lot of free things from them. Key chains. Coffee mugs. Lots of ...

Wise Fridays: How to Desecrate Shabbat

When such acts [that desecrate Shabbat in order to save a life] are done, they are not to be done ...

What Can Jews Learn from the Fast of Ramadan?

Every year, during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims around the world observe a month-long fast. This fast, ...

Etan G: The Interview

For a while, Etan G was known as “the Jewish rapper” — you know, as opposed to one of several ...

Yom Kippur or Eternal Damnation? The Choice Is Yours.

Here’s a discussion I had last night. If your favorite baseball team was playing in the World Series on the ...

Why? Why? Why? Why Not?

Why did Nixon refuse to compel Israel to join the nuclear non-proliferation regime? (Ha’aretz)Why are the “days between the times“–so ...

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