Mixed Multitudes
David Plotz: Is Monotheism for Jerks?
David Plotz is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.There are the writers who succeed by arguing evolution exists ...
Just When I Thought This Story Couldn’t Be Weirder…
I saw this yesterday and considered blogging about it. But now the story has become too good not to talk ...
Mayim Bialik Goes Hasidic
Mayim just sent out this puzzling email, and I’m not sure if I’m supposed to publicize it or not, but ...
Bible Raps: Now, 100% More Free!
Matt Bar, if you’ll recall, is the world’s first Bible rapper, whom we recently profiled in Matt Bar Sees Dead ...
Authors Blog with Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning
Jewish literature is deep into a renaissance. Jewish books and Jewish authors are no longer ethnic tokens on a larger ...
Jewish Suriname
I’ve recently become obsessed with the idea of going to Suriname. Until about a month ago I wouldn’t have been ...
Maccabiah Games Have Opened
The Jewish Games have officially opened in Israel. 65 countries are being represented this year. Here is a quick run ...
All the Comforts of Israel
Every time I return from a trip to Israel, I find myself craving those creature comforts like iced coffee from ...
Jewlicious: Five Years and Kicking
Five years ago today, the website Jewlicious stopped redirecting to dead air and became a living, functioning blog. Founder David ...
Peace Process in Israel
Alon Pinkas, former Israeli consul-general in the United States says “By not recognizing Israel’s Jewish character, Palestinians exhibit potential irredentist ...
Mazzle Tizzle!
With apologies to Matthue’s blog post below (and to those who fell in the destruction of Jerusalem), I need to ...
16 Days with No Music
Sixteen days to go, that is — out of a total of 21. During the Three Weeks, we’re not supposed ...