Mixed Multitudes
Diaspora & Israel, Messianism and Families
Are there really more Muslims than Jews in the US? (Chicago Jewish News)Should Jews shun “Messianic Jews“? (Beliefnet)Soli Shahvar, Amos ...
Would You Join an All-Jewish Social Network?
How geeky and sixth-grade USY nightmare does that sound? Okay, so Facebook is collecting your private data. And it’s going ...
Candlelighting Time by Zip Code
If you look carefully on our homepage, you’ll catch a new feature. Candlelighting times by zip code. Just pop in ...
Omri Casspi! Omri Casspi! Omri Casspi!
Every boy has dreams. Some want to be firefighters. Others want to be doctors. I, like many others, wanted to ...
Wise Fridays: After I Die
Rava said to Rav Papa and to Rav Huna b. Rav Yehoshua: If a written ruling of mine comes to ...
How Gross Are Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parties?
Um, very. A recent bat mitzvah party in Stamford Connecticut had to be cleared out by the police because 14-year-olds ...
Am I Supposed to Feel Bad? I Just Don’t Know…
Bernie Madoff related stories are always tough to read, especially when it comes to Jewish organizations that he has ruined ...
Conversion & Intermarriage
Can a person be too evil to convert to Judaism? (Forward)Says Julie Wiener, “I, a liberal intermarried Jew feel ambivalent ...
Jews and the Vatican: Process into Action
Inbal Freund-Novick is an organizational consultant and co-founder of The Unmasked Comics Project, a social change comics venture with comics ...
Gossip Causes Cancer
I spend lots of time at shul these days, but I tend to be the only woman in the women’s ...
Jews and the Vatican: Thoughts about Spirituality and Love
Inbal Freund-Novick is an organizational consultant and co-founder of The Unmasked Comics Project, a social change comics venture with comics ...
Regina Spektor’s “Far” Snuggles Up Close to Me
This is the best birthday present I’ve gotten all year. Regina Spektor’s third proper album, Far, is like that cynical ...