Mixed Multitudes
Ethical Kashrut: Going Live in 5
It’s been exactly one year since the Agriprocessors/Rubashkin’s scandal broke out, and today, the Orthodox Social Justice organization Uri L’Tzedek ...
Breslov Missionaries
In the religious enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn, Breslovers are known as the J–‘s Witnesses of Hasidic Judaism. Boys in ...
Poll: Same Sex Marriage
This week, two Orthodox organizations, The Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel, came out in a joint statement against a New ...
William Shatner’s Exodus
When it was announced that Leonard Nimoy would return for a cameo appearance in the new Star Trek movie (read ...
Happy Second Passover! I Call a Life Do-Over
Today is Pesach Sheni, or Second Passover, a day ordained by the Bible as the silver medal for those who ...
Wise Fridays: People Are Stingy
People are stingy with money, but we’re also stingy with kavod, with honor. We’re even stingy with ourselves. We’re supposed ...
Dad! You Said We Were Getting a Pool!
Add Montana to the states where religious people can now go on vacation. The Chabad House in Bozeman, Montana has ...
Don’t Think About Nazis
Think about Poland. Think about shtetl life, and Jews in Eastern Europe. Are you capable of picturing that without Hitler ...
Religious Lesbians in Tzefat?
I’ve been watching the Israeli movie HaSodot (The Secrets) on youtube over the past few weeks. It’s in Hebrew and ...
I Don’t Think They Get It
One of my favorite movies of all time is The Producers. I don’t remember how old I was, but I ...
Mayim Bialik: From “Blossom” to Brakhot
A few months back, my friend Lisa Klug introduced me to the illimitable joy that is Mayim Bialik. Descendant of ...
He’s Not Faking It! He’s Really Orthodox!
Here’s a video about Alan Veingrad, who played for the Packers, won a Super Bowl, and is now frum. The ...