Mixed Multitudes

Back to the Ghetto, Yemen-style

The son of the head of Yemenite Jewish community (that is, the Jewish community still in Yemen) was shot and ...

I try not to write about Israeli politics. I really try. Lately, I’ve become a bit jaded on the subject ...

Dammit! I so wasn’t going to mention Santa on the Interweb today. And I was never going to mention the ...

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times did a story on Muslim punk-rock teenagers — and we ran a ...

We got a doubleheader today at the MJLKFI (MyJewishLearning Kosher Food Invitational).In our first matchup, we got #2 Lox and ...

Did you hear about that huge party on Wednesday night? Everyone is gonna be there. Chris, Thomas, Peter, everybody!Actually, I ...

Traditional Judaism prohibits men from shaving their face with a razor. While many (or most) Ultra-Orthodox Jews don’t shave at ...

This week in New York is the Sephardic Music Festival, and though, if you’ve been to a Sephardic music concert ...

March Madness just can’t come early enough. Experiencing a mix of hunger and need for competition, my friend Jordan and ...

I love potatoes and I love most things fried, but honestly, I have a hard time getting down with latkes. ...

Motherlode, the parenting blog at NYTimes.com, has a really interesting post with a new twist on the age-old problem of ...

I’m feeling over-Hanukkah-ized these days. This is, granted, the week where, in Jewish media, real news moves over to make ...