Mixed Multitudes
A Reformed Temple
A small plane crashed into a synagogue in Georgia last night, killing the pilot. The few people inside the synagogue ...
Another Autonomous Jewish State
On the heels of yesterday’s post about the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, comes a report from YNet about another ...
Miracles, Gelt, and Hip Hop
-JAY MICHAELSON would like Hanukkah without supernatural miracles. (Jbooks)-An exploration of the why, and the how-good, of chocolate Hanukkah gelt. ...
Jewish Autonomous Region
JTA reports: “Officials in the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan in Siberia claim to have built the world’s largest menorah.”Which ...
A Letter to the Conservative Movement
Dear Conservative Movement,I have figured out why you are dying, as many of your own leaders have lamented. The answer ...
Being Cool and Jewish
Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility has a new feature on its website that is a little quirky but very ...
Rupert Murdoch Believes
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Entertainment Group announced today that it’s signed a deal to buy the religion and spirituality website Beliefnet. ...
Nes Gadol Hayah B’Lake Placid
Understanding miracles is difficult in our time. None of us have witnessed a great sea being split, a burning bush ...
One Less Candle
The Jerusalem Post is reporting a fascinating story about a group of Israeli environmentalists who proposed that Jews light one ...
It’s All Our Fault
The holiday spirit has descended upon Christopher Hitchens. What kind of present are we getting?A Hanukkah message, in which he ...
Latkes, Latkes, Latkes
–Malayasian Latkes. (J.) -Judy Bart Kancigor tells “the real secret of my very crisp latkes…Use a serving spoon to scoop ...
Hanukkah on a Diet
Ynet reports: Israelis are buying less sufganiyot (Hanukkah donuts) and more Hanukkah candles, the Manufacturers Association of Israel reported Monday. ...