Mixed Multitudes
Minorities in the Negev
Dimona, Israel is known for it’s nuclear plant more than anything else. Most people living in this development town try ...
Jesus and Halakha
I was recently researching some of the ritual practices of Jews for Jesus and stumbled upon the website of the ...
New Jewish Studies Fellowship
The Forward reports: The Foundation for Jewish Culture, in partnership with the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, recently announced ...
Rummikub
When I was in college, a popular Israel advocacy technique was to inform the campus of “cool facts” about Israel.“Did ...
Is JTA Out of Touch?
Over at Cross-Currents, Eytan Kobre has referenced a recent JTA report as proof that the secular Jewish media doesn’t understand ...
Turkey and the Jews
-In Turkey, a wildly successful book explains that Turkey’s devoutly Muslim prime minister and his ruling pro-Islamic party are “actually ...
Feed Me Bubbe
While trying to find some cooking demonstrations online, I came across a gem in “Feed Me Bubbe.”Basically Avrom plays host ...
MyIsraeliteLearning.com
An email we received from a concerned reader of MJL: I noticed you do not mention Israelite or Ephraimite as ...
The Hebrew Language
-When and why did the “v” become “b,” so that the Hebrew, “Ivrit,” became the English “Hebrew”? (Haaretz) -Why have ...
DREAMS revealed
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Boteach/Steinhardt/Feldman debate on Jewish values. As I wrote, Boteach left the audience ...
Great Blog + James Kugel
I’ve been planning to write about the very excellent blog “And the Enlightened Ones Shall Shine,” known as XGH, for ...
Interview w/Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman may be best known for his run as an independent candidate in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial race, with ...