Mixed Multitudes
Ernst Ehrlich z”l
Historian and Jewish theologian Ernst Ehrlich passed away more than a week ago. I didn’t blog about his death until ...
Military Matters
-Reuven Pedatzur concludes that a war with Syria would include a missile attack on Israeli cities throughout Israel that the ...
Should Jewish children trick or treat?
Each year the discussion surrounding Halloween festivities surfaces in conversations with Jewish educators around the country. Seemingly, regardless of socio-economic ...
The Zookeeper’s Wife
Diane Ackerman’s book The Zookeeper’s Wife — which details how Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who ran the Warsaw Zoo, hid ...
Keeping up with the Brooks…
in jail?David Brooks, notorious for spending more than $10 million on his daughter’s bat mitzvah two years ago, was arrested ...
Seperate but equal doesn’t work
I’d like to believe that the findings from this investigation won’t prove the allegation true. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem too ...
New Mag
I just got an email about the launch of JLifestyle, a new Jewish magazine for the British set. We wish ...
Recipe: Braised Fennel with Raisins and Pine Nuts
It’s a little-known fact that many of the mainstays of Italian cuisine were in fact introduced by the Jewish community ...
Inventing Jewish Ritual
I just finished Vanessa Och’s book Inventing Jewish Ritual , which not only investigates the development, acceptance, and theory of ...
The Orthodox World
-Isi Leibler bemoans the fact that in the Israeli Orthodox world, “the voices of moderation are silent. Zealotry has become ...
Podhoretz: On Nepotism
The New York Times takes a look at the editorial transition at Commentary: To some within the neoconservative movement, the ...
Rabin Memorial Day
Today is Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day, which coincides with his yartzeit on the 12th of Cheshvan.I’ve included some links for ...