Mixed Multitudes

In the News

-American synagogues, kosher slaughter houses and Jewish schools may be finding it much harder to hire Israelis. (The Jerusalem Post)-The ...

Our friends at Jewish Funds for Justice have been highlighting the woeful road to recovery in New Orleans to mark ...

Yesterday, Jewschool decided to bring up an old article about the Conservative Movement’s policy on eating hot dairy, after a ...

-Does Jewish law permit the removal of semen from a deceased man in order for his widow to bear his ...

Earlier this year, when Tillie Olsen passed away, I emailed Alice Mattison, author of the wonderful story collection In Case ...

-Some views on whether the rise in the percentage of Jewish men who do not serve in the IDF is ...

It’s Elul for Michael Vick, too. After pleading guilty to charges related to his involvement in dogfighting, Vick gave a ...

I’ve blogged about Eli Valley’s comics here before. Now the Jewish writer/communal professional has created web site dedicated solely to ...

-A first-hand account of the evacuation of the families from Hebron. (The Jewish Press)-Gideon Levy argues that the evacuation from ...

This week’s Forward includes their annual guide to Jewish genetic diseases. With advances in technology and medicine, the number of ...

Grace Paley, a wonderful writer and fierce social activist has died. She was 84. The MJL article about Paley can ...

In this week’s Jewish Week, our friend Mik Moore from jspot considers the lack of Jewish representation at the YearlyKos ...