Mixed Multitudes

This week I’ll be the featured guest on Haaretz‘s Rosner’s Domain, hosted by chief US correspondent Shmuel Rosner.I’ll be answering ...

My Holocaust, Tova Reich’s satirical novel, was published last month to rave reviews. Cynthia Ozick struck first, writing an extended ...

In this week’s Forward, David Ellenson, president of Hebrew Union College, recounts two recent events in which Israeli Orthodox rabbis ...

Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union was officially published on Tuesday, and the book has already received its first award ...

Ezekah, from “The Circumcision Debate“:As parents, it is our responsibility to make choices for our children, even to do things ...

According to the New York Times, America’s campuses are experiencing a religious revival. Across the country, on secular campuses as ...

My name is Jason Herman and I am the rabbi at the West Side Jewish Center in Manhattan. I want ...

Not sure how I missed this, but thanks to Mark Berch for pointing out this story about Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ...

Or at least He likes former Ohio State wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. more. Or at least that’s what Ginn ...

Our partner, Jewish Coalition for Service, recently launched its new web initiative, the Jewish Service Online Network (JSoN, for short — ...

I just received a copy of Don DeLillo’s new novel, Falling Man, which will be published in mid-May. DeLillo is ...

In this week’s Forward, Leonard Fein takes on the anti-circumcision crowd (and makes a few jokes along the way):Google “circumcisionâ€? ...