Mixed Multitudes

I shared my thoughts (I, II) on David Klinghoffer’s critique of Limmud NY (and “liberal pluralism, generally), now the Forward‘s ...

There’s a Tu Bishvat video from the Jewish National Fund that seems to be circulating quickly around the Jewish web. ...

I received a copy of Meredith Jacobs’ The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat today. I haven’t looked through the ...

As the aspiring fiction writers among us know, novels (and certainly short stories) do not sell as well as non-fiction. ...

By now, many of you will have read or read about Alvin Rosenfeld’s article “Progressive Jewish Thought and the New ...

Last week on MJL, Brigitte Sion offered her analysis of four national Holocaust memorials, and in so doing, noted that ...

As Daniel mentioned in this post a couple of weeks ago, renowned chef Adeena Sussman has launched a kosher food column on ...

Menachem Wecker has launched a new blog — Iconia — which will focus on the intersection of art and religion. ...

On Thursday night, Ultra-Orthodox activists in Jerusalem burned barrels of “immodest” clothing, claiming that female immodesty is the only thing ...

Steven over at Canonist has written a thoughtful reply to yesterday’s posting about his debate with Dan Sieradski. I had ...

Apparently the new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica takes a skeptical position on this question. Find out more here.

Generally, it’s not fun to see your friends fight, but when the fight is over the soul of Judaism, it’s ...