Jewish History
Haisdic ‘Fixer’ Runs for City Council
Do you ever notice how, for a paper with so much anti-Israel tactics, the New York Times sure reports a ...
The First Jewish President
Toni Morrison famously referred to Bill Clinton as the “first black president,” writing that he displayed “almost every trope of ...
Rabbi Steinsaltz Takes on the Olympics
Remember when all of Jewish Law was ruled by a committee of 71 judges, each of whom were able to ...
A Vow for the Nine Days: ‘Fess Up
One of the customary practices in these nine days is the avoidance of meat: it’s the way we commemorate the ...
Flunking English
Now that Ehud Olmert is on his way out, it’s time to evaluate his possible successors. Or at least their ...
Becoming Communist
These past few days have been weirdly Communist-centric for me. First, my book that’s coming out in October. Then there’s ...
Back to School
It seems like this little doozy from my home state of has flown under the radars of church-state separation proponents: ...
Politics Now
Dennis Shulman seeks to become the first ever blind rabbi in Congress.The Jerusalem Post interviews Obama and McCain. Michael Wissot ...