Jewish History

Because it’s impossible to write enough stories on Hasidic Jews and sexuality, Nextbook has an article on dressing modestly in ...

The son of the head of Yemenite Jewish community (that is, the Jewish community still in Yemen) was shot and ...

I try not to write about Israeli politics. I really try. Lately, I’ve become a bit jaded on the subject ...

Dammit! I so wasn’t going to mention Santa on the Interweb today. And I was never going to mention the ...

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times did a story on Muslim punk-rock teenagers — and we ran a ...

Traditional Judaism prohibits men from shaving their face with a razor. While many (or most) Ultra-Orthodox Jews don’t shave at ...

I’m dying to see the new Meryl Streep movie, Doubt, about a nun with a bone to pick, but in ...

My rebbe is an awesome man. His family lives in a little falling-apart shack on the edge of Boro Park, ...

Since his death at age 98 a few weeks ago, I’ve been meaning to write a bit about Rabbi Emanuel ...

The Ponzi Scheme involving Bernie Madoff stealing some $50 Billion is kind of a big deal. I wouldn’t even know ...

In last Sunday’s New York Times, Paula Roth (no relation) covers the opening of a new bar in an area ...

We have a really nice article with some tips for someone who’s planning to give a dvar Torah.  And when ...