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Know Your Biblical History

Last night I got a call from a student at the University of Iowa asking me to give some money ...

Windmueller on the Election

This week’s homepage features an article by Prof. Steven Windmueller on the changing Jewish American vote. However, the piece was ...

Euthanasia in the News

There is a very sad story coming out of the Washington DC area this week. It involves, Motl Brody, a ...

This One’s for Sarah

The press has a love-hate relationship with fierce-minded politicians. At the same time as we of the liberal media quiver ...

Someone didn’t get that The Producers was a comedy

Here is the list of events that you are not allowed to make light of:1) The Holocaust2) Rwandan Genocide3) The ...

Messiah & Ignorance

I recently received a bizarre email that went a little like this: “The following are reasons for why the Mashiach ...

Church of Science Open for Business Online and in Berkeley

If faith always appealed to you, but you’re a rationally minded-scientist who can’t get past that big leap, there’s a ...

Israeli Film,Theatre, & Politics

The playwright Gilad Evron criticizes establishment theater in Israel, and other matters. (Haaretz)Some Israeli actresses, most notably Ayelet Zurer, are ...

Election Roundup

Just in: According to ABC News and Fox News, Rahm Emanuel has been offered the position of President Obama’s Chief ...

Is Good Food Excessively Indulgent?

(Cross-posted at The Jew and the Carrot) I wrote about this once before, but wanted to return to the topic ...

Is Gen-WE Jewish?

Check out this excellent video, meant to complement a new book called Generation WE by Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber.  ...

Only in America

Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...

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