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Longing

So far this week, Dani Shapiro wrote about moving from Jewish N.Y. to churchy Connecticut and how to find Jews ...

Arizona & The Lost Tribes

I’m sure you don’t want to hear about my personal politics (after all, I voted for Buchanan in 2000). So ...

Finding the Jews

On Monday, Dani Shapiro wrote about moving from Jewish NY to churchy Connecticut. In many ways, our move from the ...

Jewish Church

Dani Shapiro is the author of the memoir Devotion. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and ...

We’re Going Back to Geocities!

One of my favorite blogs out there is Best Week Ever, from the people who brought you that trendy VH1 ...

Dodging Suicide Bombs

This morning I was walking to work from the subway station, nose stuck in a book as usual. We are ...

The Peace Process

Shlomo Avineri argues that if the Palestinians were to unilaterally declare themselves a state, little would change on the ground, ...

Pre-State Israel, in Color

If you close your eyes and try to picture the Holocaust, or the birth of the State of Israel, you’re ...

Any Given Hasid

This morning I got an email from my friend Dugans (of the awesome band Dreams in Static) asking, “Hey, isn’t ...

What Chapter of Jewish History Do You Wish You Knew Better?

There’s a wonderful podcast you can listen to (for free!) called Stuff You Missed in History Class. Each episode is ...

Wise Fridays: Where Does God Exist?

“Where does God exist?” the rebbe asked several of his followers. “Everywhere,” the surprised disciples responded. “No,” the rebbe answered. ...

Almost Dead: Gaza, 1988 / Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, 2002

In his last posts, Assaf Gavron wrote about hanging out in the West Bank, moonlighting as an Israeli mover in ...