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Fast Forward through the 50

Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...

Obama and Israel Roundup

Khaled Abu-Toameh, the most prominent Arab Israeli newspaper columnist, places the primary blame for the current stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations ...

Israeli Basketball Isn’t For Punks

I have to admit, I’ve been excited about Omri Casspi for weeks. But I wanted to be sure that the ...

Crypto-Jews

A history of the marrano diaspora.

Best of the Week

The Yankees win! The Yankees win! Oh, I’m sorry. That would be in the “Worst of the Week.” Quick rant: ...

Wise Fridays: Men Follow Women

The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses, “Go speak to the daughters of Israel and ask them whether ...

The Final…5?

I’m not sure if all have you have heard about the Jewish Community Heroes contest being run by the Jewish ...

When Food Comes Between Us

I’m a vegetarian, but I kiss meat-eating men pretty regularly. I’m not afraid of cooking a chicken (or a brisket, ...

Jay Michaelson is God

…And so are you. Michaelson’s new book, Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism, is a call to ...

Middle East Roundup

Has Yitzhak Rabin’s memorial day become the occasion for delegitimizing the national-religious community? (Jerusalem Post)Rob Eshman explains why the “e-mails, ...

Wise Fridays: Professional Development

Rabbi Judah says: Whoever does not teach his son a trade or profession teaches him to be a thief. –Babylonian ...

Back On The Kanye Train!

Oh Taylor Swift. You were doing so well. Everyone loved you and your innocent ways. You even went on The ...