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Wise Fridays: The Free Will Problem
“To act rightly or otherwise rests for the most part with man, but in each action Fate cooperates.” —Josephus Flavius ...
X-Men: First Class: New Holocaust Footage
Fox Studios released four new clips from the new X-Men movie last night. If you’ve followed our coverage of Magneto’s ...
Justin Bieber’s New Tattoo
Oh good news! Justin Bieber, King of the Universe, got a tattoo–and it’s in Hebrew!But before we Jews get too ...
Obama, AIPAC & Republicans
The text of President Obama’s Middle-East address. (Los Angeles Times)Akiva Eldar: “No American president or presidential candidate has ever told ...
Wise Fridays: Born as an Object
“Man is born as an object, dies like an object, but possesses the ability to live like a subject, like ...
A Rabbi On Jeopardy
A nice catch by Rabbi Jason Miller (and even nicer of him to record it and put it up on ...
What’s The Hebrew For Community?
Just yesterday, Tamar and I were sitting around the office discussing the merits of talking about our favorite television shows ...
Do You “Like” My Name?
A couple in Israel recently decided to name one of their children Like, because of liking things on facebook. They ...
JDate and a Holocaust Movie
Jdate is sponsoring a new program that’s something like a Jewish Film of the Month club. You can get a ...
Wise Fridays: Even Gnats and Flies
“The Rabbis said: Even though you may think them superfluous in this world, creatures such as flies, bugs, and gnats ...
Roger Waters Is A Wimp
There has been a small, but growing trend among some musicians and bands to refuse to play in Israel because ...
Forgetting Hillary Clinton
Not sure if you’ve heard by now, but the United States killed Osama Bin Laden last week. A couple of ...