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Who Qualifies For Hillel?
Back when I was in college, my roommates were pretty involved with Hillel. And from what I got from them, ...
The Week Before Purim Is Legally Obligated to Drag
It’s Friday, Friday, Friday afternoon, and that means it’s time to look back at the week:Have you tried our Hamantaschen ...
Wise Fridays: On Land and in Heaven
“Each people has as much heaven over its head as it has land under its feet.” —Hayim Nachman Bialik Find ...
Not So Fast
There are a only a couple more hours left of Taanit Esther, the Fast of Esther. As per usual, this ...
Anne Frank on Purim (photo)
From my sister-in-law, a vintage picture. I don’t know much about it, except that all these kids are wearing Purim ...
Is This Real?
You know when you see a YouTube video and you cannot tell if it’s real or a spoof? This video ...
Wise Fridays: Abolish Wars
“It is hard to do justice to the originality of men who, in the eighth century BCE, untutored by the ...
The Opposite of a Scandal
As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of scandals. There’s the “I can’t believe that someone who ...
Jewish Languages: What’s Trending?
“Yeshivish” is a normal form of discourse for many Orthodox Jews in America–but could it become a new language? (Forward)Daven ...
How to Get Fired in Hollywood/Paris
Admitting anti-Semitism is not a good career move. Unless, I guess, you work in early 1940s Germany, or maybe contemporary ...
Wise Fridays: The Most Love
“The highest position in the love of people must be taken by the love of man, and it must extend ...
Baruch Hashem!
I say Baruch Hashem a lot. It means, basically, thank God, and since I went to a very religious high ...