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Wise Fridays: Supreme Importance
“God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on ...
Win a Copy of The Book of New Israeli Food
I know that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I often do. And from the ...
Wise Fridays: The Most Difficult Commandment
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said that the most difficult to observe of all the 613 commandments is “Honor your father ...
Rape and the Holocaust
Recently on Jewniverse we featured information about Dr. Gisella Perl, a gynecologist who provided abortions to women in Auschwitz who ...
Wise Fridays: We’re All in the Same Boat
A man in a boat began to bore a hole under his seat. His fellow passengers protested. ‘What concern is ...
Black Widow in Israel
If you’re subscribed to Jewniverse (and why wouldn’t you be? Go do it now) you’ll get a different wacky Jewish ...
The Newest Holiday
While you might be getting excited for next week’s Shavuot extravaganza (since when does receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai ...
A King Crowned by Birds
The new book Folktales of the Jews: Tales from Arab Lands, edited by Dan Ben-Amos, collects hundreds of years’ worth ...
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 ...