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What’s Wrong With Interracial Jewish Relationships?

Last week was the 42nd anniversary of the legalization of interracial relationships in the US. The landmark Supreme Court case ...

Self-Hating Jews

Defining Jewish self-hatred is, like most matters in Jewish life, subject to debate.

Rerouting Goals

Learning to overcome setbacks, just like the Israelites.

The Smell of Non-Kosher Food

I spoke to Stephanie, who was coming out of the very tasty (and very not kosher) Tartine Bakery, on 18th ...

Israeli Response to Obama’s Cairo Speech

Thumbs up:Yossi Sarid called it “the speech of our lives, the lives of all the damned in all the areas ...

Ortho-Inmates Get Unfair Treatment

Today on the subway the guy next to me was reading this story in the Post and all I could ...

Jews on the Chocolate Trail

“Every time I put a piece of chocolate in my mouth, the entire world grinds to a screeching, blinding halt,” ...

Let the Haters Eat Cake

So far, June has been pretty depressing. Dr. Tiller was shot. A neo-Nazi stormed the Holocaust museum Luckily, I just ...

Jews and Languages

In a first, the Knesset officially marked Yiddish Language and Culture Day on June 2, including the release of a ...

Holocaust Museum Shooting: The Roundup & Reaction

It’s the day after a fatal shooting of a security guard in the Washington Holocaust Museum, and the Jewish world ...

No One Laughs at God in a Hospital

I’ve fallen off my blogging recently because I’ve been overwhelmed with other stuff, but the minute I heard this new ...

My Camp is Definitely Jewish

As you’ve probably figured out by now (that is, if you read me), I’m a big fan of the website ...