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Yom Yerushalayim: Break Out the Kugel.

Tomorrow is Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day. This year I didn’t do much for Yom Haatzmaut, but I can’t let ...

Jon Stewart

Not your ordinary Jewish funny man (okay, maybe he is).

Hasids and the Amish: Match Made in Heaven

Somehow I missed this a few weeks ago when it was fresh news, but apparently there was a group of ...

Isolation vs. Assimilation When It Comes to Religious Marketing

There’s a fascinating post over at Church Marketing Sucks about why it’s offensive and unethical for religious institutions to rip ...

Salute to Israel Parade: An Interview with HaMakor

Next week, the Israeli jam band HaMakor will be headlining May 31’s Salute to Israel Parade in Central Park. First, ...

On the Importance of Dreaming in Real Time

This article was written for the 2009 Why Be Jewish Gathering: Renaissance in a Time of Ration, a project of ...

Jewish Theater Receives a Revitalization

The Festival of Jewish Theater and Ideas represents a new blooming of Jewish theater.

A Brothel in a Shul?

Jezebel has a recent post about depictions of sex workers: Laura Agustin is concerned that all sex worker news is ...

Jews with Guns

It’s been a banner year for Jews with guns. From Gaza to the Golden Globes, it’s suddenly de rigeur to ...

Archiving Judaism for $0.00

If I haven’t made enough of a case for the Internet Archive, please let me ram it down your throat ...

Haftarah for Bamidbar

Though betrayed by Israel's unfaithfulness, God will reconcile with the people like a husband who cannot stop loving his wife.

Religious People are Nicer

A study by Harvard professor Robert Putnam has found that religious people are better citizens, better neighbors and generally just ...