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Dulce Et Decorum Est
Today is Yom HaZikaron, Israeli Memorial Day. If you’ve ever been to a tekes (ceremony) for Yom Hazikaron you’ve probably ...
New York, 1998: Research for “Moving”
Assaf Gavron’s most recent book, Almost Dead, is now available. He will be blogging for the Jewish Book Council and ...
Do Women Experience Holiness Differently?
Parashat Kedoshim teaches us the ways to be holy. But do women have a different understanding of what holiness is?
What Does the Rabbinical Council of America Think of Women?
When I first moved to San Francisco, there was a huge outcry in the Orthodox community — a positive outcry, ...
Holocaust Handbag
I have never actually cared about purses. I will ooh and ahh over a nice pair of earrings, and I ...
The Anat Kam Affair
The gag order barring the Israeli media from reporting on the Anat Kam case comes under increased criticism. (Ha’aretz)Then, the ...
The Jews Did It Again
Remember that priest who said he identified with the Jews because of all the warrantless persecution Catholics have been feeling ...
Tzaraat–A Biblical Affliction
Commonly mistranslated as leprosy, this ailment described in the Bible cannot be healed by doctors.
Celebrity Holocaust Memorial
Do you like TMZ.com? What about their TV show? I gotta admit that a highlight of my morning is reading ...
If I Was Facebook Friends With Israel
Our relationship status would always be “It’s Complicated.”Some people are totally In a Relationship with Israel. Mostly this is people ...
Treif Your Baby
I don’t have a kid, and I’m a vegetarian, but that doesn’t stop me from loving this bacon-flavored baby formula ...
You’re Not Jewish. Deal With It.
When I lived in Ireland and I would tell people I was Jewish they invariably got all excited and were ...