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From the Academy: Holocaust Studies
Avinoam J. Patt serves as the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Hartford, and ...
Wise Fridays: Do Not Stand Idly By
If you hear informers plotting to harm someone, you’re obligated to inform the intended victim. If you can somehow stop ...
Jewish Atheism vs Atheism
In her last post, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein wrote about the inspiration behind Azarya Sheiner, the heart of her new novel. ...
Why I Don’t Eat Animals
I was just interviewed on the blog Heeb ‘n Vegan. Michael Croland, who runs the site, managed to get a ...
The Case for (a Fictional) God
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, is guest-blogging all week ...
Miep Gies Shows Us the Secret Annexe
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank during the Holocaust, has just died at the age of 100. The New ...
Fast for Rain
According to IsraelNN, the Chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar has called for a fast and prayer for ...
Wise Fridays: What Does God Want?
This is what the Holy One said to Israel: My children, what do I seek from you? I seek no ...
Jews in the California Gold Rush
Jewish adventurers were crucial in establishing American civilization on the West Coast.
Israeli Politics Roundup
In an extensive interview, Shaul Mofaz attacks Tzipi Livni for lack of leadership in Kadima, and with her “inability to ...
The Kominas Live: The Only Jew in the Room
Last night I went to my first taqwacore concert. Taqwacore is Muslim punk rock, and what that means to you ...
Ski-Jumping Hitlers
Sometimes the Canadian in me pops up. I try to hide it as much as I can, and I’ve even ...