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Israel: The Need to Rebrand

Last night, I had dinner with Ronald Lauder and some other folks who tackled a lot of different political, philosophical, ...

Interview: The Idan Raichel Project

Only a few years ago, Idan Raichel was just some dreadlocked guy in a Tel Aviv basement, composing music on ...

Haftarah for Vayakhel

Details of the Temple's construction.

Haftarah for Tzav

Sacrifices are not enough.

Recent Commentary on Israel and Two Opinions on Gaza

What does the rise of Avigdor Lieberman mean for Russians in Israel, and for the non-Russians? (Slate)If Hamas-Fatah Unity talks ...

Huge Diamond Heist, It Must Have Been the Jews

I love heist movies (Bank Job, Inside Man, Ocean’s 11 etc) and heist books (The Great Train Robbery and anything ...

A.B. Yehoshua

To this author and social critic, Israeli identity comes first.

The Crown Heights Riots

The outbreak of violence in 1991 was fueled by anti-Semitism.

What Makes You Happy

Hand-written scrawl on a bright orange piece of photocopy paper hanging on the street in Crown Heights: ADAR IS NOTOVER ...

That is So Not Frum

It makes me insane when people say, “Hey, I know this Orthodox person who does X, so it must be ...

An ESPN-JTA Collaboration Doesn’t Happen Often

Some sad news to pass along if you are a sports fan or have an interest in Jewish philanthropy. Bill ...

Professor Foxy, Antony and the Johnsons at Shul, and Winning Chicken Soup

Things have been pretty busy at MJL this week, so I haven’t been able to blog about some of the ...