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30 Days Since You Died
In Jewish practice, on the thirtieth day after a person dies, the mourners observe sheloshim — a lessening in severity ...
Tallits Bring Out the Worst In People
This Haaretz story makes my head explode. Police arrest woman for wearing prayer shawl at Western Wall Police on Wednesday ...
Sarah Aaronsohn
How she represents a new interpretation of the role of women in the resettlement and regeneration in Palestine.
As A.J. Jacobs Says, So the World Goes
There’s a chapter in A.J. Jacobs’ new book, The Guinea Pig Diaries (which we just interviewed him about on MJL) ...
If You Could Get All the Jews Everywhere to Do Something, What Would it Be?
Last week I was at this salon type thing where a diverse group of Jews had a conversation about Jewish ...
Recent Holocaust News
You’ll get a chance to see Anne Frank as a “feisty teenager” rather than a “tragic Jewish saint.” (New York ...
Wise Fridays: Civilized Warfare
Renunciation of chemical and biological warfare, and humane treatment for prisoners of war…are certainly marks of civilized peoples, but on ...
Some More Press For Casspi
I know, I know. I think I’m obsessed. I just can’t enough of Omri Casspi. But I’m just trying to ...
Fast Forward through the 50
Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...
Obama and Israel Roundup
Khaled Abu-Toameh, the most prominent Arab Israeli newspaper columnist, places the primary blame for the current stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations ...
Israeli Basketball Isn’t For Punks
I have to admit, I’ve been excited about Omri Casspi for weeks. But I wanted to be sure that the ...