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Chasing Clarice Lispector
Benjamin Moser, author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book ...
The Holocaust–LOL or FML?
I’ve blogged about it more than any other movie that’s come out this year. Hell, I don’t even really love ...
Haftarah for Ki Teitzei: Summary
Israel, likened to a barren woman, is promised countless children.
Jewish Genetic Diseases–An Equal Opportunity Issue
The Forward has released its annual guide to genetics, which features numerous articles about testing for and combating Jewish genetic ...
Palestinian Google’s Big Secret
Google just started a Palestinian version of their site. Being the always-curious cultural instigator that I am, I hopped on ...
Don’t Worry, Swine Flu Is Being Taken Care Of
I wish I knew more details about this story beyond “I saw this on Colbert Report last night and thought ...
Education Issues in Israel
In a major decision, Israel’s High Court has ruled that schools cannot justify segregation of Ashkenazi and Sephardi students on ...
Lady Gaga Is Her Own Tznius Police
Lady Gaga is in Israel for a concert, and she has apparently made statements about not being quite so wild ...
A Scholar At Woodstock
“Guess who eats together at the Carnegie Deli. Bowzer from Sha Na Na and Arthur Fonzarelli.”Adam Sandler is right. Jon ...
The Week That Was
As the week comes to a close, it is time to look back at the best of times. There were ...
Should the Israeli Army Be Religious or Secular?
There’s a fascinating article over at the Christian Science Monitor now about the increasing level of religiosity in the Israeli ...