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Haftarah for Shemot

Promises of hope, threats of destruction.

Israeli Government Twitters the War

It’s mostly PR, but it’s a kind of PR that the Israeli government hasn’t historically shown the capability to produce ...

The Holocaust, the First War in Lebanon, and Gaza Today

Last night a friend and I went to go see Waltz With Bashir, the animated Israeli film about memories of ...

Do Apples Even Grow in Germany?

Herman Rosenblatt has become famous for his amazing story of how he met his wife. He claimed that while he ...

Haftarah for Vayechi

David's parting words to his son Solomon.

The Conspiracy of Covering Up

Because it’s impossible to write enough stories on Hasidic Jews and sexuality, Nextbook has an article on dressing modestly in ...

Back to the Ghetto, Yemen-style

The son of the head of Yemenite Jewish community (that is, the Jewish community still in Yemen) was shot and ...

Avraham Burg is Throwing his “Personal” Belongings at the Fans

I try not to write about Israeli politics. I really try. Lately, I’ve become a bit jaded on the subject ...

Bush = Santa

Dammit! I so wasn’t going to mention Santa on the Interweb today. And I was never going to mention the ...

Subverting – and Loving – Islam

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times did a story on Muslim punk-rock teenagers — and we ran a ...

Haftarah for Miketz

Wisdom and how to wield it.

Kosher Shavers

Traditional Judaism prohibits men from shaving their face with a razor. While many (or most) Ultra-Orthodox Jews don’t shave at ...