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Notes for Giving a Dvar Torah

We have a really nice article with some tips for someone who’s planning to give a dvar Torah.  And when ...

Inter-racial Intermarriage: What’s Taboo and What’s Not

There’s a fascinating back-and-forth over at The Atlantic between Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi about exoticism and intermarriage in the black ...

Parashat Miketz Quiz

Test your knowledge of this Torah portion.

Note to Self: Do Not Name Child ‘Shanda’

There was a really cute baby in the MJL office today, and it got us talking about baby names and ...

Haftarah for Beha’alotcha & Shabbat Hanukkah

Looking toward the rebuilding of the Temple.

Torah for Transsexuals

A new site, TransTorah, was just launched, offering resources for trans and transitioning Jews along with divrei Torah, and resources ...

Is God a Person?

From today’s emailbox:When you think of G_d, do you think of an “entity” (I know it’s not the right word, ...

Dear God, Love Bob

Check out this fascinating article in The Guardian about all of the letters that people send to God, often addressed ...

“Get off the Internet, it’s Shabbat!”

Last Friday night, my sister was at a friend’s house for dinner. They had a filling Shabbat meal, sat around ...

Hanukkah Giving…Squared

You know how Amazon (and its less evil compatriots) cuts off holiday shipping, what, like two weeks before Christmas starts? ...

The Kosher Quandary

Last night I attended The Kosher Quandary: Ethics and Kashruth, which was the inaugural event of Yeshiva University’s new student ...

Haftarah for Vayeshev

Amos warns the people: "Do not treat the poor unfairly."