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See A Fake Dead Pope
Just last week I was thinking about eulogies and funerals, and of course here at MJL we have a number ...
Mumbai: breaking news, broken news
In the middle of the attacks, while trying to reach the Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Levi Shemtov dialed every number he ...
After Mumbai
A reader wrote in, asking me to post this article, which is the most complete account I’ve found so far ...
Terrorism in Mumbai
According to NPR, at least 78 people have been killed in a terrorist attack in Mumbai, and 200 more are ...
Haftarah for Vayetzei
Hosea tells the Israelite kingdom: God's punishments will be harsh, but repentance is possible.
I Hate Thanksgiving
Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...
You Sell Gay Priests?
I’m a big fan of religious controversy. I like it when people stand up and say things that make any ...
Jews and Muslims Clash in…oh, never mind.
Here’s a nice little story in which religious people of different persuasions stick it to the man. No, even that ...
Anorexia in the Orthodox World
The Yeshiva University Observer — actually the official newspaper of Stern College, the women’s school — is a great snapshot ...
Going To Shul Is Good For You–An Interview With Dr. Eliezer Schnall
Dr. Eliezer Schnall is an assistant professor of clinical psychology at Yeshiva College of Yeshiva University in New York, and ...
A Self-Hating Jews Double-Header
A sentence was handed out in the case of eight Israeli teenagers, members of a neo-Nazi gang, who beat up ...