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Maccabiah Games Score a Major Coup

Michael Phelps must be too good for everybody. Why should anyone attend the World Swimming Championships just to compete for ...

ROI Roundup: Saying “Shalom” to Israel (for now)

As a satirist and a cynic, you would think that at the conclusion of ROI, I would have a laundry ...

Haftarah for Pinchas

The prophet Elijah is so zealous for God, he loses his job.

Haftarah for Parashat Matot

The first haftarah of oppression (for Parashat Matot or Parashat Pinhas), and the haftarah read by Sephardim for Parashat Shemot.

ROI 120 Roundup: Text Study, Dylan, and Twitter

I woke up Wednesday morning with a new bounce in my step. Today was the day I was going to ...

10 Things I Hate about Commandments

I’m a big proponent of making the Torah relevant for modern society and everyday life. Maybe it’s my whole Orthodox ...

Serah, Daughter of Asher

How the Midrash interprets Serah's role in Israelite history.

Hannah Montana Changes Her Name To Chani Golani

Move over Rechov SumSum. Get out of the way Barney. Your time is up.Big news for people living in Israel ...

Where Are the Jewish Food Movies?

I love food movies. Like Water for Chocolate? Hot. Eat Drink, Man Woman? Steamy. Mostly Martha? Phenomenal. Chocolat? Luscious. Big ...

Books, Books, and More Books

For one day at the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, writers, and poets take the place of journalists in covering the news ...

ROI 120 Roundup: Initial Reactions

For those of you who don’t know, I wasn’t flown to Israel to perform at a comedy club in Jerusalem. ...

ROI 120 Roundup: Learning the Media

My roommate and I slept right through the alarm and woke up just in time to realize that we had ...

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