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The First Jewish President
Toni Morrison famously referred to Bill Clinton as the “first black president,” writing that he displayed “almost every trope of ...
Jesus and Me
Benyamin Cohen’s new book My Jesus Year is nearing its release date, and the official website has just gone up. ...
Rabbi Steinsaltz Takes on the Olympics
Remember when all of Jewish Law was ruled by a committee of 71 judges, each of whom were able to ...
Remembering A Mystic: Rabbi Yitzhak Luria Ashkenazi
Today is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yitzhak Luria Ashkenazi, aka the Arizal or just the Ari (1534-1572). He was the ...
A Vow for the Nine Days: ‘Fess Up
One of the customary practices in these nine days is the avoidance of meat: it’s the way we commemorate the ...
Inveterate Missionizing
On the elevator this morning, a courier — this legit-looking man in his late 30s or so — took out ...
Flunking English
Now that Ehud Olmert is on his way out, it’s time to evaluate his possible successors. Or at least their ...
Becoming Communist
These past few days have been weirdly Communist-centric for me. First, my book that’s coming out in October. Then there’s ...
Women Can Sing, Officially
For anyone who missed the public outcry last week about the Israeli youth group Bnei Akiva’s new single-sex policy on ...
Jewish Identity
For “the perpetual discussion of what it means and how it feels to be a Jew�, even though “there is ...
A Detailed Explanation of Niddah, or “Family Purity” Laws
How traditional Jewish women prepare for monthly mikveh use.