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Haftarah for Beshalach

Deborah leads a nation in war and sings a victory song.

Newsbite Volley: Right Now in Gaza

It’s the 13th day of the war, and things are showing no signs of letting up or chilling out. And ...

King David: Coming to Primetime

Now you can do some of your Jewish learning in the evenings while you watch the tube. NBC will begin ...

The Tao of Jewish Music (and the Hebrew Alphabet)

The new issue of the Blue Jew Yorker is out and, as far as literary magazines go, this one couldn’t ...

Chinese Takeout in the New Yorker

Last week the New Yorker published a longish piece (registration required) about Orthodox rabbis who criss-cross China certifying that various ...

Holocaust in the News

A potential convert finds himself “never able to connect emotionally with the Nazi genocide as so many of my fellow ...

Faster, Faster: Asara B’Tevet

Today is the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, and as such is a minor fast day. You ...

Haftarah for Bo

Jeremiah taunts the Egyptians.

Taqwacore wisdom

All weekend I’ve continued my obsession with Michael Muhammad Knight’s book The Taqwacores, which follows a bunch of young Muslim ...

Kaddish: It’s Different for a Girl

I haven’t written much about actually saying Kaddish in the past few months, partially because it has become so much ...

Depression and Prayer

A few years ago, right about the time I was becoming religious, I started getting hit with Seasonal Affective Disorder. ...

Self-Interest and Solidarity

There are many motivators for fighting injustice.

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