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Move over Tickle Me Elmo

Red strings are so five minutes ago. FAO Schwartz is now carrying Kabbalistic Beasties, stuffed animals based on amulets that ...

Jewish Beliefs & Practices

-Ron Wolfson says that you should make “God’s To-Do Listâ€? your To-Do list. Literally: “Compile. Keep track. Make lists. Itemize… ...

The youth–a different view

While Daniel was at the GA, I was at another, lesser-known Jewish conference. Kivun, a project of the Center for ...

God in Search of Facebook

Apparently, Abraham Joshua Heschel has a Facebook page. I want him to be my friend. But what if he says ...

Jewish Leadership & Philanthropy

-Ariel Beery and Aharon Horwitz, the co-founders of the PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism, say that Jews need to “replace ...

Steinhardt: Hebrew Charter Schools are the Answer

For months we’ve been hearing about the Areivim Fund, the Michael Steinhardt-led, $100 million fund for…something.Now we’re getting some clues ...

More on the GA and da Young Folk

JTA’s Jacob Berkman has written up a detailed article about the “youth-focused” sessions at the GA. He quotes me criticizing ...

Jew vs. Jew in the Name of Religion

-When a custodial parent and a 13-year have sharply different religious views, whose view should prevail? (Forward)-The rapidly growing ultraorthodox ...

From the GA: Condi Speaks

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice just finished her address to the GA. She did everything right that Howard Dean did ...

More Blogging from the GA

As you saw before, our Editor-in-Chief is blogging from UJC’s General Assembly. Also blogging is comprehensive staff from the Jewish ...

The GA: Howard Dean Bombs

For the next couple of days, I’m in Nashville at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly — the annual mega-conference ...

Contemporary Jewish Youth Literature

Stories reflect pride in Jewish identity