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Are Nuns Too Forgiving?

I’m dying to see the new Meryl Streep movie, Doubt, about a nun with a bone to pick, but in ...

My rebbe is an awesome man. His family lives in a little falling-apart shack on the edge of Boro Park, ...

Since his death at age 98 a few weeks ago, I’ve been meaning to write a bit about Rabbi Emanuel ...

The Ponzi Scheme involving Bernie Madoff stealing some $50 Billion is kind of a big deal. I wouldn’t even know ...

In last Sunday’s New York Times, Paula Roth (no relation) covers the opening of a new bar in an area ...

We have a really nice article with some tips for someone who’s planning to give a dvar Torah.Â And when ...

There’s a fascinating back-and-forth over at The Atlantic between Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi about exoticism and intermarriage in the black ...

Test your knowledge of this Torah portion.

There was a really cute baby in the MJL office today, and it got us talking about baby names and ...

Looking toward the rebuilding of the Temple.

A new site, TransTorah, was just launched, offering resources for trans and transitioning Jews along with divrei Torah, and resources ...

From today’s emailbox:When you think of G_d, do you think of an “entity” (I know it’s not the right word, ...