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Israeli Film,Theatre, & Politics
The playwright Gilad Evron criticizes establishment theater in Israel, and other matters. (Haaretz)Some Israeli actresses, most notably Ayelet Zurer, are ...
Election Roundup
Just in: According to ABC News and Fox News, Rahm Emanuel has been offered the position of President Obama’s Chief ...
Is Good Food Excessively Indulgent?
(Cross-posted at The Jew and the Carrot) I wrote about this once before, but wanted to return to the topic ...
Is Gen-WE Jewish?
Check out this excellent video, meant to complement a new book called Generation WE by Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber. ...
Only in America
Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...
The Chabad Emissaries of Cool
In areas like Williamsburg, Brooklyn, hipsters and Hasidim have existed in their own separate worlds, isolated except for rare events ...
Defending Babel
This past Shabbat, I heard a friend of mine speak at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The general argument in his ...
Gawking vs. Learning
I’ve been watching a lot of TLC lately, and it seems like the angle of that network is essentially, ‘Watch ...
Aish isn’t the only Keruv program around.
Yesterday, I attended a session with Rabbi Chuck Simon, the Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, a ...
Jewish Publication Society: Until 120 and On
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaking at last night’s Jewish Publication Society 120th Anniversary Banquet, could not constrain himself from talking ...
You Can Fill My Pool With That Anytime.
Our newest section, Magic & the Supernatural, has articles about all types of amulets and other magical objects. We’ve been ...
Historic Moment for the Conservative Movement
Yesterday, the Rabbinical Assembly elected Rabbi Julie Schoenfeld to be their next Executive Vice President, the highest administrative position in ...