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Jewish Magic & Medieval Anti-Semitism
In medieval Europe, Jews suffered on account of popular beliefs about Jewish sorcery--and yet their non-Jewish neighbors also tried to benefit from Jewish magic.
Re-Greening Sukkot
(Cross-posted at The Jew & The Carrot)I love sukkot, but one of the things that has always frustrated me about ...
Food porn.
Earlier today, Tamar called out the Hasidic community in Williamsburg for, well, defacing advertisements for restaurants that are seen as ...
Food Fight
According to the L.A. Times, Lebanon is planning to sue the nation of Israel in international court because, in their ...
Einstein in the Archives
Most people think science, physics, or crazy hair upon hearing the name of Albert Einstein. But I’m always reminded how ...
Racey Ad
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, is an old-school organization in the very best sense. It’s BIG (the largest ...
Say It Ain’t So
Please please please please please say this isn’t true.An anti-Semitic blog is claiming that Sarah Palin is *gasp* Jewish.Normally, you ...
A Shark’s Tale 2: The New Testament
So it turns out it’s not impossible. According to the recently published edition of the Journal of Fish Biology, there ...
What We Leave Behind
During Yom Kippur services this year, I came up with the best praying strategy I’ve ever had, I think. It’s ...
Why Didn’t the Chicken Get to Cross the Road?
It’s that time of year again. That time when I can’t decide whether to stand with my holy-but-barbaric brothers and ...
A Mitzvah that goes beyond borders
Our good friends at the Jewish Publication Society have recently published a fantastic new book. Since WWII, Jewish armed servicemen/women ...
Pondering Historical Questions
Rabbi David Ellenson gives a broad historical overview on “How Modernity Changed Judaism�. (Institute for Global Jewish Affairs) A memoir ...