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SNL’s Bar Mitzvah Sketch
Are you still watching Saturday Night Live? A lot of people tell me that they no longer watch the show ...
Jerusalem in the Future
Jerusalem’s Association of Planning and Conservation posed the question to the world: What will Jerusalem look like in 100 years? A ...
LimmudNY: The Responsibility of the Teacher
When you’re attending four or five sessions a day at a conference like LimmudNY, you start to compile an internal ...
LimmudNY: Let’s Not Muddy This Up With Jewish Texts
So I just went to my first session here at LimmudNY 2011. It was called Relationships and Sexuality Consumerist Culture ...
Wise Fridays:
“Do not say, ‘Why should I lessen my own fortune by giving my money to this poor person?’ Bear in ...
Best of the Week
Shabbat is just a couple of hours away. Time to start making your cholent! Before you go, here are some ...
Yiddish Shakespeare
Who is this Shakespeare guy anyways? I mean, the guy is definitely past his prime. Am I right, people?Kidding. Kidding. ...
Honi the Circle-Maker
It’s almost Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees! Even though my friends in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia ...
Blood Libel History
The media world is in a frenzy this morning over Sarah Palin’s use of the term “blood libel” in defending ...
Teaching Civil Rights to Jews
Many of us know that Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walked with Martin Luther King Jr. at the Selma Civil Rights ...
Debbie Friedman, Bringing Communities Together
NPR did a nice piece about the death this weekend of Debbie Friedman, a musician whose music impacted thousands and ...
Meat Indian Food Is My New Hero
That’s right–I have a new hero. I’m sorry, Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, you’re going to have ...
Jews: The Happiest People?
According to a new Gallup poll, Jews are the best! We are the healthiest, happiest, wealthiest, and generally most hep ...
Business in Israel
Israeli companies are starting to outsource work to Palestinians. (Ha’aretz)“Going beyond Israel’s “Start-Up Nation” model will not be easy. The ...
Jewish History in 30 Seconds
Yesterday Jeremy posted a link to the quiz of the top 52 cities in the world in terms of Jewish ...