Partner Blogs
Remembering How to be a Jew
Earlier this week, Lavie Tidhar wrote about Jewish vampires and Hebrew punks and searching for Osama. His new novel, An Occupation ...
So Many Foreskins, Not Enough Time
Pop quiz: Your son was just circumcised. You’re writing the mohel a check and making sure he washes his hands ...
Jury Duty Is Easy
After a couple of days off, I’ve returned to work. For the past few days, I’ve been sitting in a ...
Kosher Nation
Why do we love to read about food?I’m in the middle of Kosher Nation , a history of kosher food ...
Searching for Osama
On Monday, Lavie Tidhar wrote about Jewish vampires and Hebrew punks. His new novel, An Occupation of Angels, is now available. ...
An Above Ground Tour, Presumably
Apparently the Chilean miners have been offered an all expenses paid trip to Israel, and they are on board, if ...
The Moment When All Prayers are Answered
When you pray by the first light of dawn, the Talmud says, Heaven pays attention to your prayers immediately. And ...
Date My Best Friend
Yesterday, I joined Jdate. My boyfriend was there, and we gleefully created a profile together. The profile was for my ...
Bizarro Dieting
There is that cheesy saying that goes, “Calories on Shabbat don’t count.” It was probably invented by your grandmother after ...
Thrilling Hebrew Tales! On Jewish Vampires, Golems, Tzaddiks, and HebrewPunk
Lavie Tidhar’s new novel An Occupation of Angels is available this week. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish ...
Best of the Week
It’s Friday! I’m sitting up in Toronto and it’s cold and rainy! Someone please make it stop. Here are some ...
Wise Fridays: Don’t Wait for the Subpoena
“From where do we learn that if you are in a position to offer testimony on someone’s behalf, you are ...
Making Kosher Food Is an All-Night Affair
Earlier this week, Sue Fishkoff wrote about watching a goat slaughtered and people who only keep kosher on holidays. She ...
All Lentil Shabbat
This Shabbat we read the story of Esau selling his birthright for some awesome lentil soup. I highly suggest you ...
Make Vegan Kosher
The other night, I went out with my roommate to a local Rastafarian vegan restaurant. We had an awesome time, ...