Partner Blogs
Wise Fridays: Adoption
Whoever brings up an orphan in his home is regarded by the Bible as though the child was born to ...
Best New Jewish Comedian?
I put a question mark at the end of the title because there are so many fantastic young Jewish comedians ...
Counting the Omer, Easyfied
If I didn’t already tell you, the 49-day Jewish ritual of counting the Omer stresses me out. I like my ...
Brises for Non-Jews?
Can someone explain to me why Sandra Bullock’s baby had a bris? Does this make any sense to anyone? According ...
Dodging Suicide Bombs
This morning I was walking to work from the subway station, nose stuck in a book as usual. We are ...
The Most Evil Zombie
Are all zombies evil? Can there be a nice, kind zombie? Have you ever seen a zombie helping an old ...
The Peace Process
Shlomo Avineri argues that if the Palestinians were to unilaterally declare themselves a state, little would change on the ground, ...
Kids’ Music that Doesn’t Suck (Plus, Free MP3s from MJL)
As I’ve said before, being a professional Jew can mess with your head — when the rest of the world ...
Weird Kosher Fish
We all make mistakes. Nobody’s perfect. I, for one, am wearing non-matching socks right now. Oops!The same goes for websites. ...
Pre-State Israel, in Color
If you close your eyes and try to picture the Holocaust, or the birth of the State of Israel, you’re ...
Why Join a Jewish Community?
Jane Roper has a fascinating article in Salon about how she recently joined a church with her family after years ...
Jesus, Israel, and Volcanoes
The massive volcano eruption in Iceland is strange to think of as a tragedy, but it is. There hasn’t been ...
Best of the Week
Oh, the week. You passed us by so quickly. At one moment I had a case of the Mondays, and ...
Fake Athlete Joins Hall of Fame
Today, I start my campaign to be elected into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. From the years 1996-2001, ...
Israeli Design and Typography
A standard element of a middle class Jewish child’s nursery is a poster of the Hebrew alphabet. (Remember the one ...