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More Notes on Being a Good Host

Two weeks ago in Parashat Vayera we read about how Abraham and Sarah were really stellar hosts, and on MJL ...

As A.J. Jacobs Says, So the World Goes

There’s a chapter in A.J. Jacobs’ new book, The Guinea Pig Diaries (which we just interviewed him about on MJL) ...

If You Could Get All the Jews Everywhere to Do Something, What Would it Be?

Last week I was at this salon type thing where a diverse group of Jews had a conversation about Jewish ...

Soulico, Arabic Flow, and a Bit of Torah

The key to hip-hop music–the music part, that is–is restraint. A sparseness of beats, the use of musical samples when ...

Recent Holocaust News

You’ll get a chance to see Anne Frank as a “feisty teenager” rather than a “tragic Jewish saint.” (New York ...

A Seriously Late Take On A Serious Man

I’ll admit it. I still haven’t seen A Serious Man. I mean, I should. I’m planning on it. But, let’s ...

Kosher Comics

There’s a photo in YNet’s feature on comics for Hasidic Jews with the caption “Determined not to pollute children’s minds.” ...

Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album (Part 1)

Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council. ...

Best Of The Week

The week has been an exciting one. Probably more important than anything, New York’s Veterans Day Parade went by our ...

Wise Fridays: Civilized Warfare

Renunciation of chemical and biological warfare, and humane treatment for prisoners of war…are certainly marks of civilized peoples, but on ...

Autumnal Shabbat

I love the Fall. I love leaves changing colors, and sitting inside sipping hot chocolate and walking around in rustic-looking ...

Some More Press For Casspi

I know, I know. I think I’m obsessed. I just can’t enough of Omri Casspi. But I’m just trying to ...

Fast Forward through the 50

Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...

Hanukkah? Already!?

It’s true. Forget those Christian-centric stores who feel the need to roll out Christmas tunes and trees the moment that ...

Give Kosha Dillz A Bone: The Interview

I first heard about Kosha Dillz a couple years ago when he got on stage during my friend’s band’s set ...

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