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On the Importance of Dreaming in Real Time
This article was written for the 2009 Why Be Jewish Gathering: Renaissance in a Time of Ration, a project of ...
Gourmet Jews, Kosher Wine & Cheese Tastings, and Hasidic Beer Parties
On the way out of his goodbye party last night, my doppelganger-in-name Shimon Roth grabbed me and said, “Are you ...
He’Brew Bar Mitzvah Party
Shmaltz Brewing Company, maker of He’Brew, is celebrating its 13th year of existence. In honor of the anniversary, they are ...
A Brothel in a Shul?
Jezebel has a recent post about depictions of sex workers: Laura Agustin is concerned that all sex worker news is ...
Jews with Guns
It’s been a banner year for Jews with guns. From Gaza to the Golden Globes, it’s suddenly de rigeur to ...
What Do We Need from Our Leaders?
This article was written for the 2009 Why Be Jewish Gathering: Renaissance in a Time of Ration, a project of ...
Archiving Judaism for $0.00
If I haven’t made enough of a case for the Internet Archive, please let me ram it down your throat ...
Religious People are Nicer
A study by Harvard professor Robert Putnam has found that religious people are better citizens, better neighbors and generally just ...
Best of the Rest
If you haven’t noticed, MJL offers new material on its homepage every single day. Today for example, you can get ...
Wise Fridays: Faith Without Works
Our Father rejects those who do good, trusting in their own righteousness to save them, looking to their own works ...
Review: The Koren Sacks Siddur
Warning: This review I’m about to dive into is going to be way more intense (read: more nitpicky) than just ...
Chuck Schumer is a…JEW?!?!?!?
Senator Kim Hendren from Arkansas is in a little bit of trouble this week. At a recent speaking event in ...
Orthodox Gay Literature, One Night Only!
Tonight at the Manhattan JCC, Leanne Lieberman will appear live talking about her new novel, Gravity, which might be the ...
You Should Have Seen His Bat Mitzvah
Here’s the wonder that is Athens Boys Choir. The name is deceiving — ABC is actually a hip-hop group of ...
Lost in Clay
Spoiler Alert: I haven’t seen last night’s season finale for Lost, so if you spoil it for me, be prepared ...