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Rav Ovadia Yosef Has Some Catching Up To Do
The New Republic blog The Plank has a funny post about Sayyid Ali Kameini’s website. Now, I’m not surprised that ...
Israel: The Need to Rebrand
Last night, I had dinner with Ronald Lauder and some other folks who tackled a lot of different political, philosophical, ...
I Smell a Sitcom!
There’s a headline on ynet today that I am begging someone to make into a sitcom pilot or the premise ...
Interview: The Idan Raichel Project
Only a few years ago, Idan Raichel was just some dreadlocked guy in a Tel Aviv basement, composing music on ...
Debunking a Theory of a Deadman
God, you’re an idiot Josephus…Everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls. For years, most scholarship on the scrolls has ...
The True Difference between Secular & Religious Jews
Via Frum Satire, who bridges the gap himself with an impressive wallop of humor and self-mockery. He wrote an (as ...
Recent Commentary on Israel and Two Opinions on Gaza
What does the rise of Avigdor Lieberman mean for Russians in Israel, and for the non-Russians? (Slate)If Hamas-Fatah Unity talks ...
Yiddish 2.0
It’s weird and somewhat scary to realize that you can put a cap on the number of Yiddish books ever ...
Huge Diamond Heist, It Must Have Been the Jews
I love heist movies (Bank Job, Inside Man, Ocean’s 11 etc) and heist books (The Great Train Robbery and anything ...
A Little Too Similar If You Ask Me.
Not so long ago, we here at Mixed Multitudes completed, arguably, the greatest food related tournament of all time. Pitting ...
Free Music, Filipinos, and (how) Jews (look)
Hey, remember our video? The one about how Jews look? The theme song was composed by my very good friend, ...
Time to Eat Some Vegetables
I’ve been eating unhealthy lately. It’s been bad. As much as I try to choose healthy options, I’m not the ...
Me and Robert Pinsky down by the Schoolyard
On the heels of this bizarre viral video from the 92Y, JBooks, needing a big kick in the donations bucket, ...
Figuring Out Who Is Jewish Is a Daunting Task.
If you are a regular reader at Mixed Multitudes, you will know that I enjoy writing about Jews and basketball. ...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Mazel Tov!
Here at MyJewishLearning, we’re serious about celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. We started preparing a few weeks ago when I made ...