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Best Hanukkah Gifts 5769: Hierarchy of Beards

Scratchy, itchy, bestial, primordial, natural, cushiony, soft, sensitive, strokable. An instant aid for anyone so blessed with one who desires ...

Jews That Rock

If you’ve got a picture of your favorite rock star clipped from a magazine and taped to your wall, chances ...

Un-Orthodoxy at the OU

The title for my post sounds way more controversial than this post actually is. But let me tell you, I’m ...

Buzz Me In: An Apartment Dweller’s Shabbat Dilemma

Salon is featuring a question about someone who doesn’t want to let shomer Shabbat people into her building: Dear Cary, ...

This Just In: Israeli Kids Are Pushy And Angry

File this under: Duh.International study: Israeli kids irritable Recent World Health Organization report shows Israeli children exhibit more signs of ...

Can someone tell me if this exists?

I was out for dinner last night with two of my friends. As an appetizer, we ordered a round of ...

You want that you should light my candle?

Recently one of my best friends has become addicted to candles. He’s got everything from sweet vanilla caramel smelling candles ...

Rothschild Fellows Program

A friend recently passed on info about this new program designed for social entrepreneurs with an interest in fostering mutual ...

Did Jews Commit A Pogrom in Hebron?

In Haaretz, journalist Avi Issacharoff writes about his experiences yesterday when he was covering the evacuation of Jewish settlers from ...

It’s All AgriProcessors All the Time

Over at Jewcy they’re running another Rubashkin themed story by failedmessiah Shmarya Rosenberg, and featuring an old post of mine, ...

From The Academy: Marc Michael Epstein

In this installment of “From the Academy,” Dr. Marc Michael Epstein, Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Vassar College, ...

Congratulations! You Are the 1,000,000 Visitor to MJL!

I don’t know about you, but I barely pay attention to the advertising banners on websites. I usually know what ...

Swimming in Music

Okay, my new music column is up — which discusses the infamous “Bart & the Hasidim” episode of “The Simpsons,” ...

My Father’s Paradise–Interview With Ariel Sabar

I have an admitted bias towards anything related to Aramaic. My dad studies modern Aramaic, and one of my best ...

Israelis and Chabad

I just wanted to point everyone’s attention to this great article by Yossi Klein Halevi that was published this morning ...

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