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Survivors vs. BMW
For a change, Michael Moore and my Hasidic in-laws are on the same side.If you haven’t taken our poll yet, ...
A Poll for the Football Season
The addition of Brett Favre to their roster isn’t the only reason the New York Jets have been making headlines ...
Sartre, Not Sabras
In her analysis of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin, New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley may have been ...
News under the Hat
My newfound joy in life, as you might’ve noticed in the past few weeks, has been reading Vos Iz Neias. ...
No more Palin. After this…
Sharon Brous, the rabbi at LA’s Ikar minyan, has a upfront, provocative piece in On Faith about vice presidential candidate ...
Ken Anu Yecholim.
I don’t need to start a discussion on how pro-Israel Obama will be or how well he will treat the ...
Everyone is Amalek
The commandment to wipe out the nation of Amalek is, perhaps, one of the most morally complicated parts of the ...
Palin and the Jews, Again?
Yesterday Daniel, noted in the comments section of Matthue’s blog on Sarah Palin that “strangely, Gawker is becoming quite the ...
A Wicked Jewel
In one of this week’s Jewels of Elul, Marc Platt, the producer of Wicked , reflects on the evolution of ...
Smoking and Jewish Law
As a new parent, I’ve become suddenly and acutely sensitive to smoking. While I used to personally detest it and ...
Iran, Pakistan, Ki Tetze
Last week it was reported that six men were arrested in Pakistan for burying five women alive in a so-called ...
Ego the Size of a Book
My copy of The Autobiographer’s Handbook arrived today. Edited by the illimitable Jennifer Traig, with an introduction by Dave Eggers, ...
Honorable Mention: Whoopi Goldberg
I need to confess something. I have a big crush on Mordecai Kaplan. I am a firm believer that most ...
These Books Should be Burned
Recently I walked into a Judaica store in New York City with my boyfriend. We had to buy some new ...
Another way of avoiding American politics.
Great news for those hoping the upcoming Israeli elections will decrease corruption by government officials. Aryeh Deri is running for ...