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Inveterate Missionizing
On the elevator this morning, a courier — this legit-looking man in his late 30s or so — took out ...
Flunking English
Now that Ehud Olmert is on his way out, it’s time to evaluate his possible successors. Or at least their ...
Becoming Communist
These past few days have been weirdly Communist-centric for me. First, my book that’s coming out in October. Then there’s ...
Women Can Sing, Officially
For anyone who missed the public outcry last week about the Israeli youth group Bnei Akiva’s new single-sex policy on ...
Jewish Identity
For “the perpetual discussion of what it means and how it feels to be a Jew�, even though “there is ...
Free Music Monday
Everyone’s favorite Yemenite Jewish DJ, Diwon, is almost finished producing his new mixtape, The Tribe Beat Guide to Yiddish. (Yes, ...
Back to School
It seems like this little doozy from my home state of has flown under the radars of church-state separation proponents: ...
Politics Now
Dennis Shulman seeks to become the first ever blind rabbi in Congress.The Jerusalem Post interviews Obama and McCain. Michael Wissot ...
Welcome Home Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!
On Wednesday I heard John Ruskay, the executive vice president of the UJA speak at a seminar of 50 college ...
Radiohead supports Lipa Schmeltzer
I’ve been thinking about what are arguably the two biggest scandals in the music industry right now: illegal downloading and ...
Jack Nash z”l
Jack Nash, a hedge fund pioneer and important Jewish philanthropist, passed away yesterday at the age of 79. Mr. Nash ...
Nuclear Warfare & Obama’s Feelings…
When Barack Obama met with members of the Democratic Caucus to speak about his tour of the Middle East, he ...
It Takes a Nation of 150,000
In Black Orthodox hip-hop M.C. Y-Love’s song State of the Nation, he reels off statistics gleaned from the National Jewish ...
Islamic Movement: Knowledge is Dangerous
Chabad is nothing if not well-organized. Each year, they release a set of uniform lesson plans to literally hundreds of ...
Jesus Saves, Moses Eats Deli.
What a waste of a pickle. Probably a full sour too, by the looks of it: