Partner Blogs
Chabad in Hebron
Lazer Gurkow recently published an article on Chabad.org about the Lubavitch presence in Hebron. Gurkow notes the apparent irony of ...
National Jewish Book Awards
Congratulations to our friends at the Jewish Publication Society who won four National Jewish Book Awards last week.Inventing Jewish Ritual ...
Jewish Ethics
-A look at a new national curriculum called Ethical Start, which is reframing the way JCC educators teach values to ...
Ancient Texts
MJL is proud to introduce a new subsection on Ancient Texts. In it, you’ll find articles our articles apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, ...
Eldridge Street Synagogue Reviewed
For more than 20 years, the Eldridge Street Project worked to restore the landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue on New York’s ...
The Lesson of the Jews
This month’s issue of Esquire cites a funny — and oddly insightful — description of the Jewish condition from…um…Roseanne: When ...
The Real Ron Paul
Yesterday I wrote that no politician in his or her right mind would do anything “bad for the Jews.” Not ...
Culture in Israel
-A new documentary series looks at how well women writers in Israel can function. (Haaretz)-In Israel, the detective novel genre ...
Hillel Finally Recognized
This week Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life announced that it has been made a full member of the ...
NYTimes on Rabbi Berenbaum
Yesterday I noted the passing of Mir rosh yeshivah, Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum. The New York Times obituary cites the AP ...
Who’s Better for the Jews?
It’s primary day in New Hampshire, and it seems the whole country is (and rightfully should be) talking about who ...
Can Secularism Save Judaism
In response to PBS’s new series chronicling Jewish Americans, Jonathan Sarna has an essay on “On Faith” that examines the reemergence ...
Florida Panthers Go Kosher
In keeping with our recent story about sporting trends and Judaism, Ynet is reporting that kosher food is now available ...
Rav Shmuel Berenbaum z”l
Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, the head of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Rav ...
Chabad Messianism & Conversion
Recent stories about conversion standards in Israel have revolved around halakhic observance (or the lack thereof), but an interesting case ...