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Elie Wiesel Digs Jesus

Last night, Elie Wiesel began his lecture at the 92nd Street Y with a few words about Jean-Marie Lustiger, the ...

Faithbook

I’ve recently stumbled across the blog Faithbook, a relatively new project (started this spring) of “On Faith,” the Newsweek-Washington Post ...

Gaza and the West Bank

-The Palestinian Authority is paving a four-lane highway inside Israel’s sovereign territory. You’ve never heard of this? That, says Yossi ...

Deconstructing Black Bar Mitzvahs

Apparently Paul Marx decided to answer my burning question from yesterday, “What is a black bar mitzvah?” With an op-ed ...

Do I have to stop blogging about him?

The truth is out. J.K. Rowling finally admits to the not-so-veiled Christian imagery that pervades the Harry Potter series. The ...

Why? Why? Why?

-Why is it that “young Israelis are fighting for the chance to work as pickers throughout the country’s kibbutzimâ€? even ...

L’Chayim, Motherf***er

Thanks to Jewcy for a heads up on this video, “analyzing” the following Jewish lyrics in Jay-Z’s latest song Roc ...

Jewish Apathy

From AJWS’s Aaron Dorfman…As thousands of Buddhist monks continue to take to the streets of Rangoon in protest over ongoing ...

More Jellies in Your Bellies

The Orthodox Union (OU) has just certified some additional flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans as kosher: Berry Blue Buttered ...

A New Kind of Jewish-Muslim Dialogue

I’m really hoping that this woman will be able to relate to this one.

Synagogues & Rabbis

-Buzzy Gordon and Barry Goldsmith select “a minyan of remarkable synagogues known for their beauty or their place in history,� ...

As the playoffs continue

I’m a few days late getting this up, but it still holds true. From Overheard in NY: Old Jewish man ...

Blogspotality

Guest blogger Rabbi Jennifer Krause is the author of The Answer: Making Sense of Life, One Question at a Time. ...

Auslander: My Two Cents

Shalom Auslander’s memoir Foreskin’s Lament was published last week and seems to be selling quite well on Amazon. For those ...

Coming to Israel

-Michael Freund decries the fact that Subbotnik Jews are allowed to make aliya under the Law of Return “only as ...

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