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Jewish Genius

The American Enterprise Institute’s Charles Murray has published an article in this month’s issue of Commentary Magazine that is already ...

He’s Back…

Nathan Englander’s long-awaited follow-up to his amazing story collection For the Relief on Unbearable Urges will be published later this ...

Tikkun Olam Watch

Recently, in a four-part series published in the Charlotte Observer, my old college roommate Binyamin Appelbaum, broke a huge story ...

Kafka in Bronteland

A few weeks ago, Tamar Yellin won the first $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her novel The ...

Roth and Bellow, Again

Philip Roth has won another award, the first PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, named for his good ...

MJL Editorial Internship

MyJewishLearning.com is seeking a summer intern to work out of its New York, NY headquarters. This intern will work closely ...

Pour Out Thy Wrath

Over at Contentions, Hillel Halkin has posted a thought about one of the Passover Haggadah’s most difficult texts: shfokh hamatkha, ...

Israeli Certainty

According to a new poll, 85% of Israelis believe in God, while 12% are atheists. The interesting part of the ...

How Is This Night Different?

Ima is cleaning.When I was pregnant, I ate saltine crackers in bed to ward off the morning sickness. When my ...

The Circumcision Debate

Last month, I went to the bris of a colleague’s newborn son, and I was reminded how difficult these lifecycle ...

Is Patrilineal Descent Next?

A very interesting letter to the editor in this week’s Jewish Week raises a fascinating question: With gay and lesbian ...

Jerusalem via Austin

As promised, here’s a link to my Jerusalem Post write-up of this year’s South By Southwest music festival, with a ...

Passover Fun Roundup

Here are some great sites to get your kids or students excited about Passover. Babaganewz has a terrific magic trick, ...

Meir Soloveichik on Interfaith Dialogue

This month’s issue of Commentary includes a lengthy essay by Meir Soloveichik, in which he rejects theological interfaith dialogue. Soloveichik ...

In Your Inbox

Throughout the month of March we’ve been highlighting Jewish Women’s Archive’s This Week in History, a unique feature that highlights ...

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