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You Are Not a Stranger
I’m not sure I recommend any volume of short stories more than Adam Haslett’s You Are Not a Stranger Here. ...
Food Glorious Food
Eating kosher in Rome, Italy, is not really a problem, with “five full restaurants, eight fast-food places of various kinds, ...
Ozick Responds
In this week’s Jewish Week, Cynthia Ozick responds to the newspaper’s two scathing critiques (one by Gary Rosenblatt, the other ...
Holy American Jewry, Batman!
It’s worth checking out Eli Valley‘s latest comic strip on Jewcy. This one has Batman and Robin saving the Jewish ...
Duvid Crockett: King of Delancey Street
Jennifer Grey sings her grandfather, Mickey Katz’s, “Duvid Crocket”…
The Inspired Kitchen
The latest installment of Adeena Sussman’s MJL food column “The Inspired Kitchen� is now available. The newest recipe: Yerushalmi Kugel. ...
Mordecai Ardon
Last week marked the 15th yahrzeit of Mordecai Ardon, arguably Israel’s greatest painter. This week, MJL features an article about ...
A New Image for Israel
For our blog readers who also subscribe to Sports Illustrated (I know this may be a small percentage), “This Week’s ...
This is not kosher, Shlomo!
A passing reference to last year’s Morgan Freeman movie 10 Items or Less reminded me of a hilarious short film ...
Something to Chew On
Puppies are cute, cuddly, and loving. They can even be Jewish. (Who hasn’t been to a bark mitzvah these days?)Puppy ...