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Etan G: The Interview
For a while, Etan G was known as “the Jewish rapper” — you know, as opposed to one of several ...
Prayer for Sexy Time
Apparently the Catholic Church has just published a pamphlet which includes a prayer to be said before having sex with ...
Interview with Daniel Levin, author of The Last Ember
As part of my normal Sunday morning trip to Costco, I like to head over to the book table to ...
Interview: Man v. Food v. Jeremy
Adam Richman really likes food. So much so, that he has made a living out of eating, hosting the Travel ...
Buying Local in Jerusalem and Supporting Palestinian Farmers
MJL contributor and generally awesome person Leah Koenig has an article at Tablet right now about about a mini-shuk in ...
Plant Names in Yiddish
One of the most encyclopedic Web collections I’ve seen recently was created, ironically, to put to rest a supposition that ...
The Oldest Jews in Brazil
In his last blog, Benjamin Moser wrote about chasing Clarice Lispector around the world.In the oldest synagogue in the New ...
Hardcore Jews Everywhere
It’s everywhere. You can’t miss it. Your whole life has been taken over by it. Everywhere you turn, it’s there.That’s ...
Pies Don’t Lie
God bless Mary-Louise Parker. Seriously, the pie recipe she gives in the July issue of Esquire magazine has changed my ...
Interview: Matisyahu Brings the “Light”
Here’s the moment I knew Matisyahu had stopped being a Jewish phenomenon and entered the realm of pop culture. My ...