culture
A Friday Treat
We weren’t really sure if this video had enough content about Judaism to post on our blog. But apparently all ...
Professor Foxy, Antony and the Johnsons at Shul, and Winning Chicken Soup
Things have been pretty busy at MJL this week, so I haven’t been able to blog about some of the ...
Punk Rock Parashah
While Googling for Torah texts, the last thing you expect to pop up is the kinetic face of your new ...
Shalach Manot Stories
Someone driving through our part of Brooklyn honked at Itta and I, waving us over from the sidewalk. “What’s going ...
Everything You Wanted To Know About Mezuzahs (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Almost two years ago, silkscreen artist David Arfa sent out the call for submissions for MezuzaZine, which is exactly what ...
The Good Book? Well, It’s Okay…
One interesting note about the publicity surrounding The Good Book, Slate editor David Plotz’s chronicle of reading the Bible: it’s ...
Unmasking Agunot
Among the religious community, there’s a huge problem of agunot — that is, women who want a divorce from their ...
Alan Kaufman Interview: The Radical Subversion of Zionist Art
Alan Kaufman has gone through a lot of cocoons. A beat poet who went big with his hugely-successful anthology The ...
Purim Gets Rowdy 5769/2009
What is it about Purim that makes everyone want to go out and get down?Yes, I know — it probably ...
Jewish Culture is the New Pink.
I think that MJL’s “Culture” section is pretty good. It’s pretty diverse and gives good info on subjects that I ...