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A Bagel is Just Half a Roll

Seriously. I love bagels but they would be just as good without the hole. And why are they more expensive ...

A Jew for Your Day

The sadly no-longer-updated site Jew of the Day was a great gimmick for teaching about random Jewish people — from ...

This Jew will kick your butt.

Word association time. Name the first five words that come to your head when you hear the word “Jew.”Mine: dorky, ...

Sports & Judaism Revisted

Last summer MyJewishLearning launched a new section about Judaism and sports. It took a little while to decide on the ...

Moses gets served!

The good folks at Nextbook.org have come out with a pretty funny video satirizing Moses’ leadership while in the desert. ...

This One’s for Sarah

The press has a love-hate relationship with fierce-minded politicians. At the same time as we of the liberal media quiver ...

I will not gloat. I will not gloat.

This is not a political blog.  If you want to get expert advice on politics, head over the New Republic ...

40 Days, 40 Nights

Just when it seems there’s nothing Shemspeed can’t do, they take another bite of the Jewish music plate and grind ...

Israeli Film,Theatre, & Politics

The playwright Gilad Evron criticizes establishment theater in Israel, and other matters. (Haaretz)Some Israeli actresses, most notably Ayelet Zurer, are ...

Is Good Food Excessively Indulgent?

(Cross-posted at The Jew and the Carrot) I wrote about this once before, but wanted to return to the topic ...

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