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Today’s edition of the Very Short List features Gregory Levey’s memoir Shut Up, I’m Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I ...

While most people were busy talking about the blog Stuff White People Like, some clever folks started Stuff Jewish Young ...

If you haven’t yet seen Orthodox Stance, Jason Hutt’s excellent documentary about Orthodox Jewish boxer Dmitriy Salita, you can check ...

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s birth. Which is, of course, totally meaningless — unless you’re looking ...

MTV has two new public service announcements about the Holocaust, which are part of its Think campaign. Additionally the have ...

In today’s New York Times magazine, Peggy Orenstein looks at the significance of Barack Obama as the first biracial — ...

Tonight marks the return of one of my favorite TV shows, How I Met Your Mother, after the strike. This ...

In anticipation of Purim, here’s a great new video by Matt Bar of the Bible Raps Project and HyperSemitic:

Purim is a merrymaking holiday with many food-related traditions, including giving mishloach manot to family and friends and eating triangular-shaped ...

I was doing some research into Purim foods earlier today, when I came across a site addressing the etymology behind ...