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Judy Blume
For multiple generations now, adolescent girls have sought the guidance of author Judy Blume in navigating the world of becoming ...
Fake Memoirs
Fake memoirs are all the rage. James Frey was never was alone, and he’s gotten more company recently.Margaret B. Jones’ ...
In the Diaspora
-Jude Stewart says that R.B. Kitaj tried to show us what “Diasporist art looks like.â€? (Nextbook)-Reuven Hammer makes the case ...
Flipping Out
JTA reporter Ben Harris has an short but interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal discussing the Modern Orthodox practice ...
On Language
–Expressions of love change over time, from “Dodi li va’ani lo,” to “Ani ohev otach!” to “zeh haromantika” to “bar/bat ...
Food Fights
What food would you use to represent Jews? Israelis? Americans? Arab Terrorists? (Matzah, Bagels/Lox/Cream Cheese, Hamburgers, Falafel) In this amazing ...
Leave my food alone.
It was bad enough when Dunkin’ Dount became the country’s largest seller of bagels. But now Kraft has to go ...
Send in the Jews
TMZ’s posted an entertaining video about former Israeli soldiers using their skills to protect the likes of Britney Spears and ...
Random Writers
Writing in The Independent about Shalom Auslander’s Foreskin’s Lament, reviewer William Sutcliffe notes: If there is a defining thread that ...
Super Bowl, Super Sized
Good news for those synagogues who host Super Bowl-watching parties. The NFL reversed a previous ruling that prohibited houses of ...