History
A Brothel in a Shul?
Jezebel has a recent post about depictions of sex workers: Laura Agustin is concerned that all sex worker news is ...
Jews with Guns
It’s been a banner year for Jews with guns. From Gaza to the Golden Globes, it’s suddenly de rigeur to ...
Archiving Judaism for $0.00
If I haven’t made enough of a case for the Internet Archive, please let me ram it down your throat ...
Jewish Heritage Publicity
As featured in MJL’s Hot Topics section, May is American Jewish Heritage Month. Apparently, we weren’t the only people who ...
Jews to Pope: Give Us Back Our Stuff!
You know how the Ark gets lost in some random warehouse at the end of Indiana Jones and the Raiders ...
Don’t Think About Nazis
Think about Poland. Think about shtetl life, and Jews in Eastern Europe. Are you capable of picturing that without Hitler ...
I Don’t Think They Get It
One of my favorite movies of all time is The Producers. I don’t remember how old I was, but I ...
Peace and Love
Over the next three days, journalist Simona Fuma will be guest blogging from the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. ...
AIPAC’s Critics
Over the next three days, journalist Simona Fuma will be guest blogging from the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. ...
Conservative Rabbi to Have Official Policy Role
Nearly two years ago, after the creation of Hechsher Tzedek (now Magen Tzedek), I blogged about United Synagogue’s need for ...