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How Jews Look

This isn’t how it was supposed to be.We at MyJewishLearning often find ourselves in a predicament. On one hand, we’re ...

Congratulations! You’re Israel’s Youngest Divorcee! Thank You?

Back at my camp, we have an evening program (or Peulat Erev, if you will) called Mock Wedding, that is ...

Blame Canada? You Know They’re Not Even a Real Country Anyway.

You know how Canada has a reputation for being cold? I never really bought it. Living there, I just assumed ...

Now What Am I Gonna Watch on Sunday?

It’s gotta be tough to be a tennis player. In team sports, you have a home base where you get ...

Inglorious Basterds

Jonas E. Salk posited that the cure for most diseases lay right in the disease itself — that, by administering ...

Member of the Tribe

Recently, a friend’s father died suddenly, and I found out a few days later through a mass email that one ...

Stop the Presses! Jewish Book and Manuscript Auction

The New York Times has a fascinating article today about the Valmadonna Trust Library, a collection of more than 13,000 ...

Refuah Shelemah, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman on the US Supreme Court, and one of two Jewish Justices (Breyer is the ...

More Secret Nazis

Okay, from the so-creepy-you-could-stay-awake-forever file — remember how last week, a Latin American town with an abnormally high birthrate of ...

Stuff White People Like Doesn’t Apply To Us

I’m not sure I’m actually ready to write about the links that I’m about to post. I think it’s an ...

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