Life

Complex Happiness

We are living in a moment of Jewish historic significance, one which embodies the blessing: “Thank you God for helping ...

Gemach Directory

The word gemach is an acronym for the Jewish term gemilut hasadim (acts of lovingkindness). A gemach is a Jewish recycling ...

A Gay Jewish Reading List

Earlier this week, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing and shared the meaning behind the names of a few of ...

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Here at MJL headquarters we spend a lot of time trying to make our articles nice loking. We got a ...

Wise Fridays: Seek and Ye Shall Find

“But if you search there for the Lord your God, you will find Him, if only you seek Him with ...

Our Good Friends the Essermans

Earlier this week, Melissa Fay Greene wrote about the adoption of her daughter, Helen, from Ethiopia, and telling jokes at ...

Different Jokes for Different Folks

On Monday, Melissa Fay Greene shared the story behind the adoption of her daughter, Helen, from Ethiopia. She has been ...

Raising an Ethiopian Jewish Child in Georgia

Melissa Fay Greene is the author of No Biking in the House Without a Helmet. She will be blogging all ...

Try a Vegetarian Shabbat

I’ve been a vegetarian for almost twenty years, but I’m intentionally chill about it. I won’t eat meat or poultry ...

How to Help a Sick Friend

A few months before my mother died, someone bought us a  gong (someone else bought us a pretty painted tambourine, ...