Practices
Dew and Blessings
Tomorrow is December 4, and you know what that means — in the traditional prayer service, we switch from saying ...
See A Fake Dead Pope
Just last week I was thinking about eulogies and funerals, and of course here at MJL we have a number ...
Mumbai: breaking news, broken news
In the middle of the attacks, while trying to reach the Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Levi Shemtov dialed every number he ...
After Mumbai
A reader wrote in, asking me to post this article, which is the most complete account I’ve found so far ...
Eulogies, Truth, and Bad Memories
There are extensive rules for giving a eulogy, and we touch on them in our article on eulogies, though it’s ...
I Hate Thanksgiving
Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...
Jews and Muslims Clash in…oh, never mind.
Here’s a nice little story in which religious people of different persuasions stick it to the man. No, even that ...
Anorexia in the Orthodox World
The Yeshiva University Observer — actually the official newspaper of Stern College, the women’s school — is a great snapshot ...
Going To Shul Is Good For You–An Interview With Dr. Eliezer Schnall
Dr. Eliezer Schnall is an assistant professor of clinical psychology at Yeshiva College of Yeshiva University in New York, and ...
God Wants You To Get Laid (Or Eat Chocolate Cake)
I love this article in the New York Times about a pastor who told his congregation of some 20,000 people ...