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Signs that Jewish trendiness is dying

Okay, I just followed a Google Ad which led to a website advertising this book — a 636-page edition, limited ...

The Best Learning You’ll Do Offline–Yeshivat Hadar

During the summer of 2007 I was a fellow at the first summer of Yeshivat Hadar, an intensive 8-week egalitarian ...

Mikvehs of the World

Let it not be said that the Jews of the world have neglected the Internet as a way of spreading ...

Give me back my lemon bar!

The Associated Press is reporting that a man was arrested in South Florida after stealing communion bread during a church ...

How Much Should We Talk About Sex?

I’ve been thinking a lot about sex recently, which is not, like, a new thing for me, but I’ve been ...

A Note On Hebrew Pronunciation

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people mispronounce Hebrew words, especially when the person in question is leading ...

Is Gen-WE Jewish?

Check out this excellent video, meant to complement a new book called Generation WE by Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber.  ...

Gawking vs. Learning

I’ve been watching a lot of TLC lately, and it seems like the angle of that network is essentially, ‘Watch ...

Half a Torah

What is a haftarah, exactly? You should visit MJL’s haftarah page to become an authority on the matter in less ...

Size Doesn’t Matter (Seriously)

Last night I met up with some of my old friends from the Jewish Society at Oxford, and remembered how ...

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