By Michelle Albert
These days, to have a truly memorable bar mitzvah, it has to be somewhere special. Like jail.
According to the New York Times, New...
By Michelle Albert
Woody Allen speaks to NPR about his newest movie, the difference between life and fiction, and what he's like off camera.
While religious...
In an op-ed for the Jerusalem Post, Menachem Z. Rosensaft writes about how he discovered a Holocaust denial forum hosted on Pat Buchanan's website and...
By Jeremy Gillick
Just one week after Egypt began slaughtering its 300,000-strong pig population, Reuters reported that Afghanistan has imprisoned its only known pig.
Afghanistan's only known...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Here's a couple articles to check out if you have some down time this weekend:
In the Guardian's sport blog, James Montague writes about...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
SPAM is back!
A nice summary of the basic problems and solutions related to bringing kids to synagogue.
"AJC extended today congratulations to...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Not bad for my first go, eh? Check out churchsigngenerator.com for nonstop fun.
Click "more" to see another try from the other perspective.
(HT: Randy...
By Jeremy Gillick
The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50.
Winners include Rahm Emanuel, Obama's newly appointed Chief...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
NPR reported on Yiddish and Klezmer in Russia today. Judging by the above video, I'd say it's doing just fine. Still corny as...
From an Onion article entitled "Lieberman's Overlords Most Displeased":
The nine executive overlords of Sen. Joseph Lieberman are most displeased with the Connecticut lawmaker's repeated insolence....
Not every activist in and around Israel is focused on questions of religion or military hegemony. Some are concerned with a different sort of power:...