Sarah Posner: If Corporations are people, what’s their religion?
Conservative lawsuits are targeting the Affordable Care Act under the guise of religious freedom
Recovering Messiah: Marc Maron
If ever there was a tale of comic resurrection, it belongs to Marc Maron.
The 48-year-old comedian’s climb back from drugs, drinking and despair—with a lot...
It’s All About Culture: The Elephant in the Room
Many writers approached the Elephant in the Room contest by discussing Jewish culture, both as a social and legal community:
“What list did was ensure...
Poem—Michael Sandler
Lokshin Kugel
Noodles. Perhaps they’re chosen—the lokshin, pasta—
because they’ve wandered far—not Marco Polo or some Khan
but from Jerusalem’s Talmud (Beitza 60d) which calls it
itriyta, something preserved—afterward,...
The Jew With Two “Beards”
By Steven Philp
To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...
That’s one way to win the Jewish Vote
Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann may have been hoping to endear herself to the Jewish crowd by saying President Obama has "chutzpah."Â The fact that it...
Shakespeare’s “Merchant of NYC”
By Sarah Breger; Interview by Sophie Taylor
To stage The Merchant of Venice is courageous; to stage The Merchant of Venice so soon after the celebrated...
Andy Samberg’s Semitic Appeal
by Amanda Walgrove
Andy Samberg is one of three geeky brains behind the comedy troupe, The Lonely Island, whose sophomore album, Turtleneck and Chain, was released last...
Back to the Future: Obama’s Peace Plan
by Amanda Walgrove
In 1967, the 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified, the U.S. was in the thick of the Vietnam War, Benjamin Netanyahu first...
Chagall’s Crucifixions
By Kayla Green
For the first time in history, Marc Chagall’s Bible-themed engravings, originally intended as a gift for his second wife, are on display to...
For Glee’s Lea Michele, A Nose is a Nose is a Nose is a Nose
by Amanda Walgrove
Last week's episode of Glee preached the self-acceptance of mother monster Lady Gaga's single, "Born This Way." Creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk...
The Jewish Side of “The Book of Mormon.”
by Amanda Walgrove
Joseph Smith first published The Book of Mormon in March 1830. About 180 years later, The Book of Mormon made its Broadway debut...