2,711 Days of Talmud
by Rebecca Borison
This evening, Jews around the world will gather to celebrate finishing all of the tractates of the Talmud. Over seven years, participants have...
Israel’s Highless Marijuana
by Daniela Enriquez
A new oxymoron is born. After non-alcoholic beer and decaf coffee, the world is finally ready to welcome “highless” marijuana. Israeli scientists working...
An Israeli Olympics
The Israeli Olympics team prepares for the 2012 Summer Games, but the athletes aren’t the only ones getting ready.
Six Figures for a Thirteenth Birthday
By Lily Shoulberg
Growing up in New York City, I’ve always had plenty of Jewish friends, gone to public schools with significant Jewish populations, and, in...
Is the New York Times More Jewish than Moment?
By Rebecca Borison
For the past couple of months I’ve been mastering the skill of finding Jewish-related news. I follow the Jewish blogs and sites—Jewcy, Jewlicious,...
The (True) Myth of the Jewish Democrat
By Daniela Enriquez
Elections are around the corner and once again the question presents itself—are Jews by nature Democrats? That American Jews tend to lean left...
No Gaga Here: Extreme Summer Camps in the Middle East
By Rebecca Borison
While I grew up at a Jewish summer camp playing Gaga, kids growing up in slightly (read: very) different areas than me are...
TIAA-CREF Divests from Caterpillar
By Julia Glauberman
In recent weeks, TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization that manages nearly $500 billion in assets, has announced that it will remove Caterpillar,...
Shabbat’s Gray Area
by Rebecca Borison
Israeli President Shimon Peres recently announced that he has cancelled his trip to London for the Olympics’ opening ceremony. Why? When he discovered...
The Kosher Higgs Boson
by Daniela Enriquez
Last week, on the Fourth of July, while most Americans were celebrating their Independence Day, scientists working at CERN (the European Center for...
Environmental Activism: Good For The Jews?
by Kara A. Kaufman
As we feel the heat this summer--the unpleasant, sweaty results of global warming-- we wondered: How are Jewish organizations working on issues...
The Three-Hour Diet
by Rebecca Borison
Thanksgiving never really manages to excite me. Yes, it’s nice to be with family, but the whole feast aspect just isn’t that novel....