How Do You Say “Fail” in Hebrew?
by Rebecca Borison
With technology comes the chance of errors, some more public than others...
Ruta Kupfer of Haaretz recently revealed one such technology-related error on the...
A New Jew?
by Kara A. Kaufman
A landmark study of Jewish life released today reveals the deep and sometimes surprising changes the Jewish community has undergone over the...
Are We Past Passing?
by Julia Glauberman
“I’ll do it… I’ll be the Gentile, because I could pass best,” says the narrator of Nathan Englander’s recent short story “What We...
Embracing Camp
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Model Citizens
by Rebecca Borison
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, newly crowned the hottest woman in the world by Maxim magazine, will likely be relieved to know that, at 5'8"...
The Other Jewish Comics
by Kelley Kidd
With the new influx of superheroes and comic book characters into film, what was formerly a somewhat niche genre has become mainstream. On...
The Plight of the Three-Day Holiday
by Rebecca Borison
This past Friday, I turned off my iPhone at approximately 7 pm and prepared myself for three days of being disconnected. Shavuot happened...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (The Great Gatsby Edition)
Been on the Internet today? My guess is yes. In that case, you've probably seen the trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby....
The New Religious Intolerance: An Interview with Martha Nussbaum
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
From Switzerland’s ban on minarets, to France’s ban on headscarves, and the controversy that raged over Park 51, the “Ground Zero Mosque”...
Remembering Sholom Aleichem
by Kara A. Kaufman
It’s not every day that you see your own photograph in a newspaper, much less a Russian publication printed halfway around the...
Amar’e Gets Animated
First there were New Yorker cartoons with Kanye West tweets. Now there are Moment cartoons with Amar'e Stoudemire tweets. No explanation should be necessary.
