Other Religions: The Jewish Final Frontier?
by Matt Ponak
I started the first year of my Master’s degree in August of 2010 at Naropa University. A private school in Boulder, Colorado, Naropa...
The Iranian Question: Nuclear Power or Nuclear Warheads?
By Leigh Nusbaum
Watching what’s happening from the Middle East to the Midwest over the past few weeks, it seems that everyone has an opinion about...
The Case for Alan Gross
by Maddie Ulanow
Alan Gross is a 60-year-old resident of Potomac, Maryland, a quiet Washington suburb with a thriving Jewish community. A father of two and...
What We’re Reading
A sad, riveting look at the murder of 8-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky and the troubled Jewish man accused of the crime.
Jack Abramoff: "How do...
What We’re Reading (and Watching)
ThisNew York Times story on an Atlanta-area Chabad rabbi reviving the practice of gemach, a traditional Jewish program that offers no-interest loans to struggling Jews....
Boker Tov!
It's Friday! Let's celebrate the arrival of the weekend with this video of New York Knick Amar'e Stoudemire teaching us about the word "tov" on...
Why Pray?
by Emily Goldberg
Judaism is ever-evolving, a religion that has for centuries faced the challenges of modernization. With young people steering these new paths, our religion...
Walking Over to the Other Side of the Pro-Peace Debate
By Scott Fox
Soon after I sat down at my table at a fundraiser sponsored by the local Justice in Palestine chapter, the elderly woman sitting...
O Come, All Ye Chosen
Mid-November means that it's officially pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha season at Starbucks. (What, you don't measure time by the seasonal offerings of national...
What Does Kosher Mean Today?
By Scott Fox
Food is perhaps one of the “greyest” aspects of Jewish life today. The Torah instructs us to abstain from ritually impure foods—but what...