23
Apr
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Four car bombs exploded in front of Shiite mosques in Baghdad this morning, killing 39 people and wounding 54.
The Rabbinical Council of America...
23
Apr
Facebook Fan Giveaway!
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Sarah Breger
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21
Apr
An Anne Frank for the 21st Century
By Symi Rom-Rymer
For Yom Hashoah this year, PBS devoted a week to films with Jewish themes. Among its many offerings was a revised and “most...
16
Apr
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Now that Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's only Protestant member, has resigned, who will take his place on the bench? The...
14
Apr
Shtetl Life Reexamined
By Symi Rom-Rymer
A picture is worth a thousand words, so goes the old cliché. But as Alana Newhouse’s recently published New York Times article on...
09
Apr
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
President Obama has decided to remove the terms "islamic extremism" and "jihad" from the document detailing the country's national security policy in order...
07
Apr
Gay Memorial… Just for the Guys?
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By Talia Ran
When taught about the Holocaust, we are asked to never forget those who lost their lives during such a tragic time. However, for...
02
Apr
Seders, and the Last Supper, and Jesus! Oh, My!
By Michelle Albert
A recent article on Slate raises the question of a possible connection between the Last Supper and Passover, dredging up a long-standing source...
02
Apr
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
President Obama walked out of a dinner at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Petulance and politics probably aren't a...
01
Apr
Haikus: The New Political Medium
By Michelle Albert
Political haikus
Skewer talking heads to roast
Pass barbecue sauce
If you need an outlet for politically-based anger, want to flex your poetic muscles or just...
01
Apr
The Seder: Not Just for Jews Anymore
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Did you know that the three pieces of matzo used during Seder represent the holy trinity? Or that a leg of lamb on...
26
Mar
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Just in time for Passover, Jewcy takes a look at haggadahs that suit the wise, wicked, simple and tongue-tied children in all of...