(Crossposted to Mah Rabu.) Blogging from the Bolt Bus on the way, appropriately, to the National Havurah Committee board meeting: Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight wrote
(Crossposted to Mah Rabu.) Independent minyanim have been popping up all over the press lately. First of all, they make an appearance in this CNN
(Crossposted to Mah Rabu.) Last week in Toronto, the Union for Reform Judaism held its biennial convention, and as in past years, URJ President Rabbi
(Crossposted to Mah Rabu.) Back in January, we posted about the contest to come up with Hebrew names for the planets Uranus and Neptune, as
Here at Jewschool, we have covered many calendrical confluences, from the total lunar eclipse on Purim to Birkat Hachamah on Erev Pesach to Ice Cream
When we have simchas (celebrations) — weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, etc. — we tend to put a lot of effort into making sure all the details
Today’s Washington Post has a story on independent minyanim, with a focus on communities in DC. There’s no breaking news for those who are familiar
With Arlen Specter (RD-PA)’s switch to the Democratic Party, there are now no Jewish Republicans left in the United States Senate! (The other Jewish Republican
We recently pointed out that Stephen Colbert’s report on birkat hachamah included a strange urban legend that this was only the third time in history
You know birkat hachamah has really made it to the big time when it appears on the Colbert Report! Unfortunately, Stephen Colbert has taken “truthiness”