Haaretz reports on a new theory suggesting that the tale of the Maccabees’ response to religious oppression may be about as well-founded as the claim
The Progressive Jewish Alliance offers 8 ways to have an economically just Hanukah. Check ’em out here. An interesting article from The New Yorker on
Publisher’s Weekly reports, When [publisher] Thomas Nelson announced its new One Company initiative, which will eliminate all 21 of its imprints, at an all-employee meeting
As most of you know, the legal arm of the Conservative movement is meeting this week to discuss five tshuvot regarding the status of gays
Moshe Idel, Shlomo Riskin, Tamar Ross, Rachel Elior and other non-stupid people will be presenting at this conference on rabbinics and spirituality in Jerusalem, December
It seems that Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg, the posek also known as Tzitz Eliezer, has passed away. He made some famous rulings on abortion, IV fertilization,
Nothing says haredi Judaism like thousands of men packed in a room talking about what women need to do, does it? A huge, married-men-only conference
Now you can own your very own Tefillin Barbie. Jen has put one up on eBay, so get her while the gettin’s good. She goes
Check out that teeny tiny Steinsaltz!! I wonder where her teeny tiny Jastrow is. Coming soon: outfits for davvening with Women at the Wall and
…Or, rather, a bit too much. A recent study from Science Daily notes that hookah smoking is perhaps significantly worse for you than regular smoking,
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