Since everybody and their brother is posting on the history of Hanukah this year, I thought I’d link to a post I just wrote on
Now you can make a dreydel out of R2-D2. Yes, yes you can. I know you’ve been dying to figure out how, all these years.
A new-ish comic is working its way through the Bible, blaspheming as it goes. It’s kinda cute, in that kinda sick sort of way. Check
Mellel, which for some Mac users is the Hebrew/English word processor of choice (and I think it’s supposed to be good for Arabic, too), has
Naomi Chana over at Baraita has, in the tradition of Edward Gorey, written a Gashlycrumb Torah. A snippet: Aleph for Abihu, struck down by the
It’s from six-ish weeks ago, but I just saw it, so maybe you hadn’t yet either, since you probably just let those issues pile up
There’s now a form online for folks who have $0.02 to share with the committee searching for the next chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary;
Here’s some Day of the Dead-worthy trivia for y’all: During the First Temple era, the goat for Azazel was thrown down from the Temple on
I love technology. Now you don’t even need to get off your kiester to do some learning; the Virtual Beit Midrash at Yeshivat Har Etzion
Looks like not. The lulav shortage has required diplomatic measures. After years as the world’s primary supplier of lulavim, Egypt has said that it will