A nice new index of Biblical art is online now, thanks to the Tali Education Fund. It’s not the first-ever of its kind, of course,
On January 5th, Anat Hoffman, director of the Israel Religious Action Center and one of the leaders of Women of the Wall, was interrogated by
Haaretz reports, It is hard to imagine a more embarrassing situation in which to find an exclusive ultra-Orthodox organization – a group that was a
For several years, now, that old cocktail of anti-Semitism and sexism has been back on the rise–whether given faux-new-language, used as a way to cloak
Oh, Focus on the Family, if you weren’t so scary and powerful, I’d call you the gift that keeps on giving, since truly, there is
The nice people at the Forward asked me to weigh in on the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s recent stated desire to reach the “young
As a coda to the discussion about the woman arrested for wearing a tallit at the Western Wall, this little Torah nugget came through my
Nofrat Frenkel, a medical student from Beersheva, was arrested for wearing a tallit at a gathering of Women of the Wall at the Kotel (Western
AJWS is taking applications for an amazing-looking ten month service learning fellowship in India. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is, according to Bamberg County GOP Chairman
Ynet reports, Rabbi Elyashiv of the Lithuanian stream of ultra-Orthodoxy has ruled that it is best not to wear Crocs shoes on Yom Kippur even