Today’s Ha’aretz reports: British singer Lauren Rose has released a modern version of traditional Jewish song “Hava Nagila,” and gambling pundits have even given odds
For the New Yorkers among us, this class (co-sponsored by AJWS, Avodah, and Congregation B’nai Jeshurun) looks great. And it’s free. Social Justice on a
Check out one of the latest commercials from YES, one of Israel’s internet/communications companies. I’ll leave the commentary to you, dear readers. FYI, someone with
One year ago today, the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) began its final deliberations on whether or not to ordain openly gay and
Rabbi Jill Jacobs is liveblogging the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Biennial over at JSpot. Check it out for reporting on reactions to the Heksher
To paraphrase someone who commented on this article on Ha’aretz’s website: with all of the poverty and other assorted tzuris in Jerusalem, this is what
Again, not my title. It’s the name of Jewish Women Watching’s new Sukkot project. Generally I’m an amused JWW fan, but I have mixed feelings
That’s not my title. That was the subject line of an email I just received from JOFA condemning the new ArtScroll women’s siddur. Appended to
FYI, although neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post mentioned it in their stories today, JTA reports that Michael Mukasey, Bush’s nominee for
From Rabbi Jill Jacobs of Jewish Funds for Justice and jspot: On Sukkot, many of us invite ushpizin — honored guests, both living and dead