Keep the Waters Rising by Shaul Judelman, Yeshivat Bat Ayin Here rolls a little Jewschool frabrengin… It’s the new moon of Shevat tonight… according to
Ali Abunimah from Electronic Intifada points to the obvious: Although a Hamas success was heavily trailed, the scale of the victory has been widely termed
The course descriptions are here for the 2006 NHC Summer Institute!!! The Institute (August 7-13, 2006, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge NH) is a week of
As some of you know, I’m travelling in Israel right now. (And by travelling, I mean stuffing my face.) Last night was all about kabobs.
Hamas has hired a “spin doctor” to help spruce up their image in light of their expected gains in next week’s Palestinian parliamentary elections. A
The JTA wonders why more women aren’t ritually slicing foreskins: [Debra] Weiss-Ishai is one of just a few female mohels in the United States. There
In light of recent debates here about the propriety of criticizing Orthodox Jews, Eliyahu Stern offers a breath of fresh air in an Op-Ed about
Commentary on Parshat Shemot by Shaul Judelman, Yeshivat Bat Ayin/Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo In the Jewish guides to prayer, there is a component that is more
[Revised] In the recent weeks, we have drawn attention in our posts to Orthodox individuals and communities who have engaged in rank corruption, assaulted cops,
While most of the fight against fundamentalism in the Jewish world is focused against the Activist, or Zionist, Jewish fundamentalists (including on this blog), it