I often took the bus to the subway on my way to high school. In so doing I went through a fairly rough neighborhood. Outside
Months ago, we posted a story about YU’s Prof. Joy Ladin being the first transgender employee at a religiously conservative university in America. (Unfortunately, with
Salon offers an entertaining review of the new film Antarctica. Apparently, the new film is pretty much just a walk onthe wild side for the
guest post from Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster: In the days that lie ahead, we’re going to hear a lot of rhetoric about restoring America’s moral standing
As an undergrad, I wrote my thesis on the immigration and business patterns of Gujaratis (especially in the US as a way to re-imagine ethnic
Oy the chutspah, it hurts my head. With all the grace of the Menendez Brothers begging the mercy of the court as orphans, the infamous
I just wrote a post about a thing that looks like a scribal error in this week’s parsha, and it’s jolly interesting and educational, so
Okay, well, my yiddish isn’t too good – my parents having spoken it as their first language, have politely never mentioned that I and my
Parshat Vayetze from g-dcast.com, this week starring blogger-about-town(s) Esther Kustanowitz.
I apologize if this is old news for you, but I had only heard rumors until today, when I was able to confirm this important