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Hey, it's Purim!

Jews have a lot of holidays. I think we just like celebrating things. Escaped slavery? Have a holiday! Defeat religious oppression? Have a more

“What I will never see again I must love forever.”

- Yehuda Amichai

Happy Chanukah!

The sun has set! That means that the festival of lights has begun! Happy Chanukah everyone! Let's celebrate oil and light!

Pronunciation Guide: Chag Sameach!

imac asked me how to pronounce "those words from your last chime" so here we go! The "ch" is the hardest to do. You have to make a throaty more

Chag Sameach! Pesach (Passover) begins at sundown!

Passover is the best Jewish holiday, ever. It's my second favorite holiday of all time, with Thanksgiving coming in at #1 by a very close more

Baptize A Dead Jew, Lose Your LDS Membership

Well the church has toughened its safe-guards to keep this from happening again, and apologized for the past incidents. Should be more

The Kugel Conundrum: Joel Ozersky Thinks Jewish Food Sucks

Joel Ozersky, a James Beard Award-winning food writer, says that Jewish food sucks. He discusses it in the attached article, and he's wrong. more

Female Israeli artists

Here are some of my favorite female artists who live and work in Israel.

Dead End

The Problem with the Hebrew Calendar

I get mixed up, that's the problem! It's 2012, but it's also 5772. I live in a world of two calendars- the Gregorian calendar and the Hebrew more

BBC News - Can ultra-orthodox Jews live with the web? [VIDEO]

This weekend, 40,000 orthodox Jews filled the New York Mets baseball stadium to discuss if using the internet threatened their culture.

The Book of the Secrets of Enoch

Translated from the Slavonic by W.R. Morfill. Edited, with Introduction and Notes by R.H. Charles. For 1200 years this book was known only more

Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates those the world lost

An Atlas Of Faiths

Via explore (tumblr) via Der Spiegel.

Passover Story told in Shadows

A troupe of dancers recreated Passover story (Exodus), when the Jews were freed from slavery and escaped Egypt (that's the one about Moses, more

Caravaggio The Sacrifice of Isaac 1601-02

Genesis 22 After these things, God tested Avraham. He said to him, “Avraham!” and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your more

Egypt Heads to Polls Amid Uncertain Outcome

If you happen to know who is going to win Egypt’s presidential elections—whose first round is today and tomorrow—now is the time to more

No. 66: Sophie's Choice

1982, dir. Alan J. Pakula. Only Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline could save this high-strung adaptation of a plaintive William Styron novel from more

Occupy Paris

A nation reeling from unprecedented economic and political crises votes into office a left-leaning government promising change. When the more

Old Jewish Studio Involved in Ludicrous Lawsuit

Cinemas auteur theory holds that the prime creator of the film (typically the director) is able to imbue the work with his or her distinct more