Battle of the Jewish Book Nerds
By Sarah Breger
In an interview with The New Yorker’s Book Bench, Lev Grossman, Time’s book critic and author of The Magicians explains his long-standing feud...
Remembering Patrick Swayze in a Jewish Film
By Maxine Springer
In Moment's article about great Jewish films, author Lester Friedman picks Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze, as one of his favorite Jewish films....
Jeremy Ben Ami is the new Don Draper
By Sarah Breger
The interweb has been abuzz this past weekend over the publication of the NYT magazine profile of J Street.
Critics of the left-leaning Israel...
This Week's Links
By Sarah Breger
The Forward launches The Sisterhood, a website "devoted to the issues impacting Jewish women of all ages, denominations and political ideologies."
Speaking of...
Holocaust Deniers Ad Runs in Harvard Newspaper
Get ShortlinkBy Sarah Breger
On Tuesday Harvard’s campus newspaper The Crimson published a full page ad from a Holocaust denial group, prompting outrage pretty much everywhere.
The...
This Week's Links
By Sarah Breger
Gossip Girl may be the key to Mideast Peace. Especially Chuck Bass.
Joanna Rakoff Smith looks at the portrayal of Judaism on the...
You know something has jumped the shark when the Jews start doing it
by Sarah Breger
So now Jews have jumped on the "dancing down the aisle" meme. In an homage to the overplayed, yet undeniably adorable, Chris Brown...
Britain's Schindler
By Sarah Breger
In Prague yesterday, a train set off on a four-day journey to London to honor the work of a man referred to as...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Jewish singer Bob Dylan is working on an album of Christmas music. Puns such as "Sleigh Lady Sleigh" and "A Hard Reindeer's A-Gonna...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
A new children's book tells the story of how Max Yasgur, a Jewish dairy farmer in Bethel, NY, allowed half a million people...
A Star-Studded Biblical Event
By Michelle Albert
Though lately religion has seemed a passing fad in Hollywood, a group of celebrities are taking spirituality seriously. An audio version of the...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
The Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have threatened Sacha Baron Cohen's life because of their inclusion in his latest film farce, Bruno. Fashionistas of...