Do Jews Believe the Bible is Literally True?
Question: Do all Jews believe that the bible is literally true or is that the belief of Orthodox Jews only? Most Orthodox, and some Conservative…
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Why do Orthodox Jewish women shave their heads?
Actually, not all of them do. The practice has its origins in the dictates of modesty. From time immemorial, an uncovered head was considered immodest.…
The Jewish Girl
We were waiting for the bus. We were in Iowa for a month. We were there for the Iowa Writing Festival. My mom and dad…
New blog — Rendezvous with G-d
In Rendezvous with G-d, twentysomething blogger and journalist Monica Rozenfeld explores what it actually means as a young Jewish woman in New York City to…
How is it that the synoptic gospels have Jesus being crucified before the Passover but John has him crucified ON the Passover?
This is another of those examples that shows us that the evangelists – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – were not as concerned with reporting…
Is Bruno Good for the Jews?
“What’s up?” you ask. For one thing, the new movie, Brüno. The swishy, semi-fascist fashionista Brüno is the imaginary Austrian TV personality created by the…
A Comedy of Biblical Proportions
Sunday school just got a lot more interesting. The new movie Year One is an Old Testament version of the classic Monty Python comedy The…
Unkosher Sex
What does it mean to religiously attend church, temple or synagogue, live in a community where G-d’s laws are first and foremost, and then deliberately…
Tattooed Jews
Evocative, disrespectful, proud, antithetic: these are just some of the words used to describe Jews with tattoos. Seth Alamar, who has 30-odd tattoos, calls most…
Friday of the Third Week of Advent
Advent Eating… We unite with our Jewish brothers and sisters in anticipation of this weekend’s start of Hanukkah. A great Jewish tradition is to make…
