Rabbi Hillel, the Tube, and Reading the Comments – A Jew in the Motherland

By Jonathan Katz January 21, 2015

I usually read, but do not respond to, the comment threads on my articles for this publication and others. Why, then, do I read them, despite my editor’s adamant suggestions not to? To a certain extent, I have a perverse pride in rankling ideologues of all stripes (and for those of you critical of my…

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Responses to our reviews of “Jewish U”

By David A.M. Wilensky August 18, 2010

It’s a funny world we live in when reviews get reviewed by the creators of that which they review. Which is not a criticism of anyone. It’s just an observation. Yesterday, New Voices published three reviews of the revised edition of “Jewish U,” a book for Jews about to enter college about what to expect from…

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