The Reading List: Proof that Vatican II Is Working

Maybe we’re not so different after all. Apparently it’s just as hard to be a friendly, amiable and polite person at church as it is at synagogue. [Cartoon Church]

Here’s a moving series of short biographies about the Jewish servicemen and servicewomen who have given their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. One of them is a former schoolmate and teammate of mine, Albert Bitton z”l. [Forward]

Having trouble finding a match? Check out this glossary for all of your shidduch dating needs. [Leftover Cholent]

Should these Jews be excluded from the communal conversation about Israeli policy? Rabbi David Wolpe says so. [HuffPo]

Rav Motti Alon, former head of Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem (a major destination for American yeshiva high school students), will be charged with sex crimes against two of his former students. [Failed Messiah]

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