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Good afternoon! What happens when a pre-pubescent non-Jewish kid reads a revolutionarily risque Philip Roth book about a frustrated MOT? Sentences like, “There are a lot of words in Portnoy’s Complaint that I didn’t really get, like shtupp and schlong and shmutzig and punim. I don’t know what they mean, but they’re really fun to […]
This article was edited on Aug. 12 to reflect a correction: the Israel Land Authority and the Israeli Police–not the Israeli Army–were responsible for the demolition of the Bedouin village. I’m not an expert on domestic security. Unlike my Israeli friends, I’ve never served one day in combat nor toted an M-16, so I can’t […]
Crossposted to Jewschool Despite Women of the Wall leader Anat Hoffman being banned from the Kotel plaza for 30 days, Rosh Chodesh services proceeded today in the plaza and concluded, as usual, with a Torah service at Robinson’s Arch. And they live-tweeted the whole thing! Among other things, they tweeted: Proof that police + rules […]
Good morning! As this photo proves, LeBron “Most Hated Man Not in Cleveland” James met with a rabbi to solicit some advice on a major business deal. The rabbi’s price: somewhere around $100,000. [TMZ] Women in the Washington DC area call some more (needed) attention to the age-old problem of agunot, or Jewish women whose […]
There is a wonderful story about a village whose residents wanted to present their feudal lord with a gift: a full barrel of whiskey.  There would be a grand celebration on the lord’s birthday, when the mayor of the town would present the gift accompanied by choir and song. To spread the cost of the whiskey, […]
The ad above has been approved by the MTA to run on New York City buses and subways after the ad’s creator threatened a law suit. [Gothamist] With suspect reasoning, here’s a claim that childless Jewish women are less engaged with their Jewish identity and the Jewish community. The best part: “I don’t know any […]
Before flying off to Israel a couple weeks ago, I went to hear journalist Peter Beinart speak. I asked him how young, liberal American Jews should engage the kind of “uncomfortable Zionism†he prescribed in his famous June article. “To connect to the people in Israel who share your values, you know?†Beinart replied. “To […]
Good morning, class. Here is your reading list. Haaretz reports that the Israeli government tried to cover up the Waqf’s secret excavations on the Temple Mount. Did Senator Lindsey Graham go against Abe Lincoln and the Bible in advocating the repeal of the 14th Amendment? asks Rabbi Andy Bachman. An American university president and Clinton-era […]
As noted in Ben’s pre-Shabbat post, we’re starting a new feature here at the New Voices blog called The Reading List, a daily round-up of links from around the Jewier corners of the interblogotwitsphere. Our goal is to do a beefier edition on Sundays, for your Sunday brunch reading pleasure. This Sunday section will feature […]
Hello loyal New Voices blog readers! This is the first installment of our newest feature–the Reading List–a short roundup of the interesting, quirky, relevant, funny and/or important happenings on the Jewy internet. We’ll publish the Reading List every weekday morning and on Friday evenings. On Sundays, the Reading List will link to several articles discussing […]