This Month In Jewish (TMIJ): July 2012
This month in Jewish Israel is in shambles, the Olympics may be Anti-Semitic, and a 79-year-old won a beauty pageant.
This Month In Jewish (TMIJ): June 2012
This month in Jewish the Ultra-Orthodox take Brooklyn, Sweden takes to the Twittersphere, and the IDF takes a picture.
This Month In Jewish (TMIJ): May 2012
First Installment of This Month In Jewish, a recapping of all the month’s Jewish news. This month: Netanyahu, the Ultra-Orthodox, and Swedish Fish!
Not Your Grandmother's Haggadah
I think the Haggadah is kind of a boring, stuffy book. Every version runs into the same problem; not enough links. This is a Haggadah for the 21st Century.
The Complicated Legacy of Fritz Haber: The Jew Who Saved Germany
Fritz Haber created a method used to feed over half the world. But the same method would lead to the death of millions of others.
Jewish Revolutionary Wanted by Authorities for War Crimes
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Judas Maccabeus for advocating violence and terror against the Empire.
The Fascinating, Inspiring, Unfathomable Life of a Boy Named Gilad
Gilad Shalit was released 18 October, 2011. You knew that, but what don’t you know?
The Written Israel [updated]
Three Israeli authors are coming to Minneapolis in the coming months. All three represent a new Israel that’s bursting with life.
If This is Kosher…
I saw an article about the Dutch Parliament trying to forbid kosher slaughter – a practice deeply ingrained in Jewish tradition – and I found myself siding with the Parliament.
Blowing Bubbles
Israelis outside Tel Aviv say that the Tel Avivim live in a bubble. But that’s not a reason not to visit, because Tel Aviv is awesome.