Religion & Beliefs

Blogging Birthright: Day 2, or Is This Really My Homeland?

It’s day two and we’re at the “Mega Event,” which is a show and dance…

Blogging Birthright: Day 1, or Orthodox Hippies & Badass Babes

I find a BFF at the airport, which is somewhat of a relief. Her name…

Jewish Mythbusters: Nobody Has Sex Through A Hole In The Sheet

There are all kinds of kinky things going on in Orthodox bedrooms (see Calm Kallahs…

Blogging Birthright: The Best Things in Life Are Free?

Tomorrow I’m embarking on my first trip to Israel, with 39 people I’ve never met.…

Female Orthodox Rabbis? Well, Sort Of

Last week the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem announced a new ordination program that would…

Sex and the Sugya

On TV, women dish endless midrashim on the guys in their lives their idiosyncrasies in…

Should Old Synagogues Be Reincarnated?

All over New York City, churches that were once synagogues still have hints of their…

Love The Stranger: Suharto’s Death Cheats Justice

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto is finally dead, leaving behind a legacy of ethnic and political…