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Essay Yes, Virginia. There IS a Jewish President: Jews in Politics Earlier this week, Emily Stone wrote about Jews and Hollywood (have you taken her quiz “It’s True-ish, They’re Jewish!”?) and Jews and sports (have you taken her quiz… Emily Stone February 28, 2014
Essay A Letter in a Drawer Earlier this week, Charles S. Sherman wrote about a miraculous baseball team and a life-altering event and how he’s handled the challenge. His book,The Broken… Charles S. Sherman February 28, 2014
Essay Six Degrees of Kevin’s Bacon: Who’s Jewish in Hollywood? Earlier this week, Emily Stone wrote about Jews and sports (have you taken her quiz “Athlete or Mathlete?”). Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the Customs,… Emily Stone February 26, 2014
Essay A Miraculous Baseball Team Earlier this week, Charles S. Sherman wrote about a life-altering event and how he’s handled the challenge. His book, The Broken and the Whole: Discovering Joy… Charles S. Sherman February 26, 2014
Essay The Lost Shtetl This week, Anne-Marie O’Connor, the author of The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer blogs for The… Anne-Marie O’Connor February 25, 2014
Essay Recalling Professor Dov Noy: World’s Foremost Jewish Folklorist by Howard SchwartzNo one would deny that Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem are colossal figures in the fields of Hasidism and Kabbalah. But not everyone realizes that… Howard Schwartz February 25, 2014
