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Essay Consumer Vigilance and the Kosher Cookies-and-Cream Ice Cream Caper Earlier this week Timothy D. Lytton wrote about a recent scandal at a kosher meat market in L.A. and organized crime and kosher food… Timothy D. Lytton June 27, 2013
Essay Scandal and Self-Correction in Kosher Food Certification Earlier this week Timothy D. Lytton wrote about organized crime and kosher food certification. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Timothy D. Lytton June 26, 2013
Essay Anne Frank Unbound and Justin Bieber by Nat BernsteinIn honor of the upcoming anniversary of the Frank’s entry into hiding (July 6th), Nat Bernstein explores a recent book from Indiana… Nat Bernstein June 24, 2013
Essay Organized Crime and Kosher Food Certification Timothy D. Lytton is the author of the recently published Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food (Harvard University Press). He… Timothy D. Lytton June 24, 2013
Essay Gunmen: A Far-Fetched Analysis and Some Temporary Solutions Helène Aylon is an Activist Artist whose work has been shown in MoMA, the Whitney and the Warhol museums. Her memoir, published by the Feminist Press, is called Whatever… Helène Aylon May 9, 2013
Essay Rabbi Gafni’s Revenge Earlier this week, Yuval Elizur examined religious political power in Israel and January’s elections and Lawrence Malkin discussed the tension between tradition and… Yuval Elizur March 15, 2013
Essay Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia? Earlier this week, Yuval Elizur examined religious political power in Israel and January’s elections. Today, Lawrence Malkin discusses the tension between… Yuval Elizur March 13, 2013
Essay Religious Political Power in Israel Comes to a Halt Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin are the co-authors of the new book The War Within: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Threat to Democracy and the Nation. They will be blogging here… Yuval Elizur March 11, 2013
Essay What Is Fair Taxation? Yesterday Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz wrote about Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council… Shmuly Yanklowitz December 11, 2012
Essay Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is the Founder and President of Uri L’Tzedek, the Senior Rabbi at Kehilath Israel, and is the author of Jewish Ethics & Social Justice:… Shmuly Yanklowitz December 10, 2012
Nonfiction The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky; Ron Dermer
