Marissa Brostoff, a doctoral student in English at the CUNY Graduate Center, is a former staff writer at Tablet and the Forward.
Singing Sensation
Moishe Oysher, a midcentury cantor and performer, is enjoying an unexpected second act
Does Israel Belong at Gay Pride?
Upcoming Toronto parade begs question
Sundown: Drake Smacks Down Matisyahu
Plus, what’s new with the Palestinians, and a Talmudic inquiry
Boycotting Hits the Mainstream
‘Forward’ and J Street folks debate tactics with lefties
An Unaffiliate Stands Before the Law
Blogging Joshua Cohen’s ‘Witz’
The Strangest Shabbos You’ve Ever Seen
Blogging Joshua Cohen’s ‘Witz’
Can You Go on Birthright Just for the Free Airfare?
‘The Ethicist’ weighs in!
Teachable Moment
The limits of a cross-denominational partnership aimed at helping Jewish educators
The Yiddish Robin Hood
New musical has a greedy Jew, but in the neighborly way
Daybreak: Israel Begins Deporting Flotilla Activists
And the fallout continues
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
Sounding Off
Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can’t argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
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Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
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Pregnant Pause
Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish lawby Allison HoffmanHeroine Stupor
Wanted Women, a new joint biography of two Muslim women, refuses to distinguish between an al-Qaida terrorist and a feminist intellectualby Andrew RobertsSt. Leonard’s Passion
Leonard Cohen releases his 12th album, Old Ideas. The troubadour and poet hasn’t always been popular, but he is always profound.by Liel LeibovitzKeep the Faith
The battered Israeli left can advance its agenda only if it learns to stop fearing religion and embrace the notion of the Chosen Peopleby Liel LeibovitzVigor Juice
Jews and Booze, a fascinating new history of Prohibition-era bootleggers, barmen, rabbis, and cops, picks up where HBO’s Boardwalk Empire leaves offby Allan Nadler




