Seth Brown blogs on the topic of the “choice” of marrying Jewish. First of all, the subtitle of this piece is a bit misleading. “Why are more children choosing not to marry Jewish?”, ask the worried gatherings of Jewish parents and rabbis, as if to suggest that many Jews of the younger generation sat down…
An explosion rocked a Jerusalem bus stop Wednesday afternoon, killing an elderly woman, wounding more than thirty, and shattering the calm that had prevailed in the city. Earlier Wednesday, terrorists fired two Katyusha rockets ofrom Gaza toward the southern city of Be’er Sheva and another toward the port city of Ashdod. One man was treated for light…
I have a confession to make. I have never made my bed. I blame my mother. She was the one that made my bed for me – every day – when I was growing up. And now, after all these years of neglecting to tuck in sheets with hospital corner precision and plump up bed…
Pesach, the Light Side For two years running, Pulitzer Prize winning humorist Dave Barry has come up with quite funny Passover-related remarks. Barry, who describes himself as an atheist, is the son of a Presbyterian minister. Since 1996, he has been married to Miami Herald sportswriter MICHELLE KAUFMAN. They had a daughter, SOPHIE, in 2000.…
I’ve been trying to get to this post all week, and I think it’s really important that I do, because something very significant has been happening, and I don’t think it’s been getting much press. It’s about the fact-finding mission organized by the UN Human Rights Council, and chaired by Judge Richard Goldstone. It’s generally…
