Festival of Freedom
Jeeze, a guy gets busy for a few weeks and you turn this site into all Israel, all the time! (Okay, all Israel plus Kyrgyzstan and a touch of Talmud.) Anyway, while I’ve been gone, I’ve been busy. I...
View ArticleLet’s do Stage 3 in the morning; P’sukei D’zimrah; Etc.
Crossposted to The Reform Shuckle Fellow Jewschooler BZ over at Mah Rabu has put up the long-awaited Part VIII of his Hilchot Pluralism series. HP is a series of case studies in what BZ calls Stage 3...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About the GA–New Voices
Here’s an excerpt from Caroline Kessler’s post at New Voices about the Jewish Federations of North America GA. …here are some impressions: To explain the “big-deal-ness” of this to non-Jews: just...
View ArticleWhat are you reading?
See what I did there? Jewschool will soon be embarking on a total overhaul of our blogroll. So, we’re asking you: What Jewish blogs do you read? Which ones on our current list do you like? Which ones...
View ArticleBirthright “the most successful project in the Jewish world…” ?
Crossposted to the New Voices Blog That’s right, folks. You heard it here first. (Well, actually, you heard it at JTA first.) Birthright Israel said it has received a record-breaking number of North...
View ArticleAustin gets its own jewblog: Git Nu
My first post at Jewschool was about being a Jew from Texas. Finally–now that I’ve lived in New Jersey for nearly four years and I’m getting ready to graduate and move somewhere other than my hometown...
View ArticleThe Global Jewish Voice: Home of the international Jewish student conversation
Above, the Chilean Federation of Jewish Students protests discrimination. Over at New Voices Magazine (my day job), we launched a new blog this week that Jewschoolers might be interested in. It’s...
View ArticleThe future of New Jew Culture
Jewschool founder Mobius aka Dan Sieradski is part of the panel at this very interesting event at the 14th Street Y on “The Future of Jewish Culture.” A full press kit is here. A quick look at the...
View ArticleA newish blog on Israel’s history
Israel’s Documented Story started posting last June and it’s been an interesting read. It’s an English language blog run by The Israel State Archives. They’ve been posting and commenting on documents,...
View ArticleA New Blog for a New Year
Just in time for the New Year, Rabbi David Lazar has started a new blog, creatively titled Rabbi David Lazar’s blog. David is a Masorti Rabbi who founded and served a Masorti synagogue in Israel, was...
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