By ariel
In March this year, I returned from a nine month spell in Israel.  While there, I stayed with some family friends in Ramat Aviv where the lady of the house is an avid Israeli …

By Anthony Frosh
Last week, a rabbinical student named Yuri Foreman became a world boxing champion.
Jewish boxing champions are nothing new.  Daniel Mendoza, often known as the father of scientific boxing, and English champion in the …

One week after the graduation of the class of 2009; Joel Lazar reflects on his gap year in Israel in 2008, beginning university, and navigating the gaps between personal fulfilment and parental expectations.

It was …

By Keren Tuch
[Seen a good/bad movie at the Jewish Film Festival? Send us your kvetch/kvell and we'll post it to the intertubes!]
It’s that time of year again, where I surrender my active lifestyle for sitting …

By Jewin’ the fat
We knew it would happen eventually, and you know what they say – when the shit hits the fan, everyone gets covered in it.
I’m talking of course about the imminent ruling of …

By Anthony Frosh
Last night I went along with RachSD to see the new film by the Coen brothers, A Serious Man.  On a night where we experienced weather that had an almost biblical feel – …

Parshat Toldot – Dvar Torah

by Yakir
The Parsha in short:
• Rivka gives birth to Yaakov and Esav.
• Yaakov buys Esav’s first-born rights with a bowl of lentil soup
• Yaakov steals Esav’s blessing
Early in Parshat Toldot, we are presented with …

By Almoni
Every night, when I go into my backyard and look into the sky, I am drawn up into the heavens, the extraordinary time and space machine, and I am amazed.
Sometimes, I see red Mars …

This article by Talia Katz is the second of a two-part series on new and sometimes controversial forms of Shoah commemoration.  Part 1 can be seen here.
There seems to be a distinctly anti-Generation-Y movement …

By Joel Lazar
They sought like-minded youth, equally willing to devote their lives to a collective cause and thus, youth movements were born.