In the several years that I have been on one rabbinic listserv and one year on a second one (there’s even a third one I’m on, I think, as well), I have seen an immunity from Godwin’s Law. For those unfamiliar with Godwin’s Law, coined by Mike Godwin, it states “As an online discussion grows [...]

Here’s a good one for you.
The Associated Press reported Friday that “New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, with half of respondents opposed to the project and a majority saying people have the right to build an Islamic center near ground zero.”
Just to clarify — half [...]

Recently there has been a little buzz about the not-really-so-new ideas at Kohenet, the Hebrew Priestess Institute (founded in 2006), which was founded Holly Shere, a folklorist, and Jill Hammer, a JTS ordinee and her co-director. Tablet ran a short article about it, reasonably even-handedly attempting to explain what they are and do.
The [...]

NPR concludes ‘Recovery Summer’ Ends With Economic Pothole. How right it is. The 9.6% unemployment rate is not the worst of it. As always, an ideologue chasing equality, inevitably hurts those he promises to aid – the most vulnerable amongst us, teenagers, most specifically black ones whose chances of getting employment has been additionally undermined [...]

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