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Unfortunately there have been a few terrible car accidents recently in the frum community. Why do you think this is happening? A. Tznius!!...

From May 15, 2006 Jameel has translated an article which  suggests our lag bomer celebrations came into existance because of a scribal err...

A guest post by Philo Here's an article from Harper's Magazine in 1850 (apparently reprinted from the Dublin University Magazine,) w...

In Israel, some of the major Lag Bomer bonfires attract 10s of thousands of people, requiring cooperation from local police and fire authori...

Blogger seems like it might be back to normal, but posts from after Wednesday are still missing. Hope they get restored, as promised. Good...

This is the personification of Israel from the Comic Torah. In the seventh year we must cease from plowing her. This week's sedra ...

The following was taken/stolen/borrowed whole hog from Feministe, "one of the oldest feminist blogs online designed by and run by women...

Di Tzertung wasn't the only publication to delete Hillary from histoy. Di Voch, a Hasidic glossy, pulled the same trick. When no one not...

Those of you who remember the brouhaha over Maharat/Rabba Sara Hurwitz may be surprised to see Gil Student's latest post. When Avi Weis...

Those of you who remember the brouhaha over Maharat/Rabba Sara Hurwitz may be surprised to see Gil Student's latest post. When Avi Weiss...

Google's logo. I don't really get it.  For those who might care, I do not say Hallel or tachanun today.  My reasons are outlin...

On May 1, 2003 George Bush stood on an aircraft carrier beneath a Mission Accomplished sign, and delivered a speech in which he declared vic...

Hasidic Newspaper Removes Hillary Clinton Brooklyn's Hasidic newspaper removes Hillary Clinton from a photo because there's nothing...

Here's the apology as reported by an awful web site I refuse to recognize:  The White House released a picture showing the President f...

Will the 9/11 First Responders Law Do the Job? A guest post by Barbara O'Brien In the final days of the 111 th Congress, the James Za...

Is it mockery or midrash? This is the question I kept asking myself as a I read The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book , an ambituo...

Over the weekend that was, I had the opportunity to discuss Der Tzitung and their decision to remove Hillary Clinton from the famous situati...