Monthly Archives: March 2008

The Israeli “Limpieza de Sangre,” or, Are You Jewish Enough to Read This?

March 4, 2008 8 Comments »

Pin It What is a Jew? And why does it matter? The number one article emailed over the last day from the NY Times is a piece from the magazine... Read More »

A Call for an End to Hitler Comparisons

March 3, 2008 6 Comments »

Pin It Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently declared Israel’s military incursion into Gaza to be “worse than the Holocaust.” Ironically, Abbas’ “doctoral thesis” was a work of Holocaust denial, so... Read More »

Kosher Cheeseburgers: The Controversy

March 3, 2008 3 Comments »

Pin It Talia’s Steak House, an Upper West Side kosher eatery made news this week when they updated their menu and began serving a kosher “Cheeseburger.” The burger, which uses... Read More »

Being a Heretic, or, How to Disagree With the Talmud

March 3, 2008 2 Comments »

Pin It This is the third in a series of articles promoting the idea that people should feel free to come up with their own ways of interpreting biblical verses... Read More »

Top Chef Goes Kosher

March 2, 2008 5 Comments »

Pin It Hung Huynh, winner of Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season Three, has been named Executive Chef of Solo, a Mediterranean-Asian fusion kosher restaurant in Manhattan, located inside the Sony building... Read More »