Monthly Archives: March 2008
The Israeli “Limpieza de Sangre,” or, Are You Jewish Enough to Read This?
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
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
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
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
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 »
