Andrew Silow-Carroll reports on a new study of how American Jews use Hebrew and Yiddish. Nu? View Larger Size
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I’m 10, and growing up in the suburbs. I go to temple, not synagogue, and definitely not shul. I wear a yarmulke (rarely), not a kipa. We don’t “daven” — we pray, or worship. My dad calls me a vahntz (lit., Yiddish for cockroach, but meaning “rascal” [I hope]). He teaches me a Yiddish phrase meaning “It helps like giving medicine to a corpse.” Read More
A multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll. Read More
Twenty-first century humankind has come to rely on computers, but how do we know computers are reliable? In large part, we know because of the work of Amir Pnueli, a pioneering Israeli computer scientist and logician. Read More
Toldot — Genesis 25:19-28:9 Read More
3rd of Kislev, 5770
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November 18, 2009
Three days after being a guest at the White House, Lori Klinghoffer said she is “still flying high.” Klinghoffer was one of 50 Jewish leaders to attend a reception at the State Dining Room on Nov. 9 with President Barack Obama and eight of his key advisers. Read More
November 18, 2009
When Benjamin Raskin-Gross, now 13, was born, his mother knew something was wrong. But the doctor picked up the baby and told her, “This is a perfectly normal newborn,” and sent them home from the hospital. Read More
November 18, 2009
Building a Common Agenda” was the theme of the second annual Weekend of Twinning, Nov. 13-15, which brought together 100 mosques and 100 synagogues from across North America and Europe. Read More
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November 18, 2009
Most of us, if we love an author’s work, recommend it to friends and maybe post a recommendation on-line. But when it comes to the late novelist Stanley Elkin, that just wasn’t enough for Bill Robins. Read More
October 14, 2009
Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers) led the National League with 203 hits and was among the top 10 NL batters in runs scored (113), doubles (39), RBI (114), batting average (.320), slugging percentage (.551), and OPS (On-base + slugging, .937). Read More
