shomer shabbos dude

nice capsule history of the dreyfus affair

nice adam gopnik capsule bio of disraeli

bilingual version of secret speech to SS given in Poznan, about extermination of the Jews

on how it feels to wear a funny hat to please the sky god

strife over setting up a williamsburg eruv

riposte blog to Hasid Rebel, funny half-yiddish half-coherent rap-style rant about how great the hasidic life is

fascinating blog by a skeptically-minded Hasid from Williamsburg. Comment threads are exhausting but full of interest

all about the care and maintenance of your special sky-god Jewish house protection scroll

This was big news at the time. "Zalmen then heard the fish making noises as if it was sobbing and then the fish said in Hebrew "tzrichim shmira, hasof bah" (we need protection, the end is arrving)."

second message provides some context on the dispute about whether or not to create an eruv in Williamsburg

large region of Manhattan where some of the peskier Shabbas restrictions are suspended through a torturous legalistic move

learn more about your local Hasidim, and why they consider you beneath contempt

Jews and Hasidic Gentiles homepage

tortuous rulings and pontifications by advanced Talmudic scholars on whether Jews are allowed to shop and sell online on the sabbath

swimming its way into a Jewish future