How Avi Weiss’s Ordainment of the First Woman in Orthodox Judaism Sparked an Outrage

"I like the idea of the children being encouraged to ask questions. Many of us have grown up in a religion or a church where we don’t ask, we just follow what others do. Sometimes you might ask someone about their faith and they’ll say, ‘it just is’ and think that’s a good enough answer. We need to look at the pile of stones and ask, we need to tell our children to ask."

"Ms. Tubman and Desirée Rogers, then the White House social secretary, tried to plan an informal meal last year, with little or even no wait staff required. White House ushers reacted with what seemed like polite horror."

yes, this: "Asking someone why they converted, just after meeting them, is a little like asking to see their underwear."

British court rules that publicly funded Jewish schools must define "Jewish" as a religion, not an ethnicity

love it. LOVE it.

“To date, traditional religious practices of the Luo are judiac and jewish in origin” the author claims, adding that Luo names like Barak “spelt “Barack” means “blessed” in Hebrew.

A December, 1974 New York Times ad[9] by Saks Fifth Avenue, presumably well-attuned to New York sensibilities, offers an array of holiday merchandise including a "happy bagel" ornament, "painted and preserved with shellac, ready to hang on a Christmas tree, Chanukah bush, or around your neck, 3.50."

whoah.

"An American student chronicles her travels — and her fluid identity — as she visits the Middle East."