by Rachel Kohn CHICAGO (JTA) — This year’s Association of Jewish Studies conference was supposed to be a triumphal post-pandemic gathering for Jewish studies scholars and…
by Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides Be the Miracle (Calgary) – In the endearing comedy Bruce Almighty, Jim Carrey plays a shlimazel named Bruce who has…
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – “New normal” – who among us has not heard this emerging cliché? “New normal,” for many, is a euphemism for…
by Shira Hanau (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his minister of religious affairs have reportedly halted a plan to create a permanent…
by Cantor Russ Jayne Parashat Vayigash (AJNews) – When kids in Hebrew School read the story of Joseph, he looks very good. He saves the…