Kosher clashes – can you impose your beliefs on others?
Now that we live apart, he has gone back to living what he calls a cultural Jewish lifestyle. He no longer keeps kosher, while my home continues to be strictly kosher.
Choosing a summer camp – part one
In the first part in his Jewish summer camp selection series, Mark Mietkiewicz addresses how to find the right Jewish camp for your child.
Congress is now three times more Jewish than the United States as a whole
More than 6 per cent of the new U.S. Congress is Jewish, with 34 Jews among the total of 535 lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Jewish chefs are proving that everything old is new again
Traditional Jewish foods are seeing a revival at eateries across the country.
What is this, chopped liver? – Part one
In the first part of his chopped liver series, Mark Mietkiewicz looks at how a historic Jewish food turned into a Hollywood punchline.
Big Mouth and the never-ending quest for sexual acceptance
Big Mouth is clever, but it’s truly unique as a link between real-world young adulthood and the kind of nebbish adult Jewish comic with whom we’ve become so familiar.
Israel passes controversial nation-state law
The so-called Nationality Law enshrines in Israel’s quasi-constitutional Basic Law that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Jewish journalist among victims of Maryland shooting
Gerald Fischman, 61, the editorial page editor at the Capital Gazette, was killed Thursday along with four others by a lone gunman.
Seeing marriage through the prism of time
Noam Zion’s new book, Marital Friendship and Covenantal Partnership: Comparative Models of Love and Marriage , sheds light on the history of marriage and on confusion about it in contemporary society
Rabbi to Rabbi: Wading into controversy
Rabbis often feel compelled to address news-making stories, though that can put them in a difficult position, as they try to remain impartial while tackling sensitive political topics.
