Why is Marc Ellis on the outs at Baylor University?
Baylor University has suspended Marc Ellis, the director of its Jewish Studies program, for alleged sexual misconduct.
Oprah in Jewish Wonderland
Oprah’s visit to the Chasidic community—and a recent interview with Chabad—marks a potential high point for Oprah in Jewish communal relations.
Odessa Jewish orphanage doesn’t fit the stereotype
I wasn’t sure what my visit to an Odessa Jewish orphanage would entail.
Soft-core filmmaker Zalman King dies at 70 (or maybe 69)
Commercial “soft-core” filmmaker and one-time actor Zalman King, called variously an “erotic cinema maestro,” a “brilliant and noble soul,“ and much in between, died Feb. 3 at 70 (although some reports had him at age 69, which made some obit writers quite happy).
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- Komen, J Street and Clinton
- How to be an Orthodox rock star
- Three more days till Oprah and the Chasidim
- Judaism can be cool! (Washington Post)
- Fiery reactions to Rav Bina story (N.Y. Jewish Week)
- Trouble at Hadassah (Forward)
- Adelson cures anti-Semitism (The Nation)
- The Eulogizer: Roman Halter, Holocaust survivor
- Why do certain Jews wear so much black?
