The Story of Torah is the Story of A Journey

Genesis 12:1 begins the story of the birth of the Jewish nation, and it is a rather unusual birth. God commands Avram: "Go for yourself (Lech Lecha) from your land, from your relatives, and from your father's house to the land that I will ... [Read more]

Featured Artist: Dina Kantor

Photographer Dina Kantor has spent the last several years slowing building her comprehensive project, "Finnish & Jewish." What exactly does that title mean in a country where there are 1500 Jews whose history began in the early ... [Read more]

LOLjewz

We here at Jewcy love lolcats and, well, Jews. Like chocolate and peanut butter, they're two great tastes that go great together. We've picked a dozen or so to get everyone started, and we encourage you to make your own loljewz and send them to ... [Read more]

Real Talk Parsha: Vayera

Now this week's portion is full of all kinds of juicy bits. After circumcising himself and having tea with his three visitors, Abraham's first official act as a Jew is to haggle with Gd. No seriously. Abraham tries to jew Gd out of ... [Read more]

Yes, Al-Qaeda Has A Magazine

Terrorist organizations have to spread their ideology somehow. Enter the strange, fascinating world of... al-Qaeda's magazines. For the past few years, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has published the magazines Sada al-Malahim (The ... [Read more]

Anya Liftig: Jewbilly

Anya Liftig expresses her desire to overcome failure by living entirely on Triscuits and having people pour glue all over her naked body. She's also a nice Jewish girl. With a mamma from backwoods Kentucky and a father from a ... [Read more]

Ian McKellen to Book of Leviticus: Bite Me

In a new interview with Details magazine, actor Sir Ian "Gandalf" McKellen shares a very unusual ritual that he has when staying in hotels. Unlike some celebrities, who like to do drugs and wreck hotel rooms, McKellen prefers to flip ... [Read more]

Rabbi Eric Yoffie's Remarks Sharpen Differences Between Jewish Leaders and Youth Over Human Rights

Rabbi Eric Yoffie addresses a plenary session at J Street's first national conference in Washington, D.C., October 26, 2009. (Photo: Daniel Sieradski) On Monday, October 26, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, ... [Read more]

Bravo Goes Kosher : Natalie Portman Swaps Prosciutto for Polenta

I am a huge fan of all things Bravo, but as a diehard foodie I cannot resist Top Chef. For its first couple of seasons, I sat on the couch in my parents' Kosher home and imagined how buttery scallops probably tasted and how decadent a slice of ... [Read more]

Race Realists Versus White Nationalists on the JQ

An interesting fight has intensified between a blogger named “Guy White,” and another who runs a site called Occidental Dissent. Their debate is an interesting one, as it sheds light on two very different approaches to white advocacy and the ... [Read more]

Concert Review: DeLeon at The Variety Playhouse (Atlanta, GA)

It's unusually cold and wet for an October night in Atlanta, GA. The goths are out tonight for the Little Five Points Halloween festival and their cyber-punk hairstyles are coming apart like last week's sukkah decorations under the oppressive ... [Read more]

CONTEST: Fight Hunger, Win Prizes!

Everyone knows that hunger is a big problem world-wide. But did you know right here in the U.S. we've got our own serious problem? That's why Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore made this video (with the help of non-celebs around the country), and why ... [Read more]

Gallaudet University Selects First Jewish President

Gallaudet University, the university for the hearing-impaired which is located in Washington, D.C., recently announced the election of the school's first-ever Jewish president. The position of president at Gallaudet is a notoriously intense one, ... [Read more]

Worst. Swastikas. Ever.

Dear J Street Protesters, C'mon - you can do better than that! You decide to go with the swastika - arguably one of the best pieces of repurposed graphic design in the last 75 years, and surely one of the most charged and taboo, and you ... [Read more]

Overcoming the Shonde

In honor of October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Met Council (Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty) is campaigning for the Jewish community to take a stand and combat DV in the Jewish community. To learn more, visit ... [Read more]

Real Talk Parsha: Lech Lecha

Look, yeah, I get it. Abraham, Isaac, Moses--all of them were much better people morally and spiritually than we are. But sometimes, they do things and its like, "Oh yeah. He's a dude." Like this week, for instance. Sarah isn't ... [Read more]

You Write What You Read

Tamar D. Yellin is the author of Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes. She is guest-blogging on Jewcy this week, and this is her 3rd post.   When I look back over my main literary influences the thing that strikes me is how disparate they ... [Read more]

Why I’m Not Raising My Kids (Only) Jewish

As a half-Jew, I no longer feel exotic. It seems like the entire Jewish blogosphere is half-Jewish. Celebrity half-Jews are everywhere. But my kids are really on the cutting edge—they’re “quarter-Jews.” They have one Jewish grandparent, ... [Read more]

Hunting the Tribes

Tamar D. Yellin is the author of Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes. She is guest-blogging on Jewcy this week, and this is her first post. Such are the vicissitudes of writing and publishing, nearly twelve years have passed between the writing of ... [Read more]

The Goyls Next Door

As I'm sure you're all aware, last week marked the launch of the sixth season of "The Girls Next Door," E!'s reality show about life at the Playboy mansion. Kendra, Holly and Bridget are out, and Crystal, Kristina and Karissa (the ... [Read more]