I recently tweeted a question to my Jewish followers: “What is the most-difficult thing about the Jewish people to explain to non-Jews?” I was inundated with responses that were enlightening, fascinating, and reflect a wide range of priorities, obsessions, quirks, and arguments. In other words, it was all very Jewish. Below are some of the answers, divided by category.

Die Kantorin Avitall Gerstetter beklagt das Verhältnis zwischen Konvertiten und geborenen Juden in den Gemeinden. Was steckt hinter der Frage, wer Jude ist?

Die Kantorin Avitall Gerstetter beklagt das Verhältnis zwischen Konvertiten und geborenen Juden in den Gemeinden. Was steckt hinter der Frage, wer Jude ist?

Master chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty's new book, "Koshersoul," explores foods and traditions of Jewish and Black culture.

"Jewish can be Black food, and Black food can be Jewish — it isn't something that people really consider." @KosherSoul https://t.co/LaJEqraU4m— Mark Bittman (@bittman) August 10, 2022

I wrote the following for Souciant magazine – cross-posted with permission: Heavy Metal is often seen as a quintessentially white, Western, music. That is indeed the case much of the time. Metal emerged out of white, blue collar mutilations of the blues in working class heartlands such as the English West Midlands. Metal imagery is often festooned Read more ...

academic zine on appropriation & antisemitism in western occult movements

Young people get organized in Yiddishland

Zu den vielen guten Dingen, die vom Erinnerungsjahr "1700 Jahre jüdisches Leben in deutschen Landen" bleiben werden, gehört der Podcast #2021JLID. In einer sehr faszinierenden Folge interviewte die Journalistin Shelly Kupferberg den Ex-Haredim Akiva Weinberg,…

Faux-Hebrew fonts have been around for more than a century, but were the origins of this lettering Jewish or antisemitic?

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Ally Haggadah

The Mourner’s Kaddish is perhaps the most radical — and misunderstood — prayer in the siddur. The Kaddish is often ...

Denominational Differences on Conversion. Contemporary Issues with Judaism and Conversion. Converting to Judaism. Jewish Lifecycle.

Über verschiedene Sammlungen von jiddischen Zitaten, Sprichwörtern und Sentenzen

Just about every person who is Black and Jewish has inevitably been met with surprise upon sharing their identities. Widespread ...

Why do Jews put stones on graves instead of leaving flowers? Is there a ritual or blessing that goes along with this practice?

#Rache in jüdischer #Gegenwartsliteratur ist das Thema der 7. Folge unseres Podcasts zur Ausstellung "Rache. Geschichte und Fantasie." Es unterhalten sich Max Czollek @rubenmcloop und @MirjamWenzel mit Literaturwissenschaftler Sebastian Schirrmeister.https://t.co/MWwWB3L2at— Jüdisches Museum FFM (@jmfrankfurt) May 26, 2022

A commitment to halacha is not contradicted by pro-choice beliefs, write the leaders of two Orthodox seminaries.

Isabel Frey reflects on the challenges and possibilities of performing Yiddish music as a Jewish performer in Germany and Austria beyond the insulated Berlin kl

The answer lies in the longstanding misguided and racist assumption by TV commissioners that the only people who would be interested in a show about Jews would be other Jews

Persian amulet made around 1930 featuring everyone's favorite Lilith scarers (Sanoi, Sananoi, and Samangalaf)https://t.co/ZGxJOm2pQu pic.twitter.com/lFexMYbVXc— elizabeth (@shvlman) May 11, 2022

An exploration of Jewishness in contemporary Russia.

Journal of Germanic Linguistics