Mississippi Bawling

Jewdar is no constitutional scholar, but we're pretty sure the Founding Fathers wrote the 1st Amendment to protect the practice of religion, not crybabies

Choosing Yiddish: The Book Review

Edited by Lara Rabinovitch, Shiri Goren, and Hannah S Pressman, the book is chock full of the kind of cutting-edge work in Yiddish Studies that a more diligent Jewdar might have done, but now, these tenured wonks are desperate for a few words of praise from Jew-Know-Who.

Koch Rocket

Jewdar doesn't know if Koch, Neil Barsky's new film about Ed Koch, is a good documentary, but it is an enjoyable one

Up Chuck

How many of us--and Jewdar certainly has--have used words like "us" and "we" and "our" when referring to Israel...At the very least, a goy from Nebraska can probably be forgiven for making a statement that there is "Jewish lobby" lobbying on behalf of Israel.

You Can’t Go Home Again

A high-ranking official of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood recently called upon Egyptian Jews--particularly those in Israel--to come back to the Motherland.

Movin’ On Up

A few years ago, Jews in the Senate were riding high--with 13 members, the Senate would even recess on Rosh Hashana. It seemed like nothing would stop us from eventually becoming a majority. Then came 2010...