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But was the Last Supper a Seder?

The evidence, or the lack of evidence, suggests it was not.Dayenu, nu?

In the midst of gratitude there is always a little something else we want. Hence the number of rogue, shopping-list Dayenus that spring up every day: feminist Dayenus, gay Dayenus, Zionist and anti-Zionist Dayenus . . . The Bee’s Knees (If Not the Frog’s Buttocks)

"Aaron is hitting the big frog's head, and all the little frogs are coming out of his tushy!" said the girl to the scholar, thus demonstrating the midrashic literacy of 14th-century Spanish artists. Dewey Defeats Hebron

Should Haaretz have assumed that Netanyahu would not evict Jews?  Not at all—but the paper continues to be caught off guard by the prime minister's commitment to peace.Is the Seder a Symposium?

Not exactly.Trailing the Rabbis’ Breadcrumbs

What is man? He who is capable of searching inside himself. What does he search for? Some dark or foreign matter that he has put there himself. With what does he search? The light of God, which is also in himself. The Patrilineal Predicament

Nearly three decades after the Reform movement's landmark decision to accept patrilineal Jews, statistics confirm that the worst fears of critics have come true.Arab Fairy Tales

In countries that ethnically cleansed their Jews, the media now hail the restoration of Jewish buildings as somehow indicative of pluralism and tolerance.