I’m extremely disappointed in Orthodox rabbi Shlomo Riskin who has backed out of his planned speaking engagement at a conference planned by the Conservative movement’s Machon Schechter in Jerusalem on a very important topic. Rabbi David Golinkin, a Conservative rabbi and the head of Machon Schechter, along with other Jerusalem-based Masorti (Conservative) rabbis has made…

Okay, so while I am a fan of Seinfeld and I thought the Festivus idea (the December 23 holiday for the “rest of us”) was funny, it seems that this whole “Chrismukkah” thing is getting out of hand. This new-age creation that intertwines Christmas and Hanukkah began a couple of years ago with an episode…

Here’s my recent post to the Shma website about Conservative Judiasm on the college campus. My view is strongly based on what I have seen at the University of Michigan campus. I know that at other schools the culture is different but I think I am addressing a common problem that the Conservative Movement faces….

My personal website, JasonAMiller.com (www.jasonamiller.com), received its 10,000th unique hit today. I first launched my personal site in 1996, but didn’t start counting hits until 1998 or 1999. The counter can be seen right under the Google search bar. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller

From the Detroit Jewish News (December 31, 2004) By Robert Sklar “Editor’s Notebook” Champion of Jewish Studies “One of my proudest activities has been to help the MSU Jewish Studies program become firmly established in our curriculum both intellectually and fiscally,” [Michigan State University President M. Peter] McPherson said, causing a swell of approval to…

Condolences to the Birnholtz family on Kenny’s death. Kenny was one of my USYers and High School students at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Michigan. He was a USY chapter board member and a participant in Nativ (USY’s Year-In-Israel program) during his freshman year of college (1998-99) before attending the University of Michigan. He was a…