The lighting of the White House menorah and an a capella concert by Kol Zimra at the White House. Click here for the video.
Mazel Tov to Bill Davidson, Tom Wilson, Joe Dumars, Coach Larry Brown, and the entire Pistons Basketball team for a most impressive NBA Championship win over the Los Angeles Lakers in five games! (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
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…
A Danish paper publishes a cartoon that mocks Muslims. An Iranian paper responds with a Holocaust cartoons contest. Now a group of Israelis announce their own anti-Semitic cartoons contest! Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, has followed the unfolding of the “Muhammad cartoon-gate” events in amazement, until…
From the New York Times In a Town of ‘Friends,’ an Amen CornerBy JOHN FREEMAN GILL WHEN David Light was a student at Columbia University in the early 1990’s, dating a future rabbi who would later become his wife, the couple watched in fascination as the biggest party animal they knew – a beer-guzzling, skirt-chasing…
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News An international effort targeting Jews and Judaism is coming to metro Detroit and Ann Arbor Sept. 3-24. And no matter how much you try to avoid them, the “Jews for Jesus” will be working hard to make sure you can’t. “The goal is to make…
Upcoming Events “Two Rabbis, Three Opinions” Thursdays, February 24 through March 17 Reform Rabbi Jennifer T. Kroll (Temple Israel) and Conservative Rabbi Jason Miller (University of Michigan, Hillel)discuss the future of Judaism for our generation. What role will we play in years to come? How are we affected by society, Israel, charity, and other topics…