Britney Spears’ new Kabbalah-inspired Hebrew tattoo actually has the letters reversed, making it meaningless.
It’s proof once again of how hard it is to find a tattoo artist who graduated from a decent Hebrew School.
From the Forward (forward.com) Oprah Touches a Sore SpotBy Mark Levenstein Oprah Winfrey is better known for promoting empathy than creating controversy. But the queen of television talk is angering both Jews and Arabs with her recent examination of life for women in the Middle East. Some pro-Israel advocates are upset over a profile of…
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…
Catastrophology Our lives are formed by what we choose to believe—even about natural disasters By Marc Gellman Newsweek Jan. 8, 2005 Jan. 8 – The really big questions about life here on planet earth don’t normally flood into our lives the way they have after the Asian tsunami. Mostly we insulate and protect ourselves with…
This only proves what I once said at the Detroit Institute of Arts: “A Four-Year-Old could have painted that!” NEW YORK TIMES A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl By MICHELLE YORK BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The hottest new abstract artist in town has reason to celebrate. This summer, she went from selling her…
DAVID CRUMM: Spiritual quest starts in metro Detroit BY DAVID CRUMM FREE PRESS COLUMNIST December 10, 2004 For years, I’ve heard Jewish parents talk about the Christmas envy their kids can feel at this time of year, but I’d never heard of Hanukkah envy until recently. My son Benjamin, 15, and I were untangling strands…
A blog has now surfaced to give people the chance to discuss the future of the Jewish Theological Seminary and specifically the search for a new chancellor. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller