I personally do not see a problem if an elected official gets sworn into office on a copy of the New Testament, the Tanakh, or a Koran. Dennis Prager
(see photo at left from the 2005 Rabbinical Assembly Convention in Houston) obviously does. He’s taken issue with Congressman Keith Ellison of
Here’s a great ad from the ACLU about what it could be like to order a pizza in the future with a national ID number. Pretty funny… but a bit scary too. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
This is great! Click here from a Chanukkah song. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Picketers have been harassing Shabbat morning services at Ann Arbor’s Beth Israel Congregation every week since last Rosh Hashanah. They carry vile signs such as “Zionism Begets Nazism.” While they are not physically threatening, it is a terrible precedent to have picketers interfering with Jewish religious services (the first known instance since Nazi Germany) or…
From the NY Jewish Week Black Is BlackComedy Central star left behind fleeting thoughts of the rabbinate to become a spirited performer. By Curt Schleier Lewis Black as a child wanted to become a rabbi. Yes, that Lewis Black. The acerbic, fed-up-with-all-forms-of-stupidity, fingers-flailing-in-the-air comedian wanted to be a spiritual leader He soon realized, however, that…
I jumped at the opportunity as soon as I received the press release from Jackie Headapohl, the editor at The Detroit Jewish News, asking me if I’d like to interview Dr. Michael Gray, the well-known plastic surgeon here in Michigan. The press release described a new social network called Pegged that Dr. Gray had created. It sounded…
“VH1 ALL ACCESS: SO JEWTASTIC” PREMIERES DECEMBER 19 at 9 PM In an age when Madonna demands to be called “Esther,” Jon Stewart is a sex symbol and seemingly everyone speaks a little Yiddish, it’s never been hipper to be a Jew. VH1’s “All Access Presents: So Jewtastic” celebrates everything you knew- and lots of…