Shmoozing and Shvitzing Officially at U-M

So many people are citing this year’s Super Bowl as the proof of a complete absence of dignity and moral behavior in our society. Whether that’s correct or not, the New Jersey Jewish News Editor Andrew Silow-Carroll makes a great argument. Mauled in America (by Andrew Silow-Carroll, New Jersey Jewish News) It’s Super Bowl Sunday,…

Oy Vey!!! From the AP:JERUSALEM — Ovadia Yosef, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, is being criticized for a televised sermon that called Hurricane Katrina a punishment from God for President Bush’s role in forcing Israelis to leave the Gaza Strip. “It was God’s retribution,” Yosef said. “He (Bush) perpetrated the expulsion. Now everyone…

This is an article about my classmate, colleague and friend Rabbi Susie Tendler. Susie is now the Assistant Rabbi at Beth David in Greensboro, NC. By Nancy H. McLaughlin Staff Writer News & Record GREENSBORO — The yarmulke question came up the second day of Rosh Hashana, when Rabbi Susie Tendler, newly arrived at Beth…

From Being Jewishby Rabbi Jason MillerIt wasn’t the first time I traveled in a car with a Torah, but I’d never actually put one in my own car and driven with it. Awe-inspiring? Powerful? Confusing? It’s an odd experience if you’ve never done it. Maybe it’s akin to giving a ride to a great Torah…

Be Our Guest In this week’s parsha, we learn that on the third day after Abraham had circumcised himself, he hosted three angels who appeared in human form. Recovering from this procedure in the excruciating heat of the midday sun, our patriarch still urged them to receive his hospitality. Not only that, but as soon…

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…