Dr. Ruth Westheimer was the guest lecturer in my Senior Colloquium for Rabbinical and Cantorial students this morning at The Jewish Theological Seminary. (Her daughter, Dr. Miriam Westheimer, is my professor in the Davidson School of Jewish Education at the Seminary for a course in Teacher Supervision.) As always, she was passionate about the topic…
When I took my son Josh to his first Detroit Pistons basketball game at the Palace of Auburn Hills back in December 2005 everyone soon knew about it. It was Christmas Day, but the Detroit Jewish Federation arranged for a special Hanukkah celebration on the court following the game since it was also Erev Hanukkah….
From the Miami Herald Conservative Jews fleeing to other movements RACHEL ZOLLAssociated Press The branch of American Judaism that occupies the middle ground between those who buck tradition and those who fully embrace it have been confronting the dwindling appeal of their movement in a meeting this week in Houston. Members of the Conservative Rabbinical…
I realize this video was first mentioned on the Web by bloggers way back in January 2005, but this could very well be the funniest Israeli commercial I’ve seen. Truth is, I don’t remember any other Israeli commercials. This is a McDonalds commercial for the new McSchwarma. If you haven’t seen “Pulp Fiction” (one of…
The new OyBaby 2 DVD features a cameo appearances by my (almost) 2-year-old son Joshua as the credits roll at the end of the video. There will be a print ad that will be appearing next month in Hadassah Magazine. The “credits kids” make up the border of the ad, which features the headline: 10,000…
Students Mobilize to Defeat Anti-Israel Resolution at University of Michigan On March 15th, the University of Michigan Student Assembly soundly voted down (25-11) a proposal to create a committee to investigate the university’s investments in companies doing business with Israel. Kudos go to Alana Kuhn and Jessie Risch, co-chairs of the American Movement for Israel,…