Ma’alin b’kodesh v’ain moridin!

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…

In what may have been a baseball first, the Boston Red Sox had no fewer than three Jewish players on the field at once in their August 8 victory over the Texas Rangers. At the top of the game’s ninth inning, Gabe Kapler was in left field, Adam Stern in right and Kevin Youkilis at…

Israel’s supreme court has ended the Orthodox monopoly on conversion to Judaism, clearing the way for recognition of conversions performed by reform or conservative rabbis in Israel, army radio reported. The verdict, which was reached by 11 judges, could have far-reaching implications for Israel’s conversion system. Until now, the country’s Orthodox community has had sole…

The highlights from Anna Quindlen’s Newsweek article this week: “After years of Jewish parents’ sitting through school concerts listening to the words ‘It is the night of our dear savior’s birth,’ maybe oversensitivity was inevitable, since any other kind of sensitivity had been in short supply.” “Christmas is being observed exactly where it ought to…

My teacher Rabbi Ismar Schorsch has announced his retirement from The Jewish Theological Seminary effective at the end of June 2006. While twenty years is quite a length of time for his chancellorship, I am certain he could continue to be Chancellor for years to come. During my six years at the Seminary I watched…

Here is the [Univ. of Michigan] Michigan Daily’s Rosh Hashanah article (please note corrections at bottom of page) By Justin Miller and Leah Guttman, Daily Staff Reporters September 16, 2004 Rosh Hashanah, which begins a 10 day period of repentance known as the Days of Awe and the Jewish New Year, started at sundown yesterday…