12 people turn into 13 people!
Count the people, wait until they shift, and then count them again.
Hmmm… I wonder if this trick would work when we only have 9 for a minyan?
New Rabbi Saturday, October 2, 2004 Who: Jason A. Miller Where: Mandell L. Berman Center for University of Michigan Hillel Started: Aug. 1, 2004 Age: 28 Residence: Ann Arbor Education: Bachelor of Arts in international relations, James Madison College at Michigan State University (1998); Master of Arts in education, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City…
Shalom TV, a new digital cable television network celebrating Jewish culture, has signed a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) carriage agreement with Comcast, the country’s leading provider of cable, entertainment, and communications products and services. Comcast will make Shalom TV available on its southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware cable systems on August 30. “We are thrilled to…
Everyone’s been talking about the American Comedy Network’s “Matzo Man” – the dancing matzahs parody on the Village People’s “Macho Man” song. But I found the 60-second seder to be a great animation for Passover as well. It’s done by the Ramat Hasharon (Israel) web design studio Z-Kit and it’s just what my relatives have…
Torah from Terror By Mark MietkiewiczIn 2001, September 11 occurred less than one week before Rosh Hashanah (as it does again this year.) Rabbis dispensed with the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur sermons they had prepared and wrote new ones to help their congregations grapple with the horrors they had just witnessed. Theirs were words…
I personally received assistance from Egon Mayer and his work in preparation for an Interfaith Family Forum at my congregation in Virginia. He certainly died before his time, but his research and efforts at outreach will remain forever as his legacy. The Jewish community will miss him sorely. Egon Mayer Reached Out to Interfaith Couples…
I’m blogging from one of the most beautiful places on earth — Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. I’ve been watching the Pistons-Cavaliers battle it out in the 7th game of their playoff series. The game is being broadcast here en Espanol on a tape delay (NBA en CDN) and the third quarter just ended….