Ah, memories of 1984

On the same day this blog reached its 33,000th unique visit, my website (RabbiJason.com) marked its 15,000th unique visitor. My goal is to reach 50,000 visits to this blog in 2007. Of course, I will have to post more often than I have been — call it a new year’s resolution. This morning we had…

Breaking News Ariel Sharon reportedly weighs 312 pounds. Ma’ariv published the statistic Thursday following speculation over whether the portly Israeli prime minister was dangerously heavy. Sharon was briefly hospitalized for a stroke earlier this week, drawing dieting advice from the likes of President Bush. Ma’ariv quoted Sharon’s doctors as saying he should shed 145 pounds….

Rules of the Sukkah (with numbered footnotes) © Rabbi Arthur E. Gould, Sukkot 1999 – 2001. Used by permission. You can build it very small (1)You can build it very tall (2)You can build it very large (3)You can build it on a bargeYou can build it on a ship (4)Or on a roof but…

While I suspected this from a personal e-mail I received from Rabbi David Wolpe a few days after his speech at the Seminary and then heard through rumors, it is now official that Rabbi Wolpe will not be considered for the Chancellor position at the Jewish Theological Seminary by his own choice.Based on what I…

From the New York Times A Happy Hipster HanukkahBy STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM HELLOOOOOOOO Jews!” the M.C. shouted to the 1,000 or so people sipping drinks and jostling elbows in the hazy purple light of Crobar, the Chelsea club, on Sunday evening. Disco balls twinkled. Electric menorahs glowed. In the candlelighted V.I.P. area, people bit into chocolate…

Kol Hakavod to my colleague Rabbi David Wolpe of Temple Sinai in LA for his 2-day solidarity mission to Israel in which he brought with him a significant amount of donated funds for Friends of the IDF. From the Jerusalem Post (by Adina Greene) Emotions ran high at Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel on Wednesday night…