Israeli mezuzot were placed on the four doors of the gymnasium. Rabbi Jason Miller, assistant director University of Michigan Hillel, made the first basket on the new basketball court. [more…]
I certainly didn’t think that my (almost) 2-year-old son was in any danger when I let him sit on the lap of seven-time world champion boxer Tommy “The Hitman” Hearns last week at the Detroit Pistons basketball game at the Palace of Auburn Hills. But I was certainly shocked and upset to read today that…
When I helped coach my little brother Jake’s little league baseball team many many years ago, I knew that Dani Wohl was a good athlete, but I just didn’t realize how good! He’s much older now and has done what very few Jewish kids from West Bloomfield, Michigan get to do in college — start…
When I met Israeli politician Avi Dichter at an AIPAC event in Michigan a year ago I knew he looked like an actor, but I couldn’t tell if he bore a closer resemblance to Mel Brooks or Richard Dreyfuss. I’m sure the sad story of disgraced football coach Jerry Sandusky will be made into a…
Max Fisher, ‘dean’ of Jewish life,dies at 96 as community mourns By Rachel Pomerance NEW YORK, March 8 (JTA) — A defining moment in the life of Max Fisher, the son of immigrants who became a Jewish icon, came in a meeting with former President Eisenhower in 1965. As head of the United Jewish Appeal…
“I can’t imagine someone like Saddam Hussein understanding the meaning of Hanukkah.”-President George W. Bush (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
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…