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…
This only proves what I once said at the Detroit Institute of Arts: “A Four-Year-Old could have painted that!” NEW YORK TIMES A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl By MICHELLE YORK BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The hottest new abstract artist in town has reason to celebrate. This summer, she went from selling her…
This is an article about my classmate, colleague and friend Rabbi Susie Tendler. Susie is now the Assistant Rabbi at Beth David in Greensboro, NC. By Nancy H. McLaughlin Staff Writer News & Record GREENSBORO — The yarmulke question came up the second day of Rosh Hashana, when Rabbi Susie Tendler, newly arrived at Beth…
From the LA Times Madonna and the Kabbalah Cult By Yossi Klein Halevi JERUSALEM — Madonna’s visit to Israel last week, as part of a High Holidays pilgrimage organized by the Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Centre, was greeted here with an enthusiasm deeper than mere excitement at the presence of a pop superstar. Israelis were understandably…
Torah from Terror: Sermons from September 11, 2001 By MARK MIETKIEWICZ Cleveland Jewish News The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have inspired of High Holiday sermons, now preserved on www.torahfromterror.com. In 2001, September 11 occurred less than one week before Rosh Hashana (as it does again this year.) Rabbis dispensed with the…
University of Michigan Daily By Victoria Edwards September 23, 2004 Clad in T-shirts proclaiming “Jews for Jesus,” members of the seemingly paradoxical organization have made themselves a presence on the Diag — prompting criticism from mainstream Jewish groups. The group, from San Francisco, says it is nearing the end of a three-week evangelical outreach on…
Picketers have been harassing Shabbat morning services at Ann Arbor’s Beth Israel Congregation every week since last Rosh Hashanah. They carry vile signs such as “Zionism Begets Nazism.” While they are not physically threatening, it is a terrible precedent to have picketers interfering with Jewish religious services (the first known instance since Nazi Germany) or…
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…] (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Our Family message for 5765 A cute animation for the New Year (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
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…