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…
Global access to some of Jewish history’s most outstanding literary treasures is now just a mouse click away through JTS Library Treasures, a new online resource of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary. Prepared with the generous support of George Blumenthal of New York City and the extraordinary photographic skills of Ardon Bar Hama…
For a period of a few weeks, our family enjoyed some very special guests right outside our living room’s bay window. A robin bird, the official state bird of Michigan, laid a nest in our cherry blossom tree in a perfect location for viewing (both from inside and outside). I took photos of the nest…
1) Go to the link below. After reading each window click on the boy in the lower right corner of the picture 2) In the last window type in your answer in the white box using the keyboard http://digicc.com/fido/ (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
This was the scene at the Ann Arbor JCC on Sunday as about ten anti-Zionist protesters held signs and screemed at children during the “Celebrate Israel” event. Only in Ann Arbor! Their chant of “Hey Zionist, how many kids did you kill today?” actually changed to “Hey JCC, how many kids did you kill today?”…
Maybe someone should talk to their marketing department about considering alternative advertising locations. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Bill Davidson, in an exclusive interview with the Detroit Jewish News, reflects on his efforts to bolster Judaism in America through education. Bill CarrollSpecial to the Jewish News When the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) presented Chancellor’s Medals to several honorees in New York this time last year, Jewish businessman-philanthropist Bill Davidson of Bloomfield Hills, one…
In honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, I have uploaded two of my favorite photos. Both of these were taken this past January when I was in Israel leading a birthright israel group from University of Michigan Hillel and Harvard Hillel. Top photo is from Independence Hall in Tel Aviv where Israel’s independence was…
Thanks to Jeremy Fogel (Just-Stam) who sent me these great Google games: Montage-a-Google Guess the Google Enjoy! (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Google Talk – Type three of four words, and Google Talk will finish your thought Funkatizer – Type anything, and it will be translated into a variety of funny dialects Anagrams – Type any name and anagrams will appear Googlism – Type any name and thousands of websites will give their opinion of that name…