This Saturday night begins the sundown to sundown Tisha B’Av fast. It is a longstanding tradition marked by a day of communal mourning and reflection. I wasn’t around 2,000 years ago when my people’s Temple was destroyed and thousands perished. But, I am around today and that is why I will take the time to…
For some reason, whenever the Jewish holiday of Purim rolls around, my brain uncontrollably starts coming up with parodies, satires, spoofs, and just plain silliness. Here’s a collection of the news items circulating in my head. Happy Purim! TOO JEWEY! By Rabbi Jason, the Official Rabbi of the 2010 Olympic GamesSponsored by Toyota: “Toyota… We’re…
To paraphrase an old joke: Are the Ultra Orthodox now going to forbid figure skating because it can lead to mixed dancing? Uriel Heilman writes on the JTA Blog, “It was probably the first time in Olympics history that a kippah was an integral part of an athlete’s uniform. When the Israeli brother-sister ice dancing…