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Larry Ritter: Modern Day Zionist and Israel Supporter
ByRabbi Jason Miller December 10, 2012April 5, 2015

I spent the last week in Israel as part of a solidarity mission sponsored by the Masorti Foundation and the Rabbinical Assembly. The goal of the mission was for Conservative rabbis in North America to learn more about the Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel and to show solidarity with the dozens of Masorti congregations throughout…

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Holidays | Humor | Jewish | Marketing | Passover | Travel

Spirit Airlines Gets Into the Passover Spirit
ByRabbi Jason Miller April 5, 2012April 5, 2015

Like many Jewish people I often get tired of all the marketing geared to a Christian audience. While Christianity is the most common religion in the United States, the Christmas and Easter themed advertising sometimes goes too far. But that doesn’t mean I’m looking for big corporations to draw on Jewish holidays to use in…

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Airplanes | Lulav | Ritual | Sukkot | Travel

TSA Issued Lulav Alert for Sukkot This Year
ByRabbi Jason Miller October 30, 2011

On this blog I’ve written about past incidents on airplanes concerning presumed breaches of airline security when Jewish passengers began to put on tefillin (black leather straps and black boxes known as phylacteries). Like many others I criticized the airlines and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for not educating flight crews that these were necessary parts…

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Antisemitism | Detroit | Jewish | Michigan | Travel

Delta Adopts Saudi Arabian Airlines No Jew Policy
ByRabbi Jason Miller June 23, 2011

For a long time in Michigan, Northwest Airlines had its hub at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. That meant an essential monopoly on domestic flights in and out of Detroit. A few years ago Delta Airlines took over Northwest Airlines and now the vast majority of domestic flights at Detroit Metro are operated by Delta. That fact…

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No iPads in Israel
ByRabbi Jason Miller April 15, 2010

Cross-posted at Jewish Techs If you just bought the new iPad from Apple and your thinking about what a luxury it will be on your eleven-plus hour flight to Israel… think again! You might be able to pass the time on your overseas flight by catching up on movies and TV shows or reading a…

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