Well, it’s been close to a month since my last post. I’ve been extremely busy with Hillel and several other commitments including teaching the History of Judaism at MSU and SYNergy at Adat Shalom (where I’ve also created their new website). I have also been consulting Congregation Beit Kodesh in Livonia, Michigan as their Rabbinic…
Today is Ukraine Independence Day (and my mother’s birthday) and yesterday was Kharkov Victory Day, so it’s a wonderful time to be here in Kharkov. Our group is currently at the Kharkov Hillel office and the students and staff are great. Here is the press release about our mission: AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE SENDING…
Check out Adat Shalom Synogogue’s new website (Some areas are still under construction). (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
I just landed in Amsterdam (on my way to Ukraine with 15 University of Michigan students) and it’s very rainy. The architecture is beautiful and the people seem very nice. I’ll be leaving for Kiev in a few hours to spend the day there and then it is off to Kharkov to meet the 15…
Mazel tov to Jenny Cohn and Brian Schwartz. I officiated at their beautiful wedding last night and then it was off to Elissa’s cousin Hillary Sussman’s Bat Mitzvah party. The party was so much fun and seeing Josh dance with the “big kids” was a treat for the whole family. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller |…
From my friend Jeremy Fogel’s blog Just Stam: Think you know your colors? Some cool illusions that demonstrate that color is really relative. What do you think? From Google Blogoscoped (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
In what may have been a baseball first, the Boston Red Sox had no fewer than three Jewish players on the field at once in their August 8 victory over the Texas Rangers. At the top of the game’s ninth inning, Gabe Kapler was in left field, Adam Stern in right and Kevin Youkilis at…
This past Sunday I attended a funeral and a Bat Mitzvah celebration. Sounds like nothing new or different for a rabbi. But I was able to “be at” these two life-cycle events without ever leaving the comfort of my home… or the comfort of my couch for that matter. The Funeral I didn’t start watching…
From the Associated Press The bloodstained bandage that wrapped Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s head after he was injured in fighting during the 1973 Middle East War has been offered for sale on e-Bay with the bidding starting at US$10,000. Sharon, a top general on the Egyptian front during the war was wounded when his armored…
It’s been over a week since Elissa and I returned from our vacation in Las Vegas, but I still haven’t posted any photos or blogged about the experience. I’ll try and do that tomorrow. In the meantime, while we saw four great “Vegas shows,” one of the highlights of the vacation was seeing Rusted Root…