From JTA.org Large Conservative synagogue namesfemale rabbi in ‘groundbreaking’ move By Chanan Tigay NEW YORK, March 10 (JTA) — Twenty years after the Conservative movement began ordaining women as rabbis, a large New Jersey congregation has chosen a woman to fill its top rabbinic post, a development movement leaders are hailing as “groundbreaking.”The board of…
From the Miami Herald Conservative Jews fleeing to other movements RACHEL ZOLLAssociated Press The branch of American Judaism that occupies the middle ground between those who buck tradition and those who fully embrace it have been confronting the dwindling appeal of their movement in a meeting this week in Houston. Members of the Conservative Rabbinical…
Written from the Rabbinical Assembly convention in Houston Texas Below is an article from JTA. I was literally exhausted after listening to Rabbi Sharon Brous speak in a session yesterday here at the convention about her new endeavor called Ikar. She is a talented, dynamic and super-energetic rabbi who is transforming this new spiritual community…
When I helped coach my little brother Jake’s little league baseball team many many years ago, I knew that Dani Wohl was a good athlete, but I just didn’t realize how good! He’s much older now and has done what very few Jewish kids from West Bloomfield, Michigan get to do in college — start…
Max Fisher, ‘dean’ of Jewish life,dies at 96 as community mourns By Rachel Pomerance NEW YORK, March 8 (JTA) — A defining moment in the life of Max Fisher, the son of immigrants who became a Jewish icon, came in a meeting with former President Eisenhower in 1965. As head of the United Jewish Appeal…
From the Detroit Free Press Dearborn resident faces prison term BY DAVID ASHENFELTERMarch 2, 2005 A 33-year-old Dearborn man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist group. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Mahmoud Youssef Kourani hosted meetings in his home in the 6000 block of Argyle in late 2002 where…
From the NY Times State Offers Details Online to Help Determine if Food Is Truly KosherBy JOSEPH P. FRIED Four and a half years ago, a federal judge declared unconstitutional New York State inspection laws that intended to ensure that kosher-labeled food was kosher. Now the state has begun carrying out a new law that…
Upcoming Events “Two Rabbis, Three Opinions” Thursdays, February 24 through March 17 Reform Rabbi Jennifer T. Kroll (Temple Israel) and Conservative Rabbi Jason Miller (University of Michigan, Hillel)discuss the future of Judaism for our generation. What role will we play in years to come? How are we affected by society, Israel, charity, and other topics…
Lobenthal offers insight on prejudice” By Tom SzczesnyMichigan DailyFebruary 23, 2005 “Traveling home from Ku Klux Klan rallies in cars loaded with dynamite, standing in churches as they were firebombed and waiting for a sheriff to arrive at his burning house to save him from gun-toting KKK members has provided former director of the Michigan…
Think TV is a wasteland? Here are two reality shows that are hip and healing By Rabbi Marc GellmanFrom Newsweek Feb. 16 – After seeing a television picture for the first time some 60 years ago, the writer E.B. White said, “This will either be a grave disturbance or a saving radiant light.” In retrospect,…