Together with my family, I wish all our friends and family a Chag Pesach Sameach! I haven’t posted on this blog very often lately because I’ve been so busy looking for a full-time congregational job for after graduation and working on my Masters Thesis for the Davidson School of Education at the JTS. Hopefully things…
Dr. Ruth Westheimer was the guest lecturer in my Senior Colloquium for Rabbinical and Cantorial students this morning at The Jewish Theological Seminary. (Her daughter, Dr. Miriam Westheimer, is my professor in the Davidson School of Jewish Education at the Seminary for a course in Teacher Supervision.) As always, she was passionate about the topic…
A Tribute to Ismar 2004 marks Dr. Ismar Schorsch’s eighteenth year as Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary. This landmark anniversary will be recognized at a major, celebratory event, A Tribute to Ismar. Dr. Schorsch is the sixth chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary and is the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish History. Under…
There is a Hebrew saying: ma’aseh avot siman l’banim — the actions of the father is a sign for the children. Otherwise stated as “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Here is Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom on Mel Gibson and his father’s anti-Semitic views: “The son must refute father’s hateful rants”…
Congrats to JARC Executive Director Joyce Keller on her 25th anniversary with JARC — a premier service provider for people with developmental disabilities. At the event celebrating this milestone, guests made hats to wear and take home, in keeping with the theme of the evening, Hats Off to Joyce. The party was the kick-off event…
More Kids on Cusp of 13 Get Faux Post-Rite Parties; Picking Hawaiian Theme By ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL After going to a dozen bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs last year, Laura Jean Stargardt told her parents she wanted one of her own. She said she found the singing inspiring and…
Josh is definitely the name of winners! This is Josh, the second Newfoundland ever to win “best in show” at Westminster. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
In search of Janet, I get full exposure BY MITCH ALBOM, DETROIT FREE PRESS COLUMNIST February 4, 2004 With all the fuss over Janet Jackson’s exposed breast during halftime of the Super Bowl, I figured I’d better get a second look. But it wasn’t easy. First I went to my TV, where I had taped…
So many people are citing this year’s Super Bowl as the proof of a complete absence of dignity and moral behavior in our society. Whether that’s correct or not, the New Jersey Jewish News Editor Andrew Silow-Carroll makes a great argument. Mauled in America (by Andrew Silow-Carroll, New Jersey Jewish News) It’s Super Bowl Sunday,…
I personally received assistance from Egon Mayer and his work in preparation for an Interfaith Family Forum at my congregation in Virginia. He certainly died before his time, but his research and efforts at outreach will remain forever as his legacy. The Jewish community will miss him sorely. Egon Mayer Reached Out to Interfaith Couples…