People say that Joe Lieberman didn’t win the Connecticut primary because of his support of the Iraq War and his George W. Bush kiss, but maybe it was because Connecticut voters didn’t want to “legislate sin” by electing a non-Christian to the senate. I think Katherine Harris should use the slogan “If you’re not with…
From the NY TimesA Power Hitter. And a Source of Jewish Pride. By ANDY NEWMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Not that there’s any pressure on Shawn Green to succeed in New York, but when Mr. Green — power-hitting right fielder, two-time All-Star, Jew — took the field in a Mets uniform for the first time…
Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary to President George W. Bush and a member of the RJC Board of Directors, wrote in protest to former President Jimmy Carter, who accused Israel of launching an “unjustified attack on Lebanon.” In an interview in Der Spiegel, Carter said Israel lacked “any legal or moral justification for…
Rabbi David Weiss Halivni left the faculty of Jewish Theological Seminary in 1983 over the decision to ordain women as rabbis in the Conservative Movement. For serveral years, he has served as the rabbi of a small congregation on Manhattan’s Upper West Side that was named after the former chancellor of JTS, Louis Finkelstein, who…
Here is a very well done video by Aish.com detailing the recent Photoshopped images and other rediculous altered photos from the media (especially Reuters) concerning the war against Hizbullah. Reuters has actually withdrawn one photograph of a Beirut after Air Force attack after US blogs pointed out blatant evidence of manipulation. Reuters’ head of PR…
Kol Hakavod to my colleague Rabbi David Wolpe of Temple Sinai in LA for his 2-day solidarity mission to Israel in which he brought with him a significant amount of donated funds for Friends of the IDF. From the Jerusalem Post (by Adina Greene) Emotions ran high at Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel on Wednesday night…
Here is Israel’s version of “We Are the World” called Hazak (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
There are many things that we in the Diaspora can do for our Israeli brothers and sisters during this war with Lebanon: Send pizzas to Tzahal (IDF) Send hugs & chocolate bars to Tzahal (IDF) Send money to Friends of the IDF (emergency campaign already at $3.5m) And Israelis can do something to: Produce a…
Not having blogged in over a month marks my longest dry spell since starting this blog in October 2003. Much has happened in the month since I last blogged including moving to Columbus, Ohio and starting my new position as rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim. So, nu? Why did I decide to start blogging again…
A lot of summer camps begin today so I thought it would be nice to blog about Jewish summer camps. There is a great radio program available for download here from the University of Michigan Frankel Center‘s website. My friend Jonah Geller, executive director of Tamarack Camps and the Fresh Air Society, is featured on…