I was thrilled to hear about Ghana’s soccer star John Paintsil, who also plays for the Hapoel Tel Aviv team, and how he waved the Israeli flag after scoring a goal during a recent World Cup soccer match. The Forward covered the story in this week’s edition, however, according to a Yahoo! News report earlier…
I was drawn to a recent article that appeared in the St. Louis News about a young rabbi doing Torah on Tap. Of course, Torah on Tap, is nothing new. It started over a decade ago after two priests created “Theology on Tap”. I had much success doing “Torah on Tap” programs at Congregation Agudath…
A cover story was published in the Detroit Jewish News back in September 2005 titled “What’s in a Name” that focused on what rabbis choose to be called. It focused on a good number of rabbis in Michigan who don’t mind being called “Rabbi FirstName” (myself, Rabbi Jason, included). One argument made in the article…
Shalom TV, a new digital cable television network celebrating Jewish culture, has signed a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) carriage agreement with Comcast, the country’s leading provider of cable, entertainment, and communications products and services. Comcast will make Shalom TV available on its southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware cable systems on August 30. “We are thrilled to…
I will be lecturing this afternoon to health care professionals at the University of Michigan Hospital on the efficacy of prayer for those in need of healing. This is an especially relevant topic following the Chicago Tribune’s March 31st article explaining that researchers from Harvard Medical School and five other U.S. medical centers found “that…
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Stephanie Lowenthal, birthright israel’s 100,000th participant, arrived on Sunday afternoon in Israel. I’m not sure how they made her the 100,000th, but it is certainly a fine choise. She is a 26-year-old New Yorker who works for the communications department of the NASDAQ Stock Market, and they will no doubt capitalize off her publicity and…
I realize this video was first mentioned on the Web by bloggers way back in January 2005, but this could very well be the funniest Israeli commercial I’ve seen. Truth is, I don’t remember any other Israeli commercials. This is a McDonalds commercial for the new McSchwarma. If you haven’t seen “Pulp Fiction” (one of…
I’m extremely disappointed in Orthodox rabbi Shlomo Riskin who has backed out of his planned speaking engagement at a conference planned by the Conservative movement’s Machon Schechter in Jerusalem on a very important topic. Rabbi David Golinkin, a Conservative rabbi and the head of Machon Schechter, along with other Jerusalem-based Masorti (Conservative) rabbis has made…
When I took my son Josh to his first Detroit Pistons basketball game at the Palace of Auburn Hills back in December 2005 everyone soon knew about it. It was Christmas Day, but the Detroit Jewish Federation arranged for a special Hanukkah celebration on the court following the game since it was also Erev Hanukkah….