Comedian Dan Ahdoot performed tonight at the Michigan Union for Hillel students. Dan was a finalist on Last Comic Standing and he also writes for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers.
From the Emmy-award winning “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” comes this great piece of dialogue: Stephen Colbert: “I’m Steven Colbert and I wish you Jon a most joyous Yom Kippur.” Jon Stewart: “Um Steven, Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement.” Stephen Colbert: “But isn’t that your biggest holiday?” Jon Stewart: “It is…
White House goes kosherFrom the JTA The White House koshered its kitchen ahead of its annual Chanukah reception. Petak Caterers, under the joint supervision of the Bergen County, N.J., rabbinical council and Washington representatives of Chabad, will serve Glatt kosher meat at the dinner Tuesday night. The meeting is taking place early because President Bush…
It may not be the only panacea for the Jewish community, but Jewish summer camping is where it’s at! (see my sermon “Looking to the Summer to Find Our Priorities“) Here is a great article written by JTS Rabbinical Student Dan Ain about Camp Ramah and Jewish summer camping: Summertime And The Learning Is Easy…
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…
Torah from Terror: Sermons from September 11, 2001 By MARK MIETKIEWICZ Cleveland Jewish News The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have inspired of High Holiday sermons, now preserved on www.torahfromterror.com. In 2001, September 11 occurred less than one week before Rosh Hashana (as it does again this year.) Rabbis dispensed with the…
Bill Davidson, in an exclusive interview with the Detroit Jewish News, reflects on his efforts to bolster Judaism in America through education. Bill CarrollSpecial to the Jewish News When the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) presented Chancellor’s Medals to several honorees in New York this time last year, Jewish businessman-philanthropist Bill Davidson of Bloomfield Hills, one…