From the Bush League

I just finished reading Sam Apple’s Schlepping Through the Alps after not being able to put it down for the last 150 pages. It is both a moving tale of Sam’s search for Judaism (and anti-Semitism) in post-Holocaust Austria with the help of the country’s last shepherd (a “wandering Jew” no less!) and a very…

Jewsweek called it back in July when they put Jon Stewart on their list of the hottest people and things in Judaism. And I’ve known for years now that Jon Stewart is the funniest talking head on late night TV. So, now the rest of the world has caught up and Newsweek has him gracing…

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…

Even the gorillas in Israel keep kosher for Passover! At least the ones at the Safari Park Zoo in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, do. Since observant handlers cannot touch any leavened products during the weeklong Passover holiday (which will begin on Saturday), zookeepers have begun cleaning the premises of bread-related products and since Tuesday,…

By Associated Press January 6, 2004, 8:44 PM ESTsize> DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal spending was the topic and Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich came prepared with a pie chart to argue his point about a bloated Pentagon budget. But although many listened to Tuesday’s presidential debate, few could see the Ohio congressman’s prop. The…

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…