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My good friends, Alex and Peri Sinclair, created their own version of Eishet Chayyil. The lyrics are below with the sources noted. It is sung at the Shabbat dinner table before making Kiddush. אֵשֶׁת חַיִל size>מאֵת אלכּס ופּארי סנקלר אֵשֶת חַיִל מִי יִמְצָא וְרָחוֹק מִפְּנִינִים מִכְרָהּ בָּטַח בָּהּ לֵב בַּעְלָהּ וְשָׁלָל לֹא יֶחְסָר גְּמָלַתְהוּ טוֹב…
Just viewed “Adaptation” with Nick Cage and Meryl Streep. It is one of the most creative films I’ve seen. I’m not a fan of Nicolas Cage, but his acting is very solid in this. It is brilliantly done. At Amazon.com, you can read the entire first chapter of the book The Orchid Thief: A True…
University of Michigan students pick potatoes for the winter at the collective Jewish farm in Konotop. By Allison Goldstein While most students were bringing their summers to a close, 15 University of Michigan Hillel students were just beginning our adventure. On August 22, along with our rabbi and program director, we departed on a 10-day…
The highlights from Anna Quindlen’s Newsweek article this week: “After years of Jewish parents’ sitting through school concerts listening to the words ‘It is the night of our dear savior’s birth,’ maybe oversensitivity was inevitable, since any other kind of sensitivity had been in short supply.” “Christmas is being observed exactly where it ought to…
Just got back late last night from 5 days in Las Vegas (no gambling, just some much needed relaxation and some great Vegas shows). I read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. What a phenomenal book that I found difficult to put down…
Yes, it’s true. Anything can happen in the playoffs. But when your team has the best record in the NHL and loses quickly in the first round… it’s pretty sad. At least we still have our Detroit Pistons. Should Steve Yzerman hang up his skates for the last time – as he probably will –…