Even though Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) has passed, I want to suggest a great slideshow in honor of Israel’s 58th anniversary as a modern nation.
The slideshow can be accessed here.
Thanksgiving has always struck me as a secular holiday that doesn’t really affect us at Jews in any negative way. That is until I saw this… From the Lincoln Square Synagogue Website: Eruv Alert: Thanksgiving Weekend, November 25, there is a distinct possibility that the Mid-Manhattan Eruv may be down, due to the necessity of…
This is a very well written teshuva (Jewish legal responsum) on homosexual relationships by Rabbi Simchah Roth (Conservative), who lives in Israel. Regardless of one’s personal opinion on the matter, it is valuable to investigate the core issues that Rabbi Roth raises. Dear David is available online. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter:…
The Jewish weekly newspaper The Forward ran an article in today’s paper about ESPN‘s Chris Berman being the guest speaker at a Houston Jewish Federation event called “Men’s Night Out.” This paragraph is a good example of why the Jewish paper doesn’t cover sports very often: When the time came for Berman to leave his…
From the Forward By Jennifer SiegelMay 6, 2005 Michelle Missaghieh is a rabbi. And she plays one on TV. On May 15, viewers of ABC’s hit medical dramedy “Grey’s Anatomy” will be introduced to Missaghieh on an episode titled “Save Me,” in which a newly Orthodox 17-year-old girl struggles with her faith when faced with…
Here’s an e-mail I got from Dr. Alex Sinclair, my good friend and JTS professor at the Davidson School. I am shocked that this blog is only the second listing that comes up with that Google search. Jas Imagine if you were unsure what to do about your freezer’s icemaker for Pesach (you found that…
It’s been over a week since Elissa and I returned from our vacation in Las Vegas, but I still haven’t posted any photos or blogged about the experience. I’ll try and do that tomorrow. In the meantime, while we saw four great “Vegas shows,” one of the highlights of the vacation was seeing Rusted Root…