Congrats to JARC Executive Director Joyce Keller on her 25th anniversary with JARC — a premier service provider for people with developmental disabilities. At the event celebrating this milestone, guests made hats to wear and take home, in keeping with the theme of the evening, Hats Off to Joyce. The party was the kick-off event…
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…
It’s always fun to see the results when one Googles one’s own name. Here’s what I recently found when doing a Google search for “Rabbi Jason Miller”: 1) I was named in a recent (October 2006) New Jersey Jewish News article about the Gladstein Fellowship program at the Jewish Theological Seminary, now called the Emerging…
From Haaretz.com Pistons want Burstein at NBA summer leagueBy Yoav Borowitz NBA champion Detroit Pistons is planning to invite Maccabi Tel Aviv guard Tal Burstein to the summer league. “I have known Tal for several years and I was very impressed by him at the European Championship in Serbia,” Detroit’s chief international scout, Tony Ronzone,…
This is an article about my classmate, colleague and friend Rabbi Susie Tendler. Susie is now the Assistant Rabbi at Beth David in Greensboro, NC. By Nancy H. McLaughlin Staff Writer News & Record GREENSBORO — The yarmulke question came up the second day of Rosh Hashana, when Rabbi Susie Tendler, newly arrived at Beth…
A Tribute to Ismar 2004 marks Dr. Ismar Schorsch’s eighteenth year as Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary. This landmark anniversary will be recognized at a major, celebratory event, A Tribute to Ismar. Dr. Schorsch is the sixth chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary and is the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish History. Under…