The lighting of the White House menorah and an a capella concert by Kol Zimra at the White House. Click here for the video.
Jewish Actress Helps Expand Trauma Unit For Jerusalem Hospital Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital received a $50 million donation last week from one of the people born there – famed Jewish actress Natalie Portman. Portman’s donation is earmarked for an improved and expanded emergency trauma center being funded by the Hadassah Women’s Zionist movement. The expansion will…
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…
From the NY Jewish Week Toward A Passionate Conservative JudaismBy Rabbi David Lerner In case you’ve missed the newsflashes, the Conservative movement is in trouble. The National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001 has sounded the alarm of the impending demise of what once was the largest religious movement in American Judaism. These days it is in…
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…
I have never visited craigslist.org. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a craigslist success story. My wife found our absolutely wonderful nanny on craigslist. The famous Craig from craigslist happens to be a former Detroiter and Conservative Jew. He also went to Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey, which is where my oldest…
A spiritually inclined student is a happier student Study finds link between faith and mental health by Sarah Hofius USA Today October 27, 2004 College students who participate in religious activities are more likely to have better emotional and mental health than students with no religious involvement, according to a national study of students at…