The lighting of the White House menorah and an a capella concert by Kol Zimra at the White House. Click here for the video.
Dear Elissa and Jason, A hearty mazal tov on the birth of your twins. With one a little boy and the other a little girl, you are a picture of polarities in balance. I would expect nothing less from a Conservative rabbi. May they both be a source of unending joy for you. Ismar Schorsch…
Here’s the purim spoof I created in honor of the new Hebrew month of Adar. Purim is coming up and in that spirit I parodied a “Breaking News Alert” from the Jewish Telegrapic Agency reporting that Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard University, has accepted the chancellor position at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Apparently,…
Michigan Students Celebrate Israeli Culture at First “Balagan!” Carnival October 11, 2004 By Eve Lieberman The American Movement for Israel, the University of Michigan’s Israel advocacy group, drew thousands of interested students to its first annual “Balagan!” Carnival. The carnival highlighted many aspects of Israeli culture and society that are often overshadowed by regional conflict….
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I must be getting old. I just read that three of my former teachers are retiring from teaching at Hillel Day School. One of these teachers is Noami Reiter, who didn’t teach me at Hillel Day School but was my preschool teacher at Adat Shalom Synagogue Nursery School. I also just read an article saying…
Here’s a great trivia question: Who was the #2 pick in the NBA draft right after the Cleveland Cavaliers got superstar LeBron James?Yep, it was Darko Milicic. There is a vast sea of statistical difference between these two players. Darko has averaged less than two points a game during his disappointing NBA career while LeBron,…