Just as water leaves a high place and flows to a low one, so the Torah leaves one whose spirit is proud and cleaves to one whose spirit is lowly.
(Shir Hashirim Rabbah)
This was the scene at the Ann Arbor JCC on Sunday as about ten anti-Zionist protesters held signs and screemed at children during the “Celebrate Israel” event. Only in Ann Arbor! Their chant of “Hey Zionist, how many kids did you kill today?” actually changed to “Hey JCC, how many kids did you kill today?”…
From the Scotsman Rabbi Rules on Sticky Problem Your chewing gum has just lost its flavour, but there is no rubbish bin in sight. What do you do? According to Jewish law, get ready to swallow it. A prominent Israeli rabbi has ruled that spitting gum on a pavement or hiding it under a desk…
Think TV is a wasteland? Here are two reality shows that are hip and healing By Rabbi Marc GellmanFrom Newsweek Feb. 16 – After seeing a television picture for the first time some 60 years ago, the writer E.B. White said, “This will either be a grave disturbance or a saving radiant light.” In retrospect,…
Oy Vey! Traffic Sign Goes up in Brooklyn From Yahoo! News: “Leaving Brooklyn? ‘Oy vey!’” That’s what motorists now see as they cross the Williamburg Bridge into Manhattan. The huge sign, affixed to a cross beam of the bridge high above the bustling traffic, is a sweet victory for Marty Markowitz, president of the borough,…
Lobenthal offers insight on prejudice” By Tom SzczesnyMichigan DailyFebruary 23, 2005 “Traveling home from Ku Klux Klan rallies in cars loaded with dynamite, standing in churches as they were firebombed and waiting for a sheriff to arrive at his burning house to save him from gun-toting KKK members has provided former director of the Michigan…
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