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A very expensive yarmulke!
Brett Gurewitz, the guitarist from punk rock band “Bad Religion” is selling his bar mitzvah yarmulke on eBay. The kippah has the inscription on the inside:“Bar Mitzvah of Brett Gurewitz | May 24, 1975” I wonder if anyone would be interested in a signed copy of my Bar Mitzvah haftorah? (c) Rabbi Jason Miller |…
"A Jewcy Chanukah"
From the New York Times A Happy Hipster HanukkahBy STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM HELLOOOOOOOO Jews!” the M.C. shouted to the 1,000 or so people sipping drinks and jostling elbows in the hazy purple light of Crobar, the Chelsea club, on Sunday evening. Disco balls twinkled. Electric menorahs glowed. In the candlelighted V.I.P. area, people bit into chocolate…
Shalom TV gets some good PR from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Shalom TV made national television news last night–albeit on the comedy channel–when Samantha Bee of “The Daily Show” featured the Jewish-oriented network in her report called “This Week In God.” After playing a Shalom TV clip in which Rabbi Mark S. Golub welcomes viewers to “the first national Jewish television network in America,” Ms. Bee…
Great Rob Corddry Quote
From the Daily Show with Jon Stewart“Modonna is Jewish in the same way that she’s British!” (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Israel now recognizes non-Orthodox conversions to Judaism
Israel’s supreme court has ended the Orthodox monopoly on conversion to Judaism, clearing the way for recognition of conversions performed by reform or conservative rabbis in Israel, army radio reported. The verdict, which was reached by 11 judges, could have far-reaching implications for Israel’s conversion system. Until now, the country’s Orthodox community has had sole…
Everyone is trying to get a glimpse of "Miller Lite" (The Yet to Be Named Baby Miller)
Password is required to view the photos. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller