More Antisemitism

I just shared with you information about the antisemitic church sermon on Sunday.  I opened my daily email from the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) and I read that an American tourist in Belgium was refused service in a restaurant for being Jewish.  He was reportedly told, “We’re not serving Jews here, get out.” [Read more [...]

Church Sponsored AntiSemitism - “Almost a Pogrom”

This Sunday in Krakow (also spelled Cracow) Poland, a Bishop preached a sermon against “the kikes.”  n case you are unaware, kike is a horrible antisemitic slur akin (but not the same as) the n-word.  I find it quite disturbing that the church a significant figure in a church (edited on 2/17 after reading comments [...]

Back…Happy New Year…G’mar Tov…..Hag Sukkot Smeach

I’m back.  Wishing you and yours a belated Happy 5768, wishing that you and yours be sealed in the Book of Life and a Happy Sukkot.
I can’t believe how long it has been since I posted.  I have been working working, working and working some more.  The only days I haven’t spent working (on the [...]

Shameful and ?antisemitic? behavior by the VA against a Jewish Navy veteran

While researching a memorial day sermon, I came across a blog post by the NJDC Blog, titled “A disturbing report of mistreatment toward Jewish veterans.” (The blog referenced an article in the JTA.)
The JTA reports,
A Jewish Navy veteran accused a Veterans Administration hospital of denying him kosher meals and trying to convert him to Christianity.
The [...]

Citing Shmuley Boteach on the Pope

Greetings and salutations on this secular New Year day.
Today’s Jerusalem Post has an interesting article on some of the recent actions and statements by the Pope.   Boteach speaks of the Pope’s recent “warm greetings” for Ahmadinajab of Iran, the recent Holocaust denier’s conference there and the Pope’s condemnation of the execution of Sadaam Hussein.
See [...]

Shavuah tov

Shavuah tov  - a good week to you and yours.  This week we read parashat Vayishlach, a portion continuing the story of Jacob and his family.  Here are some net resources on the portion:
Read the text in Hebrew, hear it chanted, and see what it looks like in the Torah scroll itself (thanks to World [...]

Shavuah tov

Shavuah tov, a good new week to you. I hope that your Shabbat was a good one.
This week is parashat Lech-lecha, including the Holy One’s famous call to Avram,
Lech lecha mei’artzecha, mee’molad’techa, u’mee’beit avich… Go forth from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s land…and go to a land that I will [...]

Naomichana’s take on the muppets

Yes, the muppets.  Naomichana of Baraita (always an interesting and enjoyable read) looked at the muppet characters in Sesame Street and casted the muppets in Tanach roles.  For example,
“Adam: Aloysius “Snuffy” Snuffleupagus [This is not random: Snuffy does embarrassed better than anyone else in the cast, and he has a large enough body to [...]

Where has all the time gone?

Wow. It is September 16th, nearly September 17th. Where in the world has the time gone? Next Shabbat is Rosh Hashanah. Amazing. I’m not sure what 5767 will bring for Israel, the Jewish people and the world as a whole. I hope and pray it is more peace than war, [...]

Intriguing blog seeking the Jews of Lebanon

A (relatively) new blog is seeking Jews of Lebanon.  Their mission statement begins,
It is the intent of this blog to reestablish a connection between Lebanese of the Jewish faith around the world with their country of Lebanon. The message of coexistence and genuine national unity is not applicable so as long as a fragment from [...]

Hatred in the USA - Gunman Opens Fire in Federation Office

Murder and hatred is still here in America too.  A man walked into the offices of Seattle’s Jewish Federation and openned fire, killing one and severly injuring at least two. What a nightmere. Read the details here.
What a world.
May peace, healing and security spread throughout the world.

Link to another translation of Jewish Bible

Today I found an additional web source for translation of Tanakh, Jewish Bible.  This one is a translation of Torah and N’viim (no Ketuvim [wriitngs] yet) titled The Living Torah and is trasnlated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, published by Moznaim publishers - thanks, Wikipedia! (You can also find a link in the Jewish text links [...]

Source for Jewish Blogs and Jewish Bloggers

JBlog Central is a great way to find Jewish blogs and to list your site. (Of course, going through people's blogrolls also works.)
Thanks, JBlog for listing me.
UPDATE:  JBlog Central, started on June 12, 2006, also lets readers rate your posts. So, go, read and vote! 

Important Article on Judaism & Domestic Violence

My Jewish Learning has web-published an important article by Naomi Graetz on "Domestic Violence in Jewish Law: How Judaism views wifebeating." In her article you can learn some of the basics of Jewish law on this topic as well as how the biblical and rabbinic authorities understood halachah (Jewish law) in each time period [...]

Connecting, Planning, Collaborating and Working Together

I had a fantastic meeting today, acutally, two of them. The first I expected to go well, as it was a networking meeting with a non-rabbinic (non-Jewish, actually) colleague in LocalTown to talk about collaborative programming and community building.  We connected on so many levels, I look forward to continued work together.
This  afternoon I had [...]