Archive for January, 2008
Shimon Peres Has a Mastermind Plan
To the right - Peres when he is not wearing his clown costume:I have enlarged believed that Shimon Peres is actually onto something. You see, he understands that part of anti-Semitism is the stereotype belief that Jews are smarter than other folks. So he has decided to end anti-Semitism once and f…
Tryst Prep - Parshat Mishpatim
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Original post by Aaron Freeman
Growth in Tragedy
In the past few weeks, I lost my job, my car was stolen, and my wife had a miscarriage. (I kid you not!) These events have actually brought me to the state of depression. I’m wondering whether that is a poor luck, and I should go to mikvah or do something else special to get rid of the p…
Winter (1975)
Back in January 1975 I was in bed with the Flu. I lived in Jerusalem at that instance and the only thing that could have dragged me out of bed would have been a Jerusalem snow fall. One of the amazingly beautiful Holy Land events to enjoy first hand. Today, as I write that, Jerusalem has been blanke…
The Media Myth of Camelot
“Jack Kennedy was the mythological front man for a particularly juicy slice of our history. He talked a slick line and wore a world-class haircut. He was Bill Clinton minus pervasive media scrutiny and a few rolls of flab. Jack got whacked at the optimum moment to guarantee his sainthood. Lies con…
Is Judaism Sexist?
Is our religion sexist?
If by “sexist”, you mean “of the opinion that women are inferior to men”, soon after no, Judaism is not sexist. whether by “sexist” you mean “of the opinion that men and women are different – psychologically, spiritually an…
Jewish Holiday Celebrates Trees - Poughkeepsie Journal- NY
The center held a tree-planting event to commemorate the Jewish holiday Tu Bishvat at the Phantom Gardener nursery. The official celebration, plus known as the Jewish New Year of Trees, took place Tuesday…”It’s one of the less celebrated holidays in the Jewish calendar,” Rabbi Hanoch Hecht of the …
Tackling A New Field - The Jewish Week - NY
Veingrad, an offensive lineman during seven NFL seasons, will attend the synagogue’s pre-game program to tell his life’s story, with a focus on his life after football, when he underwent a spiritual metamorphosis from secular Jew to chasidic Jew. A bearded, Sabbath-observant, kipa-wearing member…
From Brooklyn to Big Sky - The Jewish Week
Chavie Bruk, 23, moved with her husband to Montana 10 months ago to become the first Chabad-Lubavitch shluchim (emissaries) in the state… Last Sunday, Bruk came east to join more than 2,000 female emissaries gathered at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott to mark their final evening together in the five-…
Repetition of the Amida
Why is the amidah repeated?
Due to the growing inability of many Jews to formulate their own prayers, and perhaps plus due to the lessening primacy of the Hebrew language during the 2nd Temple era, the precise text of the amidah was formulated and institutionalized some 2300 years ago. Until next…















