“If I were to mention using a man made tool to extract liquid from the Earth, what current news item would you immediately think of?” A Dvar on this week’s surprisingly relevant parsha by Rabbi Da-vid Rosenthal.
Just because the song says “Wherever you go there’s always someone Jewish,” doesn’t mean there are Jewish things to do. Join me to dream of your next Jewish vacation in Israel, Morocco, Venice and Mpls/St. Paul.
Is there value in keeping Jewish cemeteries for only those Jewish according to Jewish law? And if the cemeteries, why not the synagogues, and the Hebrew Schools? Of what value is the separation?
Put two Jews in a room, you will get three opinions. This held true at a meeting at Bnai Emet. They can no longer afford to stay in the building they own.
Denial is common, denying genocide is not. A Minnesota lawyer is in a Rwandan prison for denying genocide. How do we as Jews respond?
Israel’s in the news again. Oy! Have all your friends been asking “your opinion” about the Gaza Flotilla crisis because you’re Jewish? How did you respond?
During an informal brainstorming session I asked, why not document the stories of Soviet Jews in Minnesota? A year later we have 25 hours of raw video footage and a 60-minute documentary premiering on June 8th.
Do American’s celebrate Memorial Day wrong? Compared to Israel we do. Instead of honoring those who have fallen in service for our country we BBQ.
You were a kippah at shul. You put a mezuzah on your doorposts, but are you “out” as a Jew at work? When is it okay to be Jewish at work? And how?
Covered in sweat and with feet that kill, I am here to declare my first Jewish wedding a success.