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Frivolous Holocaust Analogies, Update
2008-05-01 04:46:00 On the eve of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) I feel it necessary to keep up the crusade against those who resort to petty, simplistic Holocaust comparisons in an attempt to score cheap shock value points. When Hamas engages in Holocaust exploitation, such as their recent claim that the Shoah was a Zionist engineered conspiracy ... More About: Philosophy , Israel , Update , Analogies
What Are Our Priorities In Jewish Education?
2008-04-30 22:41:00 Last night my 4th graders did an exercise where they came up with - and voted on - a list of things they would add to their “Tenaim” (traditional betrothal contract) if they were getting married or if their children were getting married. The top 3 conditions were: The other party cannot be a drug ... More About: Education , Jewish , Lists
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 1
2008-04-30 09:10:00 Ask any Jewish Chicago Cubs fan if he finds a connection between his faithfulness to the Cubs and his Judaism. If the answer is not “yes,” then you’ve asked someone deficient in caring about the Cubs or his religion. The Cubs are celebrating 100 years since their last World Championship. This makes ... More About: Religion , Sports , Part
On The Brink, And Just Barely Being Held Back?.And By What?
2008-04-29 05:38:00 The first sociological experiment was done by a French Jew named Emile Durkheim. Durkheim wanted to prove that the one thing that everyone was SURE was psychological was in fact social, specifically suicide. Durkheim was SURE that it was in fact caused primarily by social surroundings and situations. In 1897 he published his study “la ... More About: Philosophy , Jewish , Back , Barely , Held
A Mother?s Rant
2008-04-29 03:01:00 I would like an awards dinner in my honor this year. I have changed upwards of 3000 diapers, made more than 200 lunches, driven over 400 carpools, kissed and bandaged countless owies and boo-boos, washed sinkload after sinkload of dishes, folded basket after basket of laundry, read the same “Dora the Explorer” book ... More About: Humor , Parenting , Jewish , Rant , Mother
Mistakes and Second Chances
2008-04-28 17:11:00 I would like to share a story with you. A few years ago, I worked with a job seeker who made a serious error in judgment. He had worked successfully in the financial markets until trying to manipulate the market using illegal tactics. As a result, he was banned permanently from his profession and was ... More About: Philosophy , Business , Jewish , Community , Jobs
It?s Official: Israel Bombed Syrian Nuclear Reactor
2008-04-25 00:20:00 US officials just confirmed what has already been widely reported since it happened in September: that Israel bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor which was being built with help from North Korea. The event was shrouded in secrecy until now, but the US Congress has been pressuring the Bush administration to publicly brief them (and the ... More About: News , Nuclear , Reactor , Official
Shutdown Day - ?Could You Survive Without Your Computer for One Day??
2008-04-24 19:16:00 WebWorkerDaily wrote a post today, “Could You Survive Without Your Computer for One Day?” asking if it would be possible to live one day unplugged from society. As Shutdown Day approaches (May 3rd, 2008), more and more blogs will be talking about shutting down. As someone who practices this “experiment” every week, as ... More About: Business , Web 2
The Chosen Keyboard
2008-04-18 20:20:00 For a long time there have been only a few options if you wanted Hebrew on your keyboard. Your options were to spend two hours pasting stickers onto your keyboard like a 5 year old doing a bad Science Fair Project (cursing yourself repeatedly for getting every single sticker crooked), or to buy a keyboard ... More About: Humor , General , Tech , Keyboard
FreeTheSoldier - Gone Viral
2008-04-17 22:50:00 A few days ago, I noticed a posting by a friend on Facebook about a free download for the United Jewish Communities (UJC): FreeTheSoldiers. Just as in years past, prayers and thoughts to remember the Israeli soldiers captured are being passed around this Passover. These messages come to remind us all that not ... More About: Holidays , Community , Web 2 , Viral
Davening Man Removed from Plane
2008-04-17 22:49:00 On Wednesday night, an Orthodox man boarded a United Airlines flight from JFK to San Francisco. Before the flight took off, he went to the back of plane to daven, probably Mincha (Maariv could have waited). The crew asked him to sit for takeoff, but since he was in the middle of the ... More About: News , Travel , Prayer , Plane , Halacha
The Limits of Freedom
2008-04-17 22:16:00 At the Seder we ask a myriad of questions. We are fortunate to have answers for most of our questions. One question however, has two seemingly contradictory answers. In the earlier stages of Magid, we claim that Matza is the bread of affliction that we ate in Egypt. We are eating ... More About: Philosophy , Freedom , Passover , Limits
Dream Jobs
2008-04-17 21:44:00 Many of us have dreamed of working in a high profile industry: sports, publishing, television or the movies. The work may sound exciting, almost like it is not work at all! Many do gain significant satisfaction by working in an industry that is glamorous and exciting. But remember, it is still a job and sometimes ... More About: Jobs , Workplace , Dream
Super Easy and Quick Flourless Chocolate Cake
2008-04-17 20:31:00 This is a favorite, not just for Pesach, but all year because it is so delicious. Small slices, please, it is very rich. Ingredients: 1 12 ounce package of bittersweet chocolate chips 1 stick margarine (4-ounces) 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup strong coffee, brewed and cooled 3 eggs Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Use a greased 8-inch springform pan. ... More About: Food , Super , Cake , Chocolate , Quick
Jewneric Comes to a City Near You Soon. Will You Be There?
2008-04-16 20:40:00 For a little while now, we, the Jewneric Partners, have been considering throwing a party. Well, actually, it would be a series of parties. Well, actually, it would be a series of phat networking events (I’m bringing back the word “phat”). Well, actually, it would be a ... More About: Business , Food , Community , Jobs , Announcement
The Trouble With Antisemitism
2008-04-16 19:21:00 The Trouble with Antisemitism Uploaded by Jewneric For more information on Rabbi Karsh please visit The Torah Learning Center More About: Philosophy , Israel , Hamas
Dvar Torah Fodder for the Seders
2008-04-16 01:28:00 Most people who read this website are probably also scurrying to clean their houses for Passover (leaven begone!) and searching high and low for divrei torah for the Seders. In the interests of satiating that need and self-promotion, here are my two suggestions for you if you want to rile up your family and friends. . . Are ... More About: Philosophy , Holidays , Torah
The Pope Goes to Synagogue
2008-04-15 21:42:00 Never in the history of the papacy has a pope visited a synagogue in America. In fact, popes have only visited two synagogues ever before, that is until this Friday. On Friday, April 18th, Pope Benedict XVI will make an historic stop at the Park East Synagogue for twenty minutes or so, late ... More About: News , Passover
Family stress during the job search
2008-04-14 21:21:00 Searching for a job can be stressful, not only personally but with outside stress as well. Family and friends can often be insensitive with questions or comments such as ?Why aren?t you working yet?? or ?your still in that dead end job??. It is important to manage the stress as much as possible ... More About: Business , Jobs , Search , Stress
Crunching the Jewish Art Numbers
2008-04-14 19:18:00 For those of you who haven’t stumbled across the great toy in Google Trends, I highly recommend it. I’ve crunched the numbers below to try to illustrate where Jewish art stands. GT allows you to search up to 5 items, and “see how often they’ve been searched on Google over time.” In the graph ... More About: Numbers
Traveling Geeks - SF Bay Area bloggers travel the world, starting with Isra
2008-04-14 18:00:00 I have found myself following the likes of a few SF Bloggers who are now in Israel . There for the The Marker Com.vention, “famous” bloggers have banded together to post about thier experience. I am impressed with their camaraderie and really love the aggregator, Travel ingGeeks , which they have put together for easy follow-ability. ... More About: World
The Abduction of David Zimlov
2008-04-14 15:22:00 Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf? Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! The three little pigs were still dancing and singing and hooting and whistling and playing their fiddles. The wolf had been dead for . . . ... More About: Humor , Jewish , David , Kosher , Abduction
Internet Predator Targets Jewish Students
2008-04-13 22:33:00 A warning has been sent to Jewish communities concerning an internet predator that specifically targets religious Jewish students. The predator goes by the alias of either David Newman or David Goodman will frequently use social networking sights like Facebook to contact young Jewish men and women. Claiming to be a student from NYU, he will ... More About: Internet , Student , Students , Announcement
Prominent Westchester Rabbi and Wife Die in Tragic Accident
2008-04-13 04:25:00 Rabbi Jacob Rubenstein, past president of the Rabbinical Council of America (the main Modern Orthodox rabbinic group) and Rabbi of Young Israel of Scarsdale, NY, and his wife Deborah died when their home burned down at 3:30 this morning. The fire was apparently caused by a bolt of lightning, and there were explosions heard from ... More About: Community , Wife , Tragic , Accident , Westchester
Bibleman vs. The Jews
2008-04-11 22:54:00 While I have never really heard of Christian television, aside from things like “the 700 Club,” apparently there is a whole culture of Christian television. The Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian television network with over “275 television stations in the U.S. and on thousands of other cable television systems around the world in 75 countries” ... More About: Video , Entertainment , Jews
Justice Gabriel Bach: Eichmann Prosecutor
2008-04-11 19:15:00 On April 10, 2008, Justice Gabriel Bach came to speak at Touro Law in Central Islip, New York. Who is he? He is the former Justice to the Israel i Supreme Court, and also was a former prosecutor of Adolf Eichmann. Born in Germany in 1927, Justice Bach was educated in ... More About: Prosecutor
Matzah and the Boston Marathon
2008-04-11 18:11:00 Every year on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts holiday celebrating the start of the Revolutionary War in Concord, thousands of people run the Boston Marathon . While not as famous as its New York counterpart, over 25,000 runners take part. It usually falls on Pesach, many times Chol HaMoed, and Jews from all over the ... More About: Holidays , Sports , Food
MTV Releases Holocaust PSA
2008-04-11 00:39:00 A few weeks ago, MTV posted some interesting new videos as part of their Think Campaign, which tries to make it so that ” you, your friends, and your favorite celebrities can get informed, get heard and take action on the issues that matter to you most.” Two of these Public Service Announcements focus on ... More About: Video , Education , Entertainment , Holocaust
?I would like to send my children to Jewish school and live comfortably but
2008-04-10 18:52:00 I recently had dinner with an observant Jewish professional in his mid 30?s. He felt that to send one?s children to private day school, buy a house in the New York metro area and live comfortably, one needs a family income of at least $200,000 per year. Whether this is necessarily true or not, it ... More About: Business , Parenting , Children , Jobs
The Geek Guide to Kosher Machines
More articles from this author:2008-04-10 02:54:00 I just stumbled on a Wired article from November of 2004 which profiles Jonah Ottensoser, an engineer for the Star-K. “A retired helicopter engineer who is himself Orthodox, Ottensoser teaches Sabbath law to technical teams at companies like General Electric, Electrolux, and Viking. His job: to guide them in building electronic brains and mechanical guts ... More About: Holidays , Cooking , Tech , Machines , Geek 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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