This is a really cool article from today’s New York Times. Young Jews all over the country and changing the way people think about shul and creating a whole new generation of talented Torah readers. It really is cool to go to shul.
This is a really cool article from today’s New York Times. Young Jews all over the country and changing the way people think about shul and creating a whole new generation of talented Torah readers. It really is cool to go to shul.
Moses vs Pharoah, Ali vs Forman, Kirk vs Kahn…
Great rivalries have existed since the beginning of time and it appears that we are now living in the era of Dershowitz vs Finkelstein. The New York Times posted a great article today about these two professors that seem to just keep bumping heads over Zionism, Israel, Judaism…
“If the longstanding fight between two professors, Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein, was under the jurisdiction of family court, a judge could issue restraining orders and forbid inflammatory statements. But, alas, this nasty and zealously pursued feud is taking place in scholarly precincts, so each protagonist is continuing his campaign, unhampered, to destroy the other’s professional reputation and career.”
This article was published in the Sunday Times today. It’s a look into a type of semi-underground party that happens regularly in an Orthodox Community in New York City. Jews of every type and from all over the city come together for this party and dance, argue or just take it all in. Read the article here. And, be sure to watch the video.
This article from todays New York Times Real Estate Section discusses how many Americans are forgoing traditional vacation home locations and opting to buy property in Israel. With those beautiful views, I’m not surprised. It’s gonna cost you, though. But really, Israel, the new Hamptons?
“Views of the Old City and of the Dome of the Rock are a must,” Mr. Tzuberi said, “even though they can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the cost of a home.”
So it’s been a pretty slow news day — The New York Times has Captain America on the front page. But, the Times also had this really great article: Journey from a Chinese Orphanage to a Jewish Right of Passage.
“But seldom is the juxtaposition of homeland and new home, of faith and background, so stark. And nothing brings out the contrasts like a bat mitzvah, as formal a declaration of identity as any 13-year-old can be called upon to make.”
Really cool article. Check it out.
Sorry to have not posted for a few days. School’s been wicked busy and news has been a little slow.
“It shows that Hitler did not succeed in destroying the Jewish religion,”Friedenson said by telephone. “It’s not as strong as when I grew up,” he said, adding, “but in the end, we survived.” Read the rest of the article here.