It started when we lived in Warsaw and Rabbi Kastenbaum, our shochet, brought community-made slivovitz from Budapest to us for Passover. It was like nothing I had ever tried, was %70+ alcohol, and...
Author - Rabbi Yonah
Thou Shalt Unplug Theyself – Reboot Your Week On Shabbat
Unplugging from the wired world sounds ideal, but impossible. We have never been more connected than we are now, and taking a break even for a nano-second can seem unconscionable. But now, fresh from...
Jewish Students at UCI Break Their Silence
We have been spilling digital ink about this for the last 6 years. Lo and behold there is an anti-Semitic group on the campus called the MSU! While the administration and the deans deny that there...
Beyond Advocacy on Hartman Blog
Thoughtful piece on how to direct our energies on Israel. Engaging Israel: Beyond Advocacy By Donniel Hartman(09/03/2010) Since Operation Cast Lead and the subsequent Goldstone Report, there has been...
Purimpalooza VII Rewind
Two weeks ago Los Angeles was rocked by a Purim party of Olympic proportions. JConnectLA, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and Atid – the young professional group of Sinai Temple...