el rachoom v’chanun… Death toll nears 40,000 in Pakistan. …erech apayim… Avian Flu strikes 60 worldwide. Epidemic threatens. …v’rav chesed v’emet…...
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Tashlich Reflections from Riverside Park
Down by the riverside on a clear, sunny, Rosh Hashanah afternoon, I see my opportunity. A pack of Jews ahead of me, and one behind me, meandering, wandering as is our national proclivity. And one...
Rabbi predicts Madonna’s imminent, uh, punishment from heaven
What can I say, this week I plan to be in synagogue essentially beseeching GOD to forgive my trespasses. Ah yes, I still recall how just a few days ago I said in a different prayer, “Uteshuva...
George W. Bush and God
Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath recently told the BBC that in a 2003 meeting, George Bush claimed that God told him to invade Iraq: President Bush said to all of us: ‘I’m driven with...
Homeless in Jerusalem? HELP!
So here’s the situation – two Jewlicious posters are moving to Jerusalem as early as tomorrow and they are both in desperate need of suitable accomodations. We’re posting this on...
Matisyahu and Suicide Girls?
What could they possibly have in common? One’s a Hassidic Reggae Superstar, and the other is a, uh… Web site that features naked goth-type women. Apples and oranges, right? Well, not...
Jews in Sports, Part Deux: Jewish Women Athletes
One of the advantages to being on the radar as a writer who writes about Jewish topics is that I get free stuff randomly delivered to my apartment. Usually, they’re books that I don’t...
Sunday in the Park With…Matisyahu
The problem I have with Matisyahu, the Lubavitch reggae superstar whose album recently went to number one on the reggae charts, is that his success means that Jewish kids everywhere are going to...