Some Jews get Tikkun Olam – you know that over hyped concept in Judaism whereby any good thing you do in the world can be attributed to a Jewish precept so that you can feel better about...
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Matisyahu “Happy Hanukkah” and Hurricane Sandy Relief
A new Hanukkah song and a Hurricane Sandy Relief Campaign? OK Matis, that no beard thing? All is forgiven! So yeah, as per the Web site: All proceeds from Matisyahu’s new song “Happy...
Ambitious Week-Long BBYO Fundraising Project
A group of Jewish teenage leaders have embarked upon an ambitious initiative to support their overseas brethren. These BBYO teens decided to spearhead ILTC Reach, an one-week fundraising project to...
Jewlicious 8 Begins in Less than 2 Hours!
A bunch of Jewy stuff happened this week. But you didn’t read about it here. In no particular order: Turns out Hitler was such a dirty fucker, who had bastard offspring, and they’re...
Occupy Genesis: Rewinding the Torah, Repairing the World
(Cross-posted on Huffpost.com) The story of creation begins again this week in synagogues around the world. The Jewish people make a global reset and roll-back our Torah scrolls. Fresh and new, our...
GA Media Bus Tour Discoveries
Since the GA there has been countless coverage on so many aspects of the 4-day long event. One of the bigger events that hit the GA this year didn’t actually happen at the convention hall...
A Contention Free Tikkun Olam Post
Shalom Sesame! Ma Nishma? Yeah I know! Tikkun Olam is not actually a really badly named blog by a crabby Israel hater in Seattle. It’s also a concept in Judaism whereby one is urged to perfect...
TIKKUNFEST – Recorded Info Session
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