During Shabbat I was thinking a bit more about the questions of glow sticks on Shabbat (see here) and I found some similarity to the question of whether one is permitted to use a microwave oven on Shabbat. How is a posek suppose to approach the question of using a microwave oven on Shabbat? Poskim [...]
There will be a Bone Marrow Drive open to North Americans and Israelis on Wednesday, June 16. We are conducting this drive in search of a bone marrow match for Matt Fenster, a 35 year old father of four young children. Matt was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and must have a bone marrow transplant to [...]
In the most recent issue of AJS Perspectives, responses to the following question were published, “What are three books you love to teach to undergraduates?” Below are the responses, which will hopefully give some of you a few ideas for summer reading. AJS-Books for Undergraduates
Rabbi Neil Fleischmann has a post on Paul Shaffer and Shaffer’s take on traditional nusah.
From Laura Rozen: Tonight, former Florida Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler is hosting a private dinner for Abu Mazen with some 30 Jewish community leaders and former officials, among them Alan Solow of the Conference of Presidents, AIPAC’s Lee Rosenberg, ADL’s Abe Foxman, former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and former NSC Middle East official Elliott [...]
ADDeRabbi posted a much-commented upon post Ironic Orthodoxy. It is worth and read even to those who don’t identify with Orthodoxy since many, although not all, of his observations apply to any religious community. My unscientific observation is that “Ironic Orthodoxy” is where no small number of our Orthodox friends are probably situated, and it [...]
My friend MS in Israel has just emailed me that Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu z”l passed away.
From the BBC: A US military analyst, Bradley Manning, has been arrested on suspicion of leaking classified combat video and documents to a whistle-blower website. Specialist (Spc) Manning, 22, from Potomac, Maryland, is being held pending further investigations. Hopefully Specialist Manning will have as many vocal defenders as Anat Kam who will decry the muzzling [...]
The bible scholar Jacob Milgrom z”l passed away on Saturday night in Jerusalem. Milgrom was one of the most important modern commentators and interpreters of the book of Leviticus. May his memory be for a blessing.
A pleasant song for a Friday afternoon in an old (Arik Einstein and Shalom Hanoch) and new (Shalom Hanoch and Shlomo Artzi) version.
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