Gil Gibli is an illustrator for the Israeli business newspaper Globes. He is also religious, and in this interview he talks about his job and how his religiosity affects his work. Where did he begin his religious development? America. He says that it was in America where he was really exposed to synagogues, religious people, [...]
Jeffrey Goldberg triumphantly blogged that: News from Goldblog Headquarters: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his country’s Ministry of Immigrant Absorption to immediately shut down its ridiculous Diaspora-bashing ad campaign, which was meant to guilt Israeli expatriates in America into going home. I first wrote about this campaign here; the original post prompted Israel’s [...]
More posts and articles continue to be written about the Abba/Daddy/Christmas videos and it is just a matter of time until Jon Stewart does some parody of this. One that stands out is this post by Rabbi Charles Arian. (hat tip) Something that many people are missing is that what Israelis think of Diaspora Judaism [...]
A few months ago the Israeli Ministry of Absorption and Aliyah began a campaign whose target audiences were Israelis in Israel with family or friends living aboard and Israelis living abroad. There were a number of advertisements in both the Israeli media and Israeli newspapers that are sold in America. Mostly Kosher posted about the [...]
At the Talmud Blog, Amit Gvaryahu, whom I had the pleasure of meeting this past shabbat, gives a good overview of Menahem Kahana’s new edition of Sifre Bemidbar.
Last week we visited the National Museum of American Jewish History. I highly recommend this relatively new museum. For July 4th, I thought that the follow object from the collection was very appropriate. It is a Hebrew prayer for the United State government that includes the word “Washington” in an acrostic format. It was composed [...]
Magash Hakesef writes about his recently published article, The Excommunication of Mordechai Kaplan.
“I went down Virginia, Seeking shelter from the storm. Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow. Five year plans and new deals, Wrapped in golden chains. And I wonder, Still I wonder Who’ll stop the rain.” “Who’ll Stop the Rain” by Creedence Clearwater Revival Daniel Gordis weighs in on Israel-Diaspora relations here. [...]
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