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Shofar Music
It’s not that hard to play the shofar. Believe me, I’ve led enough High Holiday kids services in my life ...
Best of the Week
As Labor Day Weekend approaches (and Rosh Hashanah!), let’s take a look at what you may have missed this week ...
Pick It Out
Sometimes, a video’s brilliance is its simplicity. You don’t always need to fluff it up with fancy scripts and visuals. ...
Wise Fridays: What is Revelation?
“Revelation is not an act of [a prophet] seeking, but of his being sought after, an act in God’s search ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Delicious
Earlier this week Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking and fasting on Yom Kippur for the JBC/MJL Author Blog. ...
The Most Jewish Show on TV?
I have some news for you. Curb Your Enthusiasm may not be the most Jewish show out there. That title ...
Caregiver’s Rosh Hashanah: High Holiday Poetry Contest Winner
This is the first-place winner of MyJewishLearning.com and Shemspeed.com’s High Holiday Poetry Contest . Read our other winners, Wet Toes ...
My Rosh Hashanah Shame
I have a confession to make: I don’t like apples and honey. I mean, I don’t dislike them, but I ...
Wet Toes: High Holidays Poetry Contest, #2
Earlier today, we announced Dragon Tefillin, the third-place winner in our High Holiday Poetry Contest, sponsored by MJL and Shemspeed. ...
Why Do They Call it Fasting When it Goes SO SLOW?
On Monday, Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking. Her newest book, Good Enough to Eat, will be available September 7th.As I mentioned ...
Dragon Tefillin: High Holidays Poetry Contest, #3
This year’s High Holiday Poetry Contest–sponsored by MJL and Shemspeed–was a bit of a whopper, as my Australian family would ...
Fun Videos for Rosh Hashanah
T-minus eight days until Rosh Hashanah. In that time, I have to pack up all my things, get them in ...
iHappy Rosh Hashanah
Okay — maybe you look at more email forwards and cheesy Facebook photos than I do. (It’s not that hard ...
Jewish Ear Juice
My ears are delicious. I have that on good authority because I was told it this very weekend (sorry, TMI?). ...
Environmental & Energy Issues in Israel
A mere 0.5% of Israel’s energy comes from renewables. Why? (Ha’aretz)It is argued that Israel faces a looming electricity shortage ...