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770s of the World
Admittedly, 770 Eastern Parkway, the biggest synagogue in Crown Heights and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism, ...
The Joy of Hanukkah
JTA did all the work in finding this one, so they get the props for it. I’m very happy they ...
The Miracle of The Wind-Powered Menorah
When Yeshiva University student Mark Stauber would walk down Amsterdam Avenue daily to go to class, his yarmulke would continuously ...
Wise Fridays: Self Improvement
If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow? –Rabbi Nahman ...
The Jewish Camps in Trinidad?
A week from today I’ll be in Trinidad. I’m vacationing in Suriname, and on the way I have a long ...
Israeli Sumo Wrestlers–The Next Big Thing?
Last night I went to the Israeli Film Festival with some friends, and saw A Matter of Size. Here’s the ...
4 Hanukkah Songs
Hanukkah songs are sung in an important and joyous part of the candle lighting ceremony each night.
Were the Maccabees Jerks?
This morning I got my Hanukkah Project CD, a new compilation record. My band Chibi Vision contributed a song to ...
The Shuls, They Are A’Changin’
Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (among Other Things), is blogging ...
Protestors Get Smart–And Mean
We haven’t written much about it on this blog, but in the past year in Israel there have been a ...
Wise Fridays: Fear of God
Fear only two: God, and him who fears not God. –Yiddish preacher Judah Leib Lazerov Find more Wise Fridays wisdom ...