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Before I sat down to watch ‘Big Miracle’ directed by Ken Kwapis, I knew two things…that I was going to cry…and that I was going to love this film. And I am happy to report…that’s exactly what happened. ‘Big Miracle’ is a true story that takes place in 1988. Regan is about to leave office […]
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This week, Aaron Heman had the opportunity to attend the Masa Israel Journey and 3GNY: WEDU Showcase at the Hummus Place in NYC.
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In the twenty-second episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the reality of working with people who have can’t make JCast Network their primary priority, and the learning that he has done about learning to take it easy, and “go with the flow.” Anyone who knows Darone even just a little bit […]
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A beautiful rendition of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s “Lord Get Me High” melody, sung to the mystical prayer “Ana Bechoach”. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/057.mp3Podcast: Download
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A new melody by Shir Yaakov Feinstein Feit for dancing with his daughter. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/056.mp3Podcast: Download
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Special guest lecture by Rabbi Jill Hammer. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/055.mp3Podcast: Download
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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the many faces of the word “Avodah”.
This weeks torah portion Bo uses this word in Exodus, Chapter Twelve, Verse Sixteen, when it talks about how future generations will commemorate the Exodus from Egypt.
But, why does this word have so many meanings? Work or Love, Worship or Bondage? Labor or Ceremony?
And Amichai ends up looking at the eerie role that this word has played in more modern history of the Jewish people.
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In Episode Twenty-Four of The Tisch Rabbi Michael Rose Knopf continues to explore chapter five of Moses Cordovero’s Tomer Devorah. Each week Rabbi Knopf meets with his dedicated students at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, PA, where he serves as Assistant Rabbi, for this wonderful learning experience. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/Tisch/024.mp3Podcast: Download
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A former NYPD officer, Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) escapes from Sing-Sing. His next stop is the famed Roosevelt Hotel on 45th and Madison in the heart of New York City. Nick checks in, making sure his room is on one of the highest floors. Nick orders a lobster and a bottle of champagne. He eats, […]
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In this episode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman had the opportunity to speak with Dr. David Ellenson and Dr. Daniel Gordis about their new book Pledges of Jewish Alleglance:Conversion,Law and Policy-Making In Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa. Dr. David Ellenson and Dr. Daniel Gordis probe the challenges to Jewish self-definition in the modern period by examining a wide array of legal opinions on conversion and intermarriage, written by nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox rabbis in Europe, the United States, and Israel, and discover how these rabbinic decisions are, in fact, attempts to define policy for Judaism in the modern period.
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