If the Torah Portion B’reishit is Shakespearean in its turbulent interplay of human and divine actions and reactions, the second Portion, Noach, is absolute Disney! Presenting for your life long learning pleasure – “Noah, The (computer animated) Musical!” (or, as it’s been dubbed, “The original Singin’ in the Rain.”) As the scene opens, God sadly […]
Torah Commentary – B’reishit
The Talmud teaches that “All beginnings are arduous.” (Mechilta Yitro) The beginning Torah Portion, B’reishit; our world’s Beginning; our Beginning; the Beginning of our relationship with God – all certainly “arduous” (as well as wondrous) on many levels. From the first resoundingly simple seven Hebrew words, B’reishit bara Elohim et ha shamayim v’et ha-aretz,we recognize […]
It’s Not Easy Being A Kid
On Wednesday evening I came home after a long day of work and after a quick dinner my 7 year-old son burst into tears and said to me, “Ema, they made fun of the way I speak and they made fun of science!” “What do you mean?” I asked Daniel. And so he explained, “Today […]
Food Stamp Challenge
Tomorrow after nightfall, we will recite Havdala and conclude Shabbat, and – as always – I will wish my family a shavua tov, a good week. But for me, this coming week will not be so good – or at least not so easy. Because when Shabbat ends, I will begin a week of the […]
Verse Per Verse Episode Three: Lech Lecha
In the third episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai reads into chapter 15 of Genesis at the story of Lech Lecha. Amichai explores how Avram (translated as Great Father) had such trouble becoming a Father at all. Amichai then explores the word in verse 13 Ger, which is translated in many ways including Stranger, Alien, Servant. Would you have agreed to allow your children be Gerim for 400 years if that was the cost to have a family?
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Episode Five: Dr. Liel Leibovitz (Part One)
In Episode Five of The Jewish Tech Meetup that was held on Thursday, October 27th, Dr. Liel Leibovitz discussed the connection between Judaism and gaming, and explored the issue of cheating in video games. Leil is a visiting assistant porrfessior focusing promarily on video game and interactive media research and theory.
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Episode Fifteen: How To Emulate God
In Episode Fifteen of The Tisch Rabbi Michael Rose Knopf invites us to join him in his weekly tisch at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, PA. According to Rabbi Moses Cordovero, God looks for the goodness in all of us, even (and especially) when we appear not to demonstrate it. God focuses on the good […]
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Episode Twelve: PaEel Event On Dating and Relationships
In this epsidode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman visits an event sponsored by Paeel that related to dating and relationships.
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The Big Bang – Adventures in Cyberspace
The universe is expanding. That’s the core of the Big Bang Theory. As the cosmos gets older, everything in it moves apart. Not to delve too much into such esoterica like Hubbles Law, I need to affirm – אני מאמין – I’m a believer. In the last week I experienced something akin to this phenomenon in […]
Rega Shel Ivrit: Business Names in Israel
In the fourth episode of Rega Shel Ivrit (A Moment of Hebrew), host and Master teacher Michal Nachmany talks about what she saw when last she visited Israel, namely that many restaurants and stores are now changing their names from English names to hebrew words. Michal explores some of the words and explains where they came […]
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