Travelling is stressful – especially with children. There are instructions to go over (and over!), rules to follow, schedules to coordinate. Mom and Dad are trying to pack the suitcases, load the car. “Did we take the boarding passes, the cell phone charger?” “Are the doors locked?” “Where is Junior’s allergy medicine?”And the kids have […]
Genesis Redux
“The medium, or process, of our time – electric technology – is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life…Everything is changing…Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men [sic] communicate than by the content of the communications.” (Marshall McLuhan) These prescient […]
Episode Three: Networking
In this third episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay tells the next chapter in the creation of JCast Network. Darone focuses in this episode on the process of Networking. He discusses the five reasons that he is networking with people. •Getting affirmation that the idea has merit;•Getting advice from people with experience;•Finding hosts […]
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Behaalotecha
This week’s parasha, Behaalotecha, picks up a familiar theme for anyone who knows the Jewish community: complaining. The Israelites are learning to deal with realities of life “on the road.”. God provides them with Manna-a mysterious food which appears in the morning and sustains their basic needs. Nonetheless, they crave variety and rise up against […]
Shabbat Commentary – Naso
In this week’s Torah Portion, Naso, God seems to be singling out for special instructions, specific groups among the children of Israel. It’s as though God is taking care of items on a cosmic “To Do” list: Assign tasks for transporting parts of the Mishkan to the Gershon and Merari families (Numbers 4:21-49) Send “impure” […]
Reflecting On The End Of The Year
I fumbled through the week wondering, what could I possibly say on the last day, the last newsletter? Do I have any new wisdom on endings? Can I find language to capture all of the richness of the year? As I look at photos and work of the children from September and try to wrap […]
Another Naso Limerick: the Priestly blessing
May God bless and guard your sacred space May God’s light fill your being with grace May you always be true So God’s presence shines through And reflect the true peace of God’s face.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I Love Ya Tomorrow!
I had a conversation with a Rabbi recently. He was upset because a cantorial colleague of his had decided to strike out on her own, performing “destination B’nai Mitzvah”, divorcing herself from synagogue life, and setting up private Hebrew schools in community club-houses. He fretted that this is antithetical to the idea of community and […]
NASO
I have two limericks for Naso. The first deals with the troubling rules of the Sotah – the suspected adultress. According to the text, if you suspect that your wife has been unfaithful, the Priests are to administer a special, bitter potion. If she is guilty, according to the text, her “thigh” will swell (euphemism […]
Shabbat Commentary – Be-Midbar
We have just studied Sefer Va-Yikra (the Book of Leviticus) whose ten Portions centered on God’s commandments (through Moses) to the children of Israel and their priestly leaders. The children of Israel have been camped at the base of Mount Sinai, but are now about to set out on their demanding journey to the land […]
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