This Shabbat, one of my daughters took her oldest daughter to the Bat Mitzah of a friend. My daughter was troubled by the Torah Portion, Sh’lach L’cha, specifically the account of the man who was stoned to death at God’s command for collecting wood on Shabbat. (Numbers 15: 32-36)“What kind of a God is this?” […]
Korach Limerick
This week’s torah portion tells the story of Korach, who tried to wrest power from Moses along with his partners, Dotan and Abiram and 150 other leaders of the community. Korach says: “You’ve gone too far, [Moses], for ALL of the people are holy. Why do you raise yourself up above God’s congregation?” Ultimately, Korach and […]
Episode Five: Support System
In the fifth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the support system that he has in place as he works to create this new project. While Darone discusses his many supporters, in honor of Fathers Day, Darone focuses on his father, who has been an inspiration to him, as well as […]
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Baba Sali: We Are Children of the Most High
Rabbi David Ingber relates a story on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5771 as heard from Rabbi Moshe Weinberger. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/024.mp3Podcast: Download
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Shelach Lecha Limerick
In this week’s parasha, Shelach Lecha, Moses sends 12 spies to scout out the land of Canaan. They spend 40 days and nights in the land (a familiar number, yes?) and return bearing fruits – grapes pomegranates and figs so large that it takes two people to carry them. 10 of the spies report that […]
Episode Four: Creating an On-Line Presence
In this fourth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay shares another chapter of the creation of JCast Network. This week, Darone focuses on the actual on-line components of JCast Network, our website, our facebook page, our iTunes page and our Twitter page At the end of this episode, Darone asked for your opinion of […]
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Shabbat Commentary – B’haalot’cha
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 […]
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