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A new melody for counting the Omer. Composed by Zach Fredman, Yosef Goldman and Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/023.mp3Podcast: Download
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Religion of Love: Rabbi David Ingber and Deepak Chopra on Rumi Live at ABC Home and Carpet. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/022.mp3Podcast: Download
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On May 21, 2011, the world once again failed to end. Honestly, I’m fine with that. It’s the kids I feel bad for. This was their first big apocalypse, they’re not used to disappointment. They don’t remember the purple sneakers of Heaven’s Gate (Little known fact: Ishtar was the second choice cult name) and the total let-down of Y2K when we all rushed into the streets at 12:01 AM, only to find that everything was working just fine, and we had to sheepishly drink up all the bottled water and eat all the Progresso soup we’d been hoarding in giddy anticipation of total collapse.
Plus, the kids, they’ve got a lot of big challenges ahead of them and they were really counting on the apocalypse to bail them out. For me, things aren’t quite as bleak. All I’ve got to do is scratch out a living for a few more decades; slurp up the last soggy Apple Jacks of Social Security and pink Medicare milk from the bottom of the government cereal bowl; drive around a bit in an RV; and die as expensively as possible. They have to figure out how to find jobs, pay off student loans, clean up this bankrupt shithole of a planet and somehow retire at the end of it. It’s like returning a rental car after a long road trip. I feel a little guilty about the condition, but mostly glad that I don’t have to do anything about the dog hair in the back, the Cheez-Whiz stains in the front and the pervasive stench of Sausage McMuffin and Ass.
This week we begin the book of Bamdbar – also known as numbers. Since Bamidbar begins with a census, this one is self-explanatory: As Moses prepared to alight On his journey through wilderness bright He counted all of the men Again and again To see who’d be able to fight
If there were a theme song to accompany this week’s Torah Portion, Be-Chukkotai, it would be the classic Commencement processional, “Pomp and Circumstance.” We are in the midst of graduation season for everyone from pre-schoolers moving up to kindergarten to adult scholars receiving advanced degrees. Where there are graduation ceremonies, there are sure to be […]
In this inaugural podcast of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay tells chapter one in the story of the creation of JCast Network. He tells of losing his job and thinking about what it was that he was passionate about. Darone talks about his previous experiences in the Jewish communal world, and the ways in […]
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Ed actually gave me the idea for this blog. Check his out. It’s great! http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com/
This week’s Torah portion, Behukotai, concludes the book of Leviticus/Vayikra. It contains a simple formula for staying in God’s graces: follow the Mitzvot and all will be well. But- if we stray from the path God sets out for us, we will experience terrible curses. The choice is ours. Of course, life doesn’t always work […]
What a week! We began this week with the incredible JCC benefit – with a room of over 300 people together celebrating all that we do here at the JCC. We then had Kesher on Tuesday evening where we met and discussed the way that our Jewish tradition thinks about transitions and liminal moments. Wednesday […]
Parashat Behar speaks of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The basic idea behind these practices is that we need to give the land a rest – in the case of the Sabbatical (or Shmita) year – every 7 years. Every 50 years, not only does the land get a rest, but all depts are forgiven, […]
