This is my workshop description for the NHC Summer Institute: Havurah: What’s Next? Many new independent minyanim/havurot/communities have sprouted up over the last few years.
My friend, and roommate, David Druce wrote this little piece. Enjoy. In a development that stunned Middle Eastern experts, the embattled Gaza Strip was seized
You won’t believe how good this made me feel. The New York Times reports that Hasidic Jews in Monsey, NY are protesting Wal-Mart — they
3,112 fans from across Israel converged on the Baptist Village outside of Petach Tikva for the opening game of the Israel Baseball League. The baseball
The NJDC today was apoplectic at the GOP’s partisan rejection of a foreign aid bill yesterday that would have provided Israel with $2.4 billion in
While in Israel with the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour, fellow comic Ray Hanania and I visited the west bank town of Ramallah. This guy honors his
The real singing doesn’t kick in for a minute or two. Give it the time. (Thanky-nod to Avielah.) Bonus weirdness:
Hey all you Jewschool readers out in LA, this tidbit was passed on to me by my buddies at the Jewish Labor Committee. Come out
There’s a contest to find out which band can garner enough votes for Lollapalooza, and some of our favorites are in the running. Consider: vote