Monthly Archives: September 2007
Virtual Sukkah Hop
One of the mitzvot of Succot is to invite guests (Ushpizzin) into the sukkah to share in the simcha of the holiday. With that in mind we at Jewneric would... Read More »
Chag Sameach
Chag Sameach (Happy Holidays) from all of us at [*picture drawn by Talya Weinberg on Facebook's graffiti application Read More »
Rights and Responsibilities.
We all know of the controversy surrounding Columbia University this week. A lunatic, a sponsor of terror who is actively building a nuclear weapons program, was given a podium at... Read More »
Fear and Loathing in Passaic, NJ
Rachel Krich’s recent post regarding swastikas and other Nazi paraphernalia showing up in upper class Manhattan neighborhoods inspired me to pay more attention to the kind of event that usually... Read More »
“This Is The First Time Something Like This Has Happend In An Upscale Neighborhood”
This was the line used by the local reporter while sitting at her desk in a studio somewhere in midtown Manhattan. She was talking about a rash of swastikas that... Read More »
John Loftus OR Why I Went to Work Today
I woke up this afternoon with a fever of 99.9. And if I worked at an office where duties are simply redistributed to accommodate for a missing employee, I would... Read More »
To Speak or Not to Speak
Never have I heard the issue of free speech discussed so much than in the last few days. Of course I am talking about the recent visit of Iran’s President... Read More »
Jelly Belly Now OU Kosher
ll I was in Kosher Mart yesterday, the Washington DC kosher emporium, and saw a brand new display of Jelly Belly jelly beans for sale. This struck me as odd... Read More »
It’s about time.
The Israeli government took several long overdue steps this Wednesday that will fundamentally change the status of relations between Israel and Gaza. The first and most fundamental, is that Gaza... Read More »
In a Den of Thieves, Looking for Answers
As the final hours before the opening of the “holiest day of the year” are upon us, I wonder the same thing I always do. Who the hell do any... Read More »
The Succah of My Memories
Growing up in Montreal, Quebec, we had very cold days in our hut. Our succah was unique or at least I thought it was. The succah sat perched atop the... Read More »
Wait…what?
Growing up conservative yet attending a hard core Hebrew School three times a week, I learned a lot about Judaism, from Chaggim to Kashrut all the way to Tanach. I... Read More »
Yeshiva Graduate Nominated As US Attorney General
President George Bush nominated Michael B. Mukasey on Monday to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. “Judge Mukasey is clear-eyed about the threat our nation faces,” Bush said. “He knows what... Read More »
Mikvah Tactics for the Nervous Bather
I have noticed in the last few years that more and more people seem to be going to the mikvah on the days before Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. While... Read More »
Kinos Teshuva
The time between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (this week) is a time of intense prayer (tefilla) and repentance (teshuva) Read More »
Shakespeare and Yom Kippur
A few years ago my son, Moishe, and I, went to see Hamlet. The theater was out of doors in a hilly, tree filled, part of Wisconsin . The weather... Read More »
Shana Tova
Dear Readers, Writers, Friends, Family and everyone else in the Jewneric extended family, SHANA TOVA HAVE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR Thank you for making these past few weeks a... Read More »
Rumors flying over Syria.
Last Thursday, Israeli aircraft violated Syrian airspace and did…something. No one seems quite sure what. Israel has been almost completely silent on the subject, only reluctantly admitting that the flight... Read More »
Shofar Sho Good
Who doesn’t enjoy the theme of “Beverly Hills Cop” played by shofar? Clip from Late Night with Conan O’Brien Read More »
Believe it… OR ELSE
Part of my job working for a Jewish radio network involves answering the phones during regular office hours. It is so rare to feel that maybe you reached someone from... Read More »
