Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: September 2007
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9 September 2007
Bring in da Funk, Bring in da Frum
There was a teacher from a particular institution I attended who once preached,
“It doesnt matter how you dress. You should dress plain. It doesn’t have to be trendy. Trendy is hevel, it is the inside that counts.”
Au contraire… what’s on the outside may reflect what’s on the inside. If you [...]
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8 September 2007
Dave’s Best Fed Secrets - Ari’s Deli (Washington Heights, NY)
“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” would be an appropriate quote for Ari’s, a hole in the wall delicatessen next to Yeshiva University in the Heights. This room-for-three-people-standing -only establishment has some of the finest fast food I have ever eaten. Ari also owns a catering business on New Yorks Upper West [...]
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7 September 2007
Fate must hate us
Something I have noticed among Jews of all denominations is that they all have this inherent fear of something called “Fate”.
“Don’t tempt fate” “Don’t give an Eyin Hara” or my favorite from The West Wing “What, do you want to tempt the wrath of the… whatever, from high atop the thing?!”
I must admit I [...]
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7 September 2007
Animosity in the Jewish world
There are a number of things that have never made sense to me. The appeal of Jerry Lewis in France, The reason why a 3 hour flight from New York to Florida is $78 while a 45 minute flight from New York to Montreal is around $200 and how someone like Kathy Griffin or Wanda [...]
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7 September 2007
What Makes Someone a Role Model?
I would like to start this column by saying that I am an avid sports fan. Growing up in the D.C. metropolitan area, I have always held close ties to all of the major sports teams in the area. With that said, I will now tell you that yesterday was a scary day for me [...]
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7 September 2007
10 Ways to Delve into Your Jewish Heritage on National Museum Day
This year the National Museum Day, a day where you can go to many of your favorite museums for free, is taking place on Saturday September 29th, or the Shabbat during Succot.
The L.A Times’ Jen Leo suggests that we “Delve into Jewish heritage at the Skirball Cultural Center near Santa Monica” (one of [...]
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6 September 2007
“The President will be taking the day to spend at High Holy Day services”
Many people I have spoken with over the years have all had the same feeling about having a Jewish President. I always thought that Jews would LOVE to have a fellow brother in the Oval. But more often then not I have found that people want that high office as Goyish as possible. I [...]
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6 September 2007
The Many Sounds of the Shofar
As I was standing in shul one Elul morning, I heard the powerful sounds of a shofar blown with considerable demonstration of skill and not a little flair. Next to me, a young boy asked his father, “Why did that man blow the shofar so long?” His father replied, “He’s showing off.”
This disturbed me greatly, [...]
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6 September 2007
High Holy Day Story
In the Hebrew month of Elul in the Year 5705 Chazzan Naftali Stern of Satmir solicited the help of fellow prisoner at the Nazi labor camp at Welfsberg so that the liturgy of the High Holy Days could be put down in writing. The Chazzan feared that leading the Congregation in prayer by recall alone [...]
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6 September 2007
Life Before Life
There’s a saying: “those who do not believe in the World to come will not merit it.” It’s actually paraphrased from the Talmud in the last chapter (or second to last, depending on the edition) of the section “Idol Worship” (Avodah Zarah).
This idea in the Talmud, the belief in an afterlife, is one [...]
