All posts by Seth Jacobson
The Blessing of a Broken Heart Hits the Stage
Award Winning Book by Terror Victim’s Mother Comes to NY and DC Stage Seven years ago, Koby Mandell, the 13 year old son of Sherri and Rabbi Seth Mandell, was... Read More »
Haman’s Cup Found Under 70 Year Old Briton’s Bed
OK, that headline was just to grab your attention. I have no way of proving the Cup belonged to Haman from the Purim story in Megillath Esther (or from my... Read More »
King of Bahrain Appoints Jewish Woman to Serve as Ambassador to U.S.
According to an announcement by the official Bahrain News Agency on Thursday, King Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifah has issued a decree appointing Houda Ezra Nonoo, a Jewish woman, as an... Read More »
Google’s Holocaust Memorial Portal
I wish I had seen this last week. It’s good to see that Google is using its resources as one of the largest and most powerful information gateways to spread... Read More »
What Are Our Priorities In Jewish Education?
Last night my 4th graders did an exercise where they came up with – and voted on – a list of things they would add to their “Tenaim” (traditional betrothal... Read More »
Re: Kippot At Job Interviews
I was going to write this as a comment to an earlier post by Lavie Margolin, “I regularly wear a Kippah. Somebody told me not to wear it on an... Read More »
Almost Snuck Past You!
In case his name didn’t give it away, now you know: Josh Radnor is Jewish. Profiled in The Forward on March 12, Radnor reveals that he grew up in Bexley,... Read More »
If Purim Were Today OR: Purim in 2008
If Purim Were Today A Spiel by (some of) the 4th Grade Students of the Congregation Beth El Religious School in Bethesda, Maryland President Achashverosh – Vice President Haman –... Read More »
State Department (Mildly) Decries Anti-Zionism as Anti-Semitism
Yesterday, the State Department published a report in which it drew a long-ignored connection between anti-Zionism and/or opposition to Israeli policy, and anti-Semitism. In its introduction, the 94-page report states:... Read More »
Leader of Entebbe Airport Rescue Dead at 70
February 2008 has been a month that has seen a lot of ups and downs in Israel and the broader pro-Israel community. We’ve marked the 5th anniversary of the death... Read More »
The Wisdom of the Ancient World Gets Some Good Press!
An article in Slate Magazine from April 10, 1998, by Steven E. Landsburg, discusses the way in which modern economic theory backs up the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud. How... Read More »
Let’s Just Think About This – Just A Little – Please!
Why do Orthodox Jews generally feel the need to be swept up with the whims of the “orthodox” denominations of other religions’ political persuasions? Just because the gay movement in... Read More »
Hava Nagilah
It appears that Hava Nagilah is now going mainstream. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’ll share some bits of an email conversation I had yesterday with a... Read More »
Boundaries
Can we modern Jews embrace the modern world around us, while staying true to our ideals Read More »
