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Where do you pledge your allegiance?
Pin It Today I found myself in a heated debate with several of my students. The topic was the army and to which army we pledged our allegiance. I found... Read More »
To The Jewneric Community
Pin It When Shalom, Moshe, Dave and I first came up with the idea for Jewneric, we knew that its success would be because of our writers. We believed that... Read More »
Learning About Sex the Yeshiva Way
Pin It As secular society becomes more sexually open, the capacity for frum teens to be affected becomes greater. In order to combat this, Yeshivas and Bais Yaakovs have become... Read More »
Heath Ledger, Dead at 28: Driving Home the Point of Addressing At-Risk Youth
Pin It With all of the entertainment news buzzing about the tragic and untimely death of 28 year old actor Heath Ledger, it got me thinking of a recent Shabbos... Read More »
Trembling
Pin It I recently came across a review for the 2001 movie, “Trembling Before G-d.” For those of you who are not familiar with it, the movie tells the story... Read More »
Broader Judaism in Preparation for Martin Luther King Day II
Pin It Rabbi Capers Funnye leads his congregation at Beth Shalom Bnai Zaken in Chicago, Il, where his synagogue has been in existence since 1918. Except for a few members,... Read More »
Genocide and Jews
Pin It Last month, there appeared in the Yeshiva University (YU) Commentator an article by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper titled, “Is there a Mitzvah to Prevent Genocide?” The piece talks about... Read More »
Questions from the Non Jews
Pin It As vice president of the Touro Law JLSA (Jewish Law Students Association), it is my duty to plan events around the holidays, or even just for the education... Read More »
A New Shabbos Experience
Pin It I am about to make Shabbos in a place where I have never been before, yet I have been here a million times during the week. The Upper... Read More »
Jewish Geography and Social Networking
Pin It I have had the pleasure of living in many different cities in my life time. 3 countries, 2 continents, 5 Yeshivas, and as any good American I only... Read More »
Hava Nagilah
Pin It 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... Read More »
Salami Sonar or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Schnitzel
Pin It I know we seem to have had a bit of a lull here at Jewneric, but it’s sometimes hard to remember to post when life comes at all... Read More »
Virtual Sukkah Hop – Washington, DC
Pin It Here is a picture of our Sukkah. It is located right outside of Washington, DC. It’s big and blue, and adorned with artwork from the grandchildren, a paper... Read More »
Virtual Sukkah Hop
Pin It 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... Read More »
Fear and Loathing in Passaic, NJ
Pin It 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... Read More »
“This Is The First Time Something Like This Has Happend In An Upscale Neighborhood”
Pin It 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... Read More »
The Succah of My Memories
Pin It 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... Read More »
Yeshiva Graduate Nominated As US Attorney General
Pin It 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... Read More »
Believe it… OR ELSE
Pin It 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... Read More »
Animosity in the Jewish world
Pin It 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... Read More »
