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Friday, March 13, 2009

Strategies for Hope #3: JTS's "False Profits"

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With the economic collapse has come new opportunities to reassess the relationship between money and morality. The Jewish Theological Semina...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Ki Tissa: Worshiping the Unfamiliar

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A couple of years ago, my dog Crosby slipped through the invisible fence surrounding our home. After a tense half hour of searching, we foun...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Happy 100th, Tel Aviv

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See below a tribute: Tel Aviv celebrates its centennial - from ISRAEL21c . Then read about Tel Aviv's origins and historic sites . A...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Strategies for Hope # 2: Five Ways to Misery

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This is the second in my periodic "Strategies for Hope" series. It's also a nice parody of self-help videos for Purim, but wit...

Madoff, Haman and a Demoralized Jewry

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I received this correspondence over the past two days that, with permission, I am sharing. As All-Things Madoff continues to dominate the ...

Purim Pics 2009

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Check out this sampling of our Purim service and carnival. Special thanks to all our Megilla readers and everyone involved in the carnival....
Monday, March 9, 2009

More Purim Spoofs, and Lessons of an Ever-Dying People

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Fresh off another great Synaplex Shabbat featuring Storahtelling's timely and timeless Purim-spiel (and the unforgettable strains of ...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Temple Rock Award Stamford Advocate

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Purim Parodies from Sh'ma

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Sh'ma has posted a gallery of Purim shpiels. For years, Sh'ma has published some of the most clever searing and humorous commentarie...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Meshugene Men (by the Shushan Channel)

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Spot-on parody of "Mad Men" and promo for Purim show, "The Shushan Channel" March 9th at 92Y Tribeca (shows at 8 and 10:...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Miracle Days: Special Purims in Jewish History

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All too often, Jewish communities have faced catastrophe. Occasionally, miraculous interventions have enabled them to avert certain doom. ...

Purim – the "Real" Story

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One thing’s for sure about Purim – it ‘ aint all fiction. As you will see, many of the details correspond neatly with known historical fact...
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Monday, March 2, 2009

What is Purim?

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What is Purim? From myJewishLearning.com From the Hartman Institute : Purim Educational Materials Culture and practice Purim: Strangest of...

New Jewish Women's Encyclopedia: Online and Free

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It's here! The Jewish Women's Archive is proud to announce the launch of the online version of Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Histori...

Purim 5769: This Year's Oscar Contenders

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In honor of Purim, here are this year's Oscar Contenders.... " Schmaltz with Bashir " - In the summer of 1982, Arik Sharon a...