Learning to Pray and Play with Everyone
By Rabbi Pesach Sommer Among the biggest mistakes that a parent can make, at least in their child’s eyes, is to suggest to your son a daughter that they play with someone who is of a different age. I know, because I’ve tried. The response is always the same. “I can’t. He/she is in a [...]
TOP 10 Factoids about Fiddler on the Roof – Thursday’s Top Ten List
Maybe, it was because—for no apparent reason—I found myself humming “If I Were a Rich Man” the other day. So, here are the Top 10 Factoids about that enduring musical, Fiddler on the Roof.
Antwerp Rabbi Sues For Gender Integration in Jewish Schools – And Wins
The Benoth Jerusalem school of Antwerp, Belgium, an Ultra-Orthodox, girls-only public school, faced a major shift in their demographic this week when they were forced to add two boys to their student roster, after a judge ruled that Belgian schools may not discriminate against potential students on the basis of gender. The legal decision was [...]
TOP 10 Quotes from Isaac Asimov – Thursday’s Top Ten List
Our first Top 10 List of 2013 kicks off with memorable quotes from the amazingly brilliant and prolific (mostly) sci-fi writer, Isaac Asimov.
“Strike” a Pose: Super-thin Supermodels Banned In Israel
By Rea Bochner, WrittenByRea.com You know those wafer-thin ubermodels you see looking sulky and malnourished on magazine covers, in commercials, and on the monstrous billboards of Times Square? Well, in Israel, they’re outlaws. As of the first of the year, any model with a body-mass index lower than 18.5 is legally banned from appearing in [...]
TOP 10 Jewish Athletes of 2012 – Thursday’s Top Ten List
It has been another momentous year for Jewish athletes, and picking a Top 10 was not an easy task. So, who captured the Bagels and Jocks No. 1 spot this year?
Sports
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Israel At The Super Bowl
Marketers like myself (who own 5WPR, a PR firm) watch the Super Bowl not just for the sports experience, but also because of the advertising and marketing from commercials, the half-time show and other things around the event. I was in New Orleans for Super Bowl this year with clients. Israel was of course represented [...]
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On the Road to Somewhere?
By Rabbi Pesach Sommer, Sometimes I start writing with a destination in mind. I’ve mapped out in my thoughts what I’d like to say. All that remains is to put pen to ink (how quaint). So too in running. Much of the time, I head out knowing how far I’m running and which route I [...]
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Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, January 28, 2013
Brotherly love, brotherly competition, reflections, endings and new beginnings all highlight this farewell (for now) edition of Bagels and Jocks.
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TOP 10 Songs From Fiddler on the Roof – Thursday’s Top Ten List
Today’s Top 10 ranks the songs from the amazing, timeless musical, Fiddler on the Roof. This task was so overwhelming that I needed to take a couple weeks off before contemplating it. Play the songs, debate your own rankings and try not to sing along, smile and shed a tear or two. Impossible?
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Touch-up – Wednesday’s Wordapod
Four days and counting down to Super Bowl XLVII, we’re nearing the climax of the NFL season. This happy occasion (for some?) inspired today’s Wordapod.
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TOP 10 Factoids about Fiddler on the Roof – Thursday’s Top Ten List
Maybe, it was because—for no apparent reason—I found myself humming “If I Were a Rich Man” the other day. So, here are the Top 10 Factoids about that enduring musical, Fiddler on the Roof.
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Business
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PR Firm Expands in Middle East
One of the worlds leading Public Relations Agencies has decided to take a minority percentage ownership in BPG | pr, a firm whose clients include Rolls Royce, Visa International, Omega, Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (DEPE), Masafi Mineral Water, Jumbo Electronics and Dusit Thani Hotel Group. BPG employs more than 35 people with offices in [...]
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Israel Family Office Event To Be Held
DC Finance, a leading producer of financial conferences is pleased to announce that its 4th “Family Office and Wealth Management” conference will be held at the Tel Aviv Hilton Hotel on June 10th 2013. The conference’s agenda addresses the complex and challenge issues faced by family members, Single Family Offices and Multi Family Offices in [...]
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Jewish Help Wanted
Kars For Kids and many others are hiring – Some of the more interesting jobs currently available in the Jewish world. · Vice President of Institutional Advancement – Yeshiva University: The Vice President of Institutional Advancement will work with the President, faculty, staff, alumni and other YU leadership to build upon the significant success of [...]
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Politics
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ZOA Condemns Church of Scotland Report Denying Jewish Right to Israel & Call for Boycott, Urges Church To Reject Report At Its General Assembly Meeting
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned a report produced within the Church of Scotland that denies the Jewish right to the Biblical land of Israel and which urges British and European pressure upon Israel over Jewish residence in Judea and Samaria. The ZOA has called upon the Church of Scotland to reject the [...]
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NORPAC Sponsors Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)
NORPAC Teaneck welcomes U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) on Sunday, May 19th to an event beginning 7:00 PM hosted by Barry & Joy Sklar on Sunday, May 19 at 7:00 PM During the three-decades Senator Roberts has served in Congress, he has been a steadfast champion of the State of Israel and fully committed to [...]
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The Price Of Terror
Please join us to hear our guest speaker Arnold Roth ask how we measure the price paid now and in the future by Israelis for the 2011 exchange of convicted terrorists for the freedom of the Israeli hostage, Gilad Shalit. On Aug 9, 2001, Arnold and Frimet Roth’s daughter, Malka (Malki) Roth, 15, of Jerusalem, was [...]
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Acts of Loving Kindness
In the Jewish text known as Ethics of the Fathers, or in Hebrew, Pirkei Avos, we are told that the world stands on three things: on the Torah, on service (to God), and on acts of loving kindness (Pirkei Avos 1:2). The Torah represents the guidelines we need to live our lives while service to [...]
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Parshas Naso
Parsha Summary – 1st Aliya: The family of Gershon is assigned to carry the curtains and tapestries of the Mishkan. The family of Merrari is assigned to carry the beams, poles, and sockets that comprised the walls of the Mishkan. 2nd Aliya: The families of Gershon and Merrari are counted. 3rd Aliya: The laws regarding [...]
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ZOA Condemns Physicist Stephen Hawking Boycott of Israel
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the British physicist, Stephen Hawking, for his decision to boycott a conference in Israel, which he has previously visited. Professor Hawking had been invited to the Israeli Presidential Conference, to be held in Jerusalem on June 18-20, but has refused to attend, “based on advice from Palestinian [...]
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The Lego Man
It is not altogether common to see a 33-year-old man walking through the streets with large quantities of children’s toys, much less one wearing a military officer’s uniform. Yet when the IDF Website met with Maj. Maor Cohen, the officer was carrying boxes of Legos – those popular construction toys that epitomize childhood for millions [...]
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Eating Kosher
From Mark Birnbaum to the staff of Kars For Kids, so many are aware of the many attributes of kosher food – amongst them: · “Jewish kosher foods are health food for the soul. Just as there are foods that are friendly to your body and foods that harm it” Tzvi Freeman · “We serve [...]
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