Wanted: someone to help suffering Jews
Who will provide spiritual care for the needy?
Who will provide spiritual care for the needy?
The wait is finally over for members of Young Israel of Century City, who were eagerly anticipating the theme of the annual program \”brochure,\” which was kept secret until its publication last week. It\’s … Old West
Does everyone cheat? Surely I\’ve been living in a sheltered world. Where I come from infidelity is the rare exception to the rule; and yet, in the world I live now, the distinction seems to be between people who admit they cheat and people who don\’t.
I\’m probably one of the last people on earth who should be investigating questions such as \”Why are we here?\” and \”What is the meaning of life?\” See, I\’ve given up.
The complicated process that bees go through to make honey and the complex operation that people go through to get that honey to the table.
This year\’s 26th annual Chabad \”To Life\” telethon on Sept. 10 hopes to offer some real laughs, with host entertainer Shelley Berman (whose credits stretch from \”The Ed Sullivan Show\” to \”Curb Your Enthusiasm\” and \”Boston Legal\”) and co-host comedian Elon Gold (\”Stacked,\” \”The In-Laws\”).
Altman got down and dirty in the trenches, volunteering at a different place each day of his trip, which was coordinated by Dani Neuman, executive director of the Haifa Foundation.
A young man drives up to his garage and tries to open the door via remote, but it won\’t open. In the driveway next door, a Chasidic man blows a shofar, the long curly ram\’s horn, and — presto! — his garage door opens. \”These High Holy Days, stick with what works,\” scrolls on the computer screen of the Internet film \”Shofar, So Good.\” The short film closes with the young man blowing his own shofar to open his car\’s trunk.
Skateboarding runs in the Tashman family, although not on the paternal side. His mother, who also grew up religious, skateboarded when she was a kid. She was sponsored by a local Velcro company. \”She took her old roller skates and nailed them to a two-by-four for her first skateboards,\” Tashman said. Since he was 3 years old, \”she would attach me to my skateboard and pull me down hills and our neighbor\’s empty swimming pool,\” he said. \”She always wanted me to be a cantor, though.\”
It\’s just before 8:30 a.m., and the sound of a shofar blasts through the bustle on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Airport. In front of the cavernous hangar, which is set up for a party, a band plays \”Heivenu Shalom Aleichem.\” Two rows of mostly female soldiers flank the walkway, and hundreds of people wave Israeli flags and hold signs saying things like, \”Welcome Home.\”