Parashat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
Rabbi Debra Orenstein
August 11, 2010
Is there such a thing as being “too religious”? A related (but hardly identical) question: “Can we be too observant?”
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August 11, 2010
The Shofar: Not Just for High Holy Days Anymore
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2010
With our intentions — and especially our ears — tuned to the month of Elul, we might ask: Who turned up the shofar?
Bridging Cultural Gaps Through Dance
Meredith Price
August 11, 2010
“I don’t care about mistakes,” Israeli American choreographer Barak Marshall told a studio teeming with sweaty dancers at Tel Aviv’s Suzanne Dellal Dance Center last week. “They’re beautiful things, because they mean you’re trying. Now, let’s take it from the top one more time.”
Johnny Mathis Sang Jewish — Who Knew?
Naomi Pfefferman
August 11, 2010
Johnny Mathis got up from the mah-jongg table where he was conducting an interview at his Los Angeles home to answer the telephone: “We’re discussing my career as a cantor,” he quipped.
Israel to Protest U.S.Travel Advisory
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2010
Israel will protest a U.S. travel advisory — in the wake of rocket attacks on Eilat and Akaba — that does not mention Jordan.
Big Expectations for Federation’s New Web Site
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
August 11, 2010
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles rolled out a new Web site last month, the first phase of a new initiative hoping to engage more — and younger — Jews.
School funding: turning lemons into lemon-aid
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2010
One lemonade stand set up to raise a few dollars for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has grown into a community-wide effort backed by local businesses ranging from the growing Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt chain to Huckleberry Cafe and Bakery on Wilshire Boulevard. With an Aug. 15 deadline to collect money for the Save Our Schools campaign, kids, parents and community members are putting their all into raising funds to bring back teachers, aides and programs that have been cut for the 2010-11 school year.
Understanding Islam
Jonathan Kirsch
August 11, 2010
Among the many scholars who have tried to explain Islam to the Western world, few are as influential as Bernard Lewis. He has engaged in public disputations with Edward Said and Noam Chomsky, and he was a go-to guy during the Bush administration. Two of his recent books, “What Went Wrong?” and “The Crisis of Islam,” were best sellers. At the age of 94, Lewis is still a commanding and compelling commentator and critic, as we discover in “Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East” (Oxford University Press: $24.95), a newly published collection of his articles, essays and speeches.
Siddur Baseball
Dennis Prager
August 11, 2010
When I was a kid in yeshiva, we played a game during davening (prayer services) called siddur (prayer book) baseball. We mostly played this at Orthodox summer camp during Shabbat services — because it was baseball season, and because Shabbat services were much longer than the daily service.
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