Monthly Archives: July 2010

What’s in the Israeli Conversion Bill? Israel Celebrated By UN Officials, and the Upper West Side’s Prince Charming

Click here to watch in High Definition (HD) FYI, TJC’s translation of the conversion bill can be found here.

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This Week’s Torah Portion With Dr. Mark Kirschbaum From Tikkun Magazine

This week’s Torah portion is Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25). Here’s a non-Jewish woman wondering about Hasidic boys and the weird plant rituals of Succot. So she asks one and he responds by asking if she is Jewish. When she says no, … Continue reading

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Facebook Friends

A classmate of mine from Pacific Union College Elementary School (1977-80) posts to her Facebook: “How many of us really know everyone on our FB list?…..Here’s a task for you… I want all my FB friends to post how you … Continue reading

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Neal Dublinsky ZT”L

I’m eating lunch at 12:20 p.m. today in front of my desktop computer and surfing around Facebook when I chance upon this announcement on a friend’s page: “BARUCH DAYAN HA EMES: Our Beloved Friend NEIL DUBLINSKY (“Neil Dee” on Facebook) … Continue reading

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‘We’ve Got To Get You A Wife’

Until a Jewish community tries to get you a wife, you’re not really a part of it. You may attend its functions but you’re not part of the community. At various stops in my Jewish journey, I’ve become part of … Continue reading

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