Monthly Archives: December 2010

This Week’s Torah Portion

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s parsha is Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26). * This week’s parsha contains many verses on the death of Jacob. The … Continue reading

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What A Real Estate Agent Can Not Tell You

There is a lot of info that I would like from a realtor before buying a home. For instance, I’d like to know about crime statistics. I’d like to know about the quality of schools. I’d like to know about … Continue reading

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Israeli Racism

In follow-up to this blog post, I want you to read this by Steven Plaut on JewishPress.com: Allow us to introduce you to young Kochav Segal Halevi. The 26-year-old Israeli is receiving death threats. In fact, he had to go … Continue reading

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Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur

On Thursday, Dennis Prager talks to Ron Christie, professor of political science and strategy at George Washington University and Haverford College. His new book is Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur Ron Christie, who’s black: I trace … Continue reading

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Spiritual Reasons For Tragedies

Professor Marc B. Shapiro has new blog post up: As I am writing this people are once again outraged by something R. Ovadiah Yosef said, in that he attributed the fires in Israel to lack of Sabbath observance. Obviously, this … Continue reading

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