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Good Coffee Has to Have Good Aroma
March 26, 2010Mazal Tov to the Aroma Espresso Bar chain! A 2009 restaurant contest held by a popular Ukrainian website, Lasun reported that Aroma is Kiev’s best coffee shop. The Israeli chain, which opened shop in the capital of Ukraine one year ago, is among the city’s fastest growing successes. For the second year in a row, [...]
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Pesach PSA
March 23, 2010As the first seder approaches, I wanted to offer a reminder about the new edition of the Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah for Pesach. If you’re looking for a soulful haggadah which aims to marry tradition and creativity (and is chock-full of excellent poetry, to boot) this may be the haggadah for you! Anyway, you can read [...]
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London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift
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Stressing re: Cross-Dressing
March 7, 2010“Please: Do *not* send pix. Really.” It’s been about a week since Purim, but I am still thinking about my broad shouldered and hairy (male) neighbors who, although upstanding citizens in general, year after year insist on observing the custom of dressing up in costume (fancy dress for you Brits, who are in any case the [...]
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Britain PM condemns rise in anti-Semitic incidents
February 6, 2010 -
Tu BiShvat is on the way
January 29, 2010A big beautiful conifer outside our house, flanked by birch trees. Tu BiShvat, the New Year of the Trees, begins tonight at sundown. Maybe not surprisingly, I haven’t had time to collect any new resources for the holiday or to write any new holiday reflections or prayers this year. So I’ll point you to the [...]
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Rising Hatred
January 27, 2010Sadly, anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in 2009 in formidable measures, especially in Western Europe. The record number of incidents was the largest since World War II. The first three months of the year saw more anti-Semitism than all of 2008. The sharpest increase was in France, where 631 anti-Semitic incidents happened in the [...]
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Ohalah 2010, seen from afar
January 10, 2010This weekend, the ALEPH ordination programs community — students in the rabbinic, rabbinic pastor, hashpa’ah (spiritual direction) and cantorial programs — has gathered for a Shabbat retreat which culminates in our annual smicha (ordination) ceremony. Immediately after the smicha ceremony, the annual conference of Ohalah, the association of rabbis for Jewish renewal, will begin. Last [...]
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This weekend in TLV: Come and look inside other peoples houses
May 6, 2009If you’re the type of person who peers through the front windows of expensively renovated apartments and fantasizes about an opportunity to see inside, this weekend in Tel Aviv is for you. For the second or third (I can’t remember which) year in a row, the municipality is hosting Houses from Within – organized tours [...]