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With security already tightened due to Middle East violence, Jewish institutions are bracing for the worst. Hizbollah was behinid the murderous bombing of the AMIA Building in Buenos Aires a decade ago, which killed over 80 people, and there’s a chance they could do similar things now. On Friday, there was a shooting […]
Like I said, I’m at BlogHer this weekend in San Jose, California. I missing Shabbat, but at the same time this conference is a great way to spend Shabbat. I’m learning, I’m connecting with people, I’m telling my Jewish story to people who might not know any Jewish stories.
I’m in a session called “Mommy Blogging is a […]
4:00pm Saturday, July 29th NO RSVP NEEDED! Come spend a lazy Saturday afternoon on the lawn! Bring anything you need for chill afternoon. W. Barry at LSD West, at the Park! Map it!
I won’t go into how CNN allowed itself to be manipulated by Hezzbolah into being propaganda, that is for another (and when I’m not at a keynote lunch.) I’m pretty sure that Soccer Dad has a thing or two to say–he’s doing some of the best round-ups on the war.
There is a user poll […]
To mourn the destruction ofthe Temple in Jerusalem. Liz is organizing a chanting of Eicha by the Lake.
OK, many of you have asked me and yes, the Tisha B’Av reading is still on. We will be meeting at 8pm on Wednesday, August 2 (Happy Birthday, Dena!), which is right about when the […]
Synablog highlights a speech Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR given at UCLA Hillel as part of Los Angeles’s People of the Book Festival in late April of this year that makes some concise, bold statements that ring so very truly.
“It seems to me that our community has made some real miscalculations in addressing the growing […]
A good sign that a neighborhood has gentrified is when the chains move in. Wicker Park, once a hipster and artist haven, now has Starbucks, Urban Outfitters and more than a few decidedly upscale retail establishments. And for years, hundreds, if not thousands, of young Jews have returned to a neighborhood where many […]
I’m spending this weekend at BlogHer–a women’s blogging conference in California. I wish I knew that more J-Bloggers were here, but since a bulk of the conference is on Shabbat… there is my answer. I’m sure I’ll find some other Jewish Bloggeristas, but are they Jewish Bloggers or Bloggers who are Jewish?
I’ll report more from […]
As I prepare for the August 5th: A Gig for Gilad benefit for Magen David Adom at Gunther Murphys, I got hold of the address for Cpl. Gilad Shalit’s family. I’m collecting letters of solidarity to the family that we will send en masse, […]
JUF has published an excellent essay by Doni Remba of Chicago Peace Now that outlines what the Geneva Convention actually says about civilian casualties in areas in which military targets are nested, the targeting thereof and the application of these rules pertaining to the current hostilities. Israel is, according to Remba, well within […]
Map it! Parking available in public lot at Greenview and Belmont
and behind the venue. 2 blocks block from the Paulina ‘El’ stop.
This essay by Daniel Gordis has been circulating, it hit my desk twice today, and its long but a really sobering and good read. I’ll link it after the jump, so read on. As we finish a Book of Torah, we say “Chazak V’Nitchazek-” Strength and be strengthened. How timely. The Jewish people everywere need […]
I’m just about rallied out.
Last week I had an impromtu rally with two friends on the beach in Chicago. Three people probably doesn’t make a rally, but it gave me time to talk and pray with friends. And for me, a chance to sing Oseh Shalom.
Then on Monday I went to the Chicago Israel Solidarity […]
I got an email from former Chicagoan Shai Ronen about the situation in Israel, and how its affecting things in Haifa. Its a revealing look at how Israel really cares about its people, how Israelis are pulling together and how real these rocket attacks are:
Another day, another 20 rockets. Life tries to go on. […]
Leah posts on Accidentally Jewish:
“Excuse me,” one friend with a very large Israeli flag said to a cop, “do you have enough water.” Yep. Jews keeping Jews and Cops hydrated. Seriously, “water, you want you should have heat stroke?”
The Official JUF recap is here
“Braving temperatures in the upper nineties, a crowd […]
Organized by the JCRC
12:00 Noon, Monday, July 17
Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago
(Dearborn between Adams and Jackson)
send your pictures and comments…
I’m finding myself more to the right these days than I care to admit. Why? Because it is on the historic american left than I’m finding the greatest anti-Israel sentiment. Now, it isn’t that I’m not open to hearing all 15 sides to this story, but I also need some pro-Israel nourishment.
In case you do […]
This week’s Torah Parsha is about Pinchas, a Levite who, in the midst of a plague brought on by the Israelites infidelity to HaShem, took action into his own hands, slaying a “mixed” couple fornicating in full view of the camp. Traditional views see Pinchas as a hero, for HaShem grants him a “Birkat […]
The second Kavanah Shabbat Under the Stars meets tonight in Lakeview.
7:30 Kabbalat Shabbat
8:30 (ish) Potluck Dinner
We’re down the stret from the Makor Oneg this month, so double the fun!
Its gonna be great. 60 people signed up for spirited davening and dinner. But if you want to come, you have to wait until next month. We’re […]
The second Kavanah Shabbat Under the Stars meets tonight in Lakeview.
7:30 Kabbalat Shabbat
8:30 (ish) Potluck Dinner
We’re down the stret from the Makor Oneg this month, so double the fun!
Its gonna be great. 60 people signed up for spirited davening and dinner. But if you want to come, you have to wait until next […]
