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When a gangstuh talks about, “going Old Testament on his ass,” she probably means something like the stuff in Parshat Ki Tavo. As Moses final speech continues, he follows through with his theme of, “obey and be happy, disobey and suffer BIG TIME!” The threats in this parsha makes Guantanamo seem like Club Med. It […]
“This popular summer festival will again engage people of all ages to not only experience a taste of the region through art and food, but also examine and challenge beliefs about personal and cultural identity. HAMSA-Fest will […]
Mazal Tov to George and Sara. I don’t know them, but this proposal is awesome. May we all merit to meet our beshert.
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Friday night I stopped by the Lakeview Chabad Shabbaton, which was alright. Saturday after shul I hung with Avi and Rachel for some fine Cholent and brew, then headed up LSD on my way home for much needed menucha.
When I got to Irving Park, where Chabad holds its events at Park Place, there was a […]
I’m a fan of Rabbi Andy Bachman. Never met the guy, but I like his approach to being a community leader, to inspiring youth, to being open to Tradition amidst the backdrop of a Reform movement that can sometimes be as stiffling in its rigidity as certain Haredi groups but in more of an Episcopalian […]
This caught my eye, about an unlikely “Indie Minyan” of reform camp kids at Kutz. Are they suddenly exploring, chas v’shalom, more traditional forms of Jewish prayer? This was a response to a “Jazz Service” where several got up and walked, but it does seem to be a trend.
These teens are part of what appears […]
Cara is a bit PO’d. If you don’t like the direction of the shul, change it from within, move to one you like better or just shut up. Otherwise Cara will put on her Viking helmet and beat the crap out of you…
If you don’t like the height of the Mechitza, get smicha and be […]
A few years ago, UJA became UJC, and not much changed except a whole lot of bureaucratic shuffling and money being uselessly wasted. Messing with brand identity is risking, like adding “New” before “Coke.” Now The Forward reports that the Foundation for Jewish Culture has dropped the “National” from their name, apparently indicating a departure […]
Poet Matthue has been wondering does he need to have a day job to supplement his Jewish creativity projects and free trips to Israel… Shouldn’t t?he community fund him on some level as a fellow so he can continue contributing to its advancement? Or his writing?
And furthermore, when he does try to […]
It’s so effing sweet when they get it… and the Reader does tend to *get* it…
Rabbinical School Dropouts
The California big band known as the RABBINICAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS actually does seem to play at a lot of weddings and bar mitzvahs, which is hard to square with their sound. Recalling Zappa at his giddiest and […]
Spertus to launch MA in Jewish Professional Studies
This is an interesting development. Instead of a degree from a “Jewish Studies Department” or an MSW, now people who want to work in eternal servitude of their people (you fools! don’t do it!) with an accompanying eternal lack of thanks can learn how to do it! Spertus’ […]
Judges! We are instructed to appoint wise and honorable judges to administer justice. (Samson is the most famous exception to that rule.) They are to judge blindly and be unbribable. Crimes are to be thoroughly investigated and convictions require at least two witnesses.We are again instructed to commit ethnic cleansing […]
Chicago has some of the best tap water around. I’ve always used tap water expect when I’m on the go and a fountain is nowhere is site. Only then have I had tap water. I really bought into Evian being spelled correctly backwords, and having been in the beverage business for a […]
Like Adam wrote on Monday, for nearly five years Daniel Sieradski, aka Mobius, has been the editor-in-chief of Jewschool. Jewschool is a popular, multi-author blog and Daniel is a prolific blogger. Today he announced that he’s leaving Jewschool and he’ll rarely be blogging on his personal blog because he’s been hired at the Director of […]
ImperfectArtist just got back from a whole month in Jerusalem and has some interesting perspective to share, wherein at some level, even in highly segmented and divided Israel, the “labels eventually fall away” :
In America, in Diaspora, it’s much more segregated. Your ideology tends to match the shul you frequent and most everything that goes […]
Well, really its 2 older shuls that are in some way reinventing themselves.
Makom Shalom, formerly in the South Loop, has temporarily relocated to thge Roscoe Village/North Center area at Epiphany Church on Bradley and Damen, a few short blocks from my apartment. Yay, another option!
Then it seems there’s a new group operating out of the […]
Chicago Classical Music’s Jonathon Miller conducted Kol Zimrah last month and found a surprise personal connection…
Founder and publisher of Jewschool Dan “Mobius” Sieradski is leaving the groundbreaking net zine/group blog he founded five years ago to lead JTA’s New Media department. He announced it on his Orthodox Anarchist blog. Mobius is one of the Jewish blogosphere’s more notable and in the opinion of some, notorious personalities. Whatever you […]
In case you missed KFAR’s May 16 concert by ESTA, WBEZ 91.5FM rebroadcast a 30 minute excerpt of Israel’s most original instrumental band on the Radio M program this past week. Our thanks to Tony Sarabia at Chicago Public Radio and Eric Butkus of Record the World for making this possible. Click on […]
Because I’m one of those crazy young entrepreneurial Jews who’s wasting the best years of his life in the thankless service of the community, I lack some of the basic things most folks take for granted. I don’t have an office or internet access- I use my cell phone as a modem when I […]
