Environment Artist Ran Morin And How He Relates to the "Nature" of the Middle East, written 2 days ago, Famous for his Orange Suspendu sculpture in Jaffa, I had the pleasure to interview environmental artist Ran Morin. Rarely granting interviews with the press, Morin spoke with me a little...

Valour-IT - The Few ~ The Loud ~ The Marines!, written 1 week ago, Okay, I?m a little late this time, but from today thru November 27th I?m raising my voice with the Marine Corps Fundraising Team, for Project Valour-IT. What is Project Valour IT? Well, first you get the background... the story behin...

Recons Slam Gay Marriage Ban, written 3 days ago, I’m extremely proud to announce that all three arms of the Reconstructionist movement have released a joint statement condemning the recent passage of gay marriage bans across the country.  Read all about it in this JTA article. It was particularl...

Open Thread-And an Update on Little Old Me, written 3 weeks ago, Let me know what's on your mind in during these strange times. UPDATE: For those who have been wondering of my whereabouts, I've been here all along. I've had alot of trouble with the idea of posting anything at all. Essentially, I'm ...

Children and the Torah Service, written 6 days ago, I have been thinking about the problem of smaller children and the Torah service. The basic problem is that children can easily get bored and be disruptive at a Saturday morning service. There seems to be several ways of handling this problem, an...

Change That We Must Act Upon, written 1 week ago, Did you wake up on November 5th with a sense of change? Politics aside, I did wake with a good feeling the day after the election. I felt a sense of excitement in the air. I was at the bank and heard people saying that they felt excited, proud...

Conservatives lady rabbi in key position, written 2 weeks ago, Historic moment in N.Y. as first woman named to lead Rabbinical Assembly By Anthony Weiss http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035178.html Sun., November 09, 2008 Cheshvan 11, 5769 The central organization for Conservative rabbis has ...

Breaking News: Pentagon Hit by Cyber Attack, written 2 days ago, Pentagon suffers cyber attack so alarming that officials have taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external hardware devices. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/20/pentagon-cyber-siege-unprecedented-attack/

Breslav branches, written 3 days ago, I had thought to write a comprehensive response to the recent comments which dealt with Lubavitch family issues etc., but I reconsidered this when I realized that I was really in no mood to rehash all the arguments presented. It seems that, aside from some in...

Last night's Likud convention was a rather civilized affair, as..., written 5 days ago, Last night's Likud convention was a rather civilized affair, as these things go. I'll tell you why. During three hours of speeches, the names of various suspicious characters now trying to piggyback on the Likud'...

Are You Lovable?, written 1 week ago, What Makes a Person Loveable? Being "loveable" is relatively easy to achieve during the dating process. After all, what is required other than being reasonably well-groomed, polite and pleasant? Sure, a little humor and a few unique strengths can al...

Pico-Robertson Boasts Three Of Modern Orthodoxy's Top Pulpit Rabbi, written 2 days ago, Rabbis Steven Weil of Beth Jacob, Elazar Muskin of YICC and Yosef Kanefsky of Bnai David-Judea all rank at the top of any list of America’s leading Modern Orthodox rabbis. Various Angelenos are honored in the F...

That's a Relief, written 1 week ago,

The Saudi Peace Plan is Roadmap to Armageddon, written 6 days ago, Let’s look at the recent timeline of the news wires on the Saudi Arabian Peace Plan of 2002 which calls for Israel to pull back its settlements to the 1967 Green Line border demarcation, which Abba Eban had named the "Auschwit...

Philonica et Neotestamentica Blog, written 5 days ago,

Donate Blood Tonight. I'll Be There..., written 3 days ago, If you're in the Marine Park area of Brooklyn at some time tonight, stop by 3307 Avenue N and donate blood. Come by and say hello... you might even get to meet me (although you'll have to guess which blood donor I am). I'll be there dropp...

Some Links, written 3 days ago,

Jewish writing, Jewish literature, and Jewish books. I also love coffee.

Entry for November 21, 2008, written 2 days ago, God has not promised there will always be sunshine in our lives, but He has promised that His light will always be before us. He has not promised we will never feel lonely, but He has promised that in Him we will never be alone. He has not promised...

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?, written 4 days ago, The Shotgun knows. Everything seems to be going wrong . . . My Zune is in a coma (refuah shleima!), and other such problems. Normally from a blogging perspective, that aint all that bad -at least it provides fodder for posts. A...