http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/qr-codes-flower-in-israel-1327436053/ http://www.jewpi.com/qr-codes-flower-in-israel-1327436053/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:14:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/qr-codes-flower-in-israel-1327436053/ Last January on our trip to Israel, I made a note to myself that quick response codes (QR codes in short) were nowhere to be found. Well, maybe I saw a couple of them, but it surprised me that, in a country where technology was, by and large embraced, QR codes were strangely absent. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/in-appreciation-of-epic-meal-time-1326705364/ http://www.jewpi.com/in-appreciation-of-epic-meal-time-1326705364/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:16:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/in-appreciation-of-epic-meal-time-1326705364/ Adding massive amounts of ground beef soil to a “Meat Garden” Last month while speaking with students, a couple of them mentioned something called “Epic Meal Time”.  I saw a couple of their videos , found it interesting, but didn’t continue watching them.  That is, until this past week. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/purim-drinking-ii-which-beverages-to-drink-1326311659/ http://www.jewpi.com/purim-drinking-ii-which-beverages-to-drink-1326311659/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:54:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/purim-drinking-ii-which-beverages-to-drink-1326311659/ Wine is mentioned several times in the book of Esther Having begun a discussion of drinking on Purim , (and what got me re-interested in this topic), I wanted to do an initial post on which beverage one should drink in order to intoxicate oneself on Purim. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/saying-a-statement-in-the-name-of-the-person-who-said-it-3-lets-just-call-a-rabbi-a-rabbi-1326220717/ http://www.jewpi.com/saying-a-statement-in-the-name-of-the-person-who-said-it-3-lets-just-call-a-rabbi-a-rabbi-1326220717/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:38:37 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/saying-a-statement-in-the-name-of-the-person-who-said-it-3-lets-just-call-a-rabbi-a-rabbi-1326220717/ Books don’t write themselves I recently found the following that I had sent myself a couple of years ago and hadn’t previously posted, but should be: A previous entry of mine focused on the rabbinic notion of quoting the person who made a particular Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pre-marital-sex-as-a-subcategory-of-non-marital-sex-1326137788/ http://www.jewpi.com/pre-marital-sex-as-a-subcategory-of-non-marital-sex-1326137788/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:36:28 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pre-marital-sex-as-a-subcategory-of-non-marital-sex-1326137788/ Although there may be other posts like this one out on the Internet, I’ve been thinking about this topic for years and finally just wanted to post about it.  This post is about the semantics of the term “pre-marital sex” and differentiating it from other forms of non-marital sex. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/purim-drinking-i-prolegomenon-1326046577/ http://www.jewpi.com/purim-drinking-i-prolegomenon-1326046577/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:16:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/purim-drinking-i-prolegomenon-1326046577/ With Purim occurring two months from today, my mind turned over shabbat towards one of the most well-known aspects of the festival: drinking . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/excited-about-going-to-tribefest-2012-1325802245/ http://www.jewpi.com/excited-about-going-to-tribefest-2012-1325802245/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:24:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/excited-about-going-to-tribefest-2012-1325802245/ Having returned yesterday from spending the previous day and a half in Las Vegas, I am looking forward to going to Tribefest this year (and, yes, I made sure I registered today). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-v-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-v-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:24:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-v-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ Continuing in my attempt to count up the most frequently mentioned sages in the Tosefta , I have now counted up the appearances in סדר קדשים (for previous posts in the Tosefta, see the following: סדר זרעים , סדר מועד , סדר נשים , and סדר נזיקין ). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%9b%d7%97-introductory-comments/ http://www.jewpi.com/%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%9b%d7%97-introductory-comments/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:52:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%9b%d7%97-introductory-comments/ Both before, during, and after turning thirty a few months ago, my mind turned to perhaps the most famous rabbinic statement regarding changing ages – that of Yehudah, son of Tema , found toward the end of the fifth chapter of tractate Avot , wherein he goes through every decade of ones life and a [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/an-excellent-place-for-qr-codes-in-jewish-life-kashrut-certificates/ http://www.jewpi.com/an-excellent-place-for-qr-codes-in-jewish-life-kashrut-certificates/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:45:01 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/an-excellent-place-for-qr-codes-in-jewish-life-kashrut-certificates/ While on vacation in Florida, a difficulty presented itself to us: we would see a kosher certificate with a rabbi’s name on it, but know nothing about the rabbi. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-iv-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9f/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-iv-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9f/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:10:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-iv-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9f/ Onward on my quest to count up the most prevalent mentions of rabbis in the Tosefta , I finished yesterday on סדר נזיקין (you can see previous posts on סדר זרעים , סדר מועד , and סדר נשים ). Of note, Rabbi Yehudah was, once again, far ahead of everybody else in the seder . [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/reading-dani-shapiros-devotion/ http://www.jewpi.com/reading-dani-shapiros-devotion/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:14:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/reading-dani-shapiros-devotion/ For our first gathering of Clal ‘s Rabbis Without Borders Fellowship (of which I am among the participants of the cohort) next week, we are to read Dani Shapiro ‘s Devotion: A Memoir . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/watching-un-me/ http://www.jewpi.com/watching-un-me/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:34:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/watching-un-me/ Yesterday afternoon, as part of a Beach Hillel program, I saw the movie “UN Me “.  Now, while I attended partly because of my job and association with Beach Hillel, I was interested to hear criticisms of the UN.  It wasn’t a topic I had ever particularly given any thought, let alone any attention.  So, [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pdf-of-minhah-for-the-ten-days-of-repentance/ http://www.jewpi.com/pdf-of-minhah-for-the-ten-days-of-repentance/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:04:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pdf-of-minhah-for-the-ten-days-of-repentance/ These last couple of days during this time on the Jewish calendar known as עשרת ימי תשובה – the ten days of repentance – I was struck with a challenge: in the afternoons, I am typically somewhere out and about and I need to daven מנחה (the afternoon prayer). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-iii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-iii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:24:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-iii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ Yesterday, I finished up going through סדר נשים of the Tosefta in counting up how frequently our sages appear (just as I’ve done with סדר זרעים and סדר מועד ). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/911-reflections-ten-years-later-as-a-student-in-jerusalem/ http://www.jewpi.com/911-reflections-ten-years-later-as-a-student-in-jerusalem/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:54:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/911-reflections-ten-years-later-as-a-student-in-jerusalem/ On 11 September 2001, I had been in Jerusalem for two weeks, where I was studying at Ohr Somayach through Yeshiva University , where I had studied the previous semester. On the day in question, I had woken up late, although the planes didn’t crash into the buildings for another couple of hours. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/some-reflections-on-the-second-annual-hillel-institute/ http://www.jewpi.com/some-reflections-on-the-second-annual-hillel-institute/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:52:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/some-reflections-on-the-second-annual-hillel-institute/ A week ago, I left and returned from attending the second annual Hillel Institute. In the spirit of some of my recent posts (including my conference anticipations ), I’m going with ten reflections on the conference: 1) I was happy to see more tweeting (cf. picture to the right) taking place at this year’s conference [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/once-again-some-great-yct-representation-at-hillel-institute/ http://www.jewpi.com/once-again-some-great-yct-representation-at-hillel-institute/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:16:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/once-again-some-great-yct-representation-at-hillel-institute/ Last week, during our last night at the second annual Hillel Institute of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life , someone asked me about the seemingly numerousness of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) graduates in Hillel. In truth, in no way were YCT graduates the majority of rabbis there, but it was noticeable. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-ii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%93/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-ii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%93/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:44:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-ii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%93/ I have now finished going through and counting up the most frequently mentioned sages in סדר מועד of the Tosefta (see here for סדר זרעים ). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/five-quick-thoughts-on-the-oc-fair/ http://www.jewpi.com/five-quick-thoughts-on-the-oc-fair/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:12:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/five-quick-thoughts-on-the-oc-fair/ Having gone today to the Orange County Fair for the first time, I had some thoughts: 1) It was great that we were able to get in for only $2 instead of the regular price of $11. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/meeting-some-of-the-best-brightest-picking-a-professional-dream-team/ http://www.jewpi.com/meeting-some-of-the-best-brightest-picking-a-professional-dream-team/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:08:30 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/meeting-some-of-the-best-brightest-picking-a-professional-dream-team/ While staffing BBYO ‘s ILTC last month, I met some staff members who impressed me in certain ways and I thought “If only I had the opportunity to start some sort of organization (or head up something), I know who I would choose to work with me and get things done. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/some-anticipations-expectations-more-for-this-weeks-second-annual-hillel-institute/ http://www.jewpi.com/some-anticipations-expectations-more-for-this-weeks-second-annual-hillel-institute/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:22:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/some-anticipations-expectations-more-for-this-weeks-second-annual-hillel-institute/ Tomorrow, I am heading off to attend the second ever Hillel Institute and thought I would type out some things I am looking forward to and expecting, etc. Having attended last year’s first ever Hillel Institute, which was a re-branded staff conference, I am excited to go back and have numerous thoughts about it. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/reflections-on-starting-a-new-aza-chapter/ http://www.jewpi.com/reflections-on-starting-a-new-aza-chapter/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:26:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/reflections-on-starting-a-new-aza-chapter/ Having been at BBYO ‘s ILTC recently gave me some consideration about my BBYO experience, primarily because participants would ask me “Were you ever in BBYO?” and, if so, how involved I was. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-i-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-i-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9d/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:52:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-tosefta-i-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9d/ Having gone through the entirety of the Mishnah and counting up how frequently various sages were mentioned , I decided I would turn my attention to the Tosefta and do similarly (both because of curiousity and because I had developed a nice system for it (creating grids and working פרק by פרק in tallying them [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/some-physical-changes-at-bnai-brith-perlman-camp/ http://www.jewpi.com/some-physical-changes-at-bnai-brith-perlman-camp/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:42:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/some-physical-changes-at-bnai-brith-perlman-camp/ Fence by LTC Dorm 6 (which is now not in use) As mentioned previously, I am staffing BBYO ‘s International Leadership Training Conference currently and already discussed some of BBYO’s summer programming changes at B’nai B’rith Perlman Camp (BBPC); additionally, there have been some physical changes, as well, to the grounds. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-vii-top-ten-overall-final-tally/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-vii-top-ten-overall-final-tally/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:24:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-vii-top-ten-overall-final-tally/ As mentioned previously, I went through the Mishnah and counted which sages were mentioned the most times (see I , II , III , IV , V , VI for previous posts on individual סדרים), tallying them up yesterday and here is the list of the top ten sages Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/some-changes-to-bbyo-summer-programs-at-bnai-brith-perlman-camp/ http://www.jewpi.com/some-changes-to-bbyo-summer-programs-at-bnai-brith-perlman-camp/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:14:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/some-changes-to-bbyo-summer-programs-at-bnai-brith-perlman-camp/ As mentioned before , it’s been seven years since I’ve been to B’nai B’rith Perlman Camp (BBPC) and, while here, there have been changes that have occurred. In this post, I wanted to discuss some changes to the summer programs taking place here (for some background to this, see here ). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/against-whom-the-%d7%97%d7%9b%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d-were-in-the-mishnah-top-ten/ http://www.jewpi.com/against-whom-the-%d7%97%d7%9b%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d-were-in-the-mishnah-top-ten/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:42:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/against-whom-the-%d7%97%d7%9b%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d-were-in-the-mishnah-top-ten/ As mentioned previously, I went through the Mishnah and counted which sages were mentioned the most times (see I , II , III , IV , V , VI for previous posts on individual סדרים) and discovered an interesting element: sometimes sages were mentioned and then חכמים disagreed with them. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-vi-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%98%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%aa/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-vi-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%98%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%aa/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:26:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-vi-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%98%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%aa/ While flying last week , I finished up my project of counting the most referenced sages in The Mishnah with סדר טהרות (see previous posts on זרעים ,מועד ,נשים ,נזיקים , and קדשים ). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/back-to-bnai-brith-perlman-camp-for-iltc/ http://www.jewpi.com/back-to-bnai-brith-perlman-camp-for-iltc/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:42:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/back-to-bnai-brith-perlman-camp-for-iltc/ I am heading off tomorrow to Pennsylvania to be one of two Judaic Educators at B’nai B’rith Youth Organization ‘s 53rd annual International Leadership Training Conference , taking place at the B’nai B’rith Perlman Camp . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/selling-saharas-stuff/ http://www.jewpi.com/selling-saharas-stuff/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:56:23 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/selling-saharas-stuff/ Yesterday, before departing from Las Vegas, having visited for my third Father’s Day, we checked out the liquidation sale going on at the Sahara . The sale was going on at the Sahara, which closed a little over a month ago , and begun five days ago previously to sell off everything on the premises. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/plants-versus-people-considering-environmental-concern-as-a-social-justice-issue/ http://www.jewpi.com/plants-versus-people-considering-environmental-concern-as-a-social-justice-issue/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:08:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/plants-versus-people-considering-environmental-concern-as-a-social-justice-issue/ Six and a half years ago, while walking in El Salvador with Rabbi Sid Schwarz, the topic of our trip came up. I was among a couple dozen rabbinical students who were there for ten days as part of the second Rabbinical Student Delegation trip of the American Jewish World Service , which focuses on [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-introduction-to-the-stammaim-a-description-by-michael-chernick/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-introduction-to-the-stammaim-a-description-by-michael-chernick/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 07:24:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-introduction-to-the-stammaim-a-description-by-michael-chernick/ I have discussed the stam(maim) before and found this fantastic description by Michael Chernick within a pedagogical context: * Dividing the sugya into its chronological components helps the student see how historical forces may have influenced the Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jspace-beta-housewarming-for-ajws/ http://www.jewpi.com/jspace-beta-housewarming-for-ajws/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 17:20:31 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jspace-beta-housewarming-for-ajws/ On Friday morning, JSpace beta hold a housewarming gathering for its newest member to move in to its office, American Jewish World Service .Although AJWS’ west coast office is in San Francisco, this new space gives them a presence in Southern California. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/creating-a-poster-with-which-to-protest-neturei-karta/ http://www.jewpi.com/creating-a-poster-with-which-to-protest-neturei-karta/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 18:06:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/creating-a-poster-with-which-to-protest-neturei-karta/ Yesterday, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss of Neturei Karta came to a campus at which I work and spoke. Yes, that sucks, but fortunately, there weren’t too many people there listening to him. Nevertheless, we still protested . Anyways, I knew that once I saw the sign announcing his coming to campus , I had to [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-v-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-v-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:44:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-v-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a7%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ Continuing my project to see which rabbis get the most mentions in the Mishnah (see previous posts on זרעים ,מועד ,נשים , and נזיקים ), I perused through סדר קדשים. Once again, the most commonly appearing rabbi was Rabbi Yehudah , followed by Rabbi Shimon , and the Sages. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-iv-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9f/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-iv-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9f/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:44:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-iv-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9f/ Continuing on the project I begun last week of counting up the most commonly appearing rabbis in the Mishnah (previously: סדר זרעים ,סדר מועד & סדר נשים ), next up in the series is Seder Nezikin . Once again, unsurprisingly, Rabbi Yehudah is, again, the most commonly appearing rabbi within this seder . Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/how-the-cohen-brothers-changed-retail-in-the-south/ http://www.jewpi.com/how-the-cohen-brothers-changed-retail-in-the-south/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:14:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/how-the-cohen-brothers-changed-retail-in-the-south/ Yesterday, while doing some cleaning , I came across some things I had read and wanted to throw up on the blog. So, here is one of them: coming from Stephen J. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/an-optimistic-intelligent-poetic-conversation-elie-wiesel-speaks-with-oc-rabbis/ http://www.jewpi.com/an-optimistic-intelligent-poetic-conversation-elie-wiesel-speaks-with-oc-rabbis/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:48:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/an-optimistic-intelligent-poetic-conversation-elie-wiesel-speaks-with-oc-rabbis/ Yesterday, I went to the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University and joined along with another dozen rabbis in Orange County in an informal conversation with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel . It was a special opportunity afforded us through Dr. Marilyn Harran , the director of the center. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-iii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-iii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:44:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-iii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d/ Continuing on from the posts from the previous two days of looking through The Mishnah and seeing which rabbis are the most commonly referenced and also those who are most common in each tractate (סדר זרעים & סדר מועד ), I now present סדר נשים : 1 – Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-ii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%93/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-ii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%93/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:32:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-ii-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%93/ Building off of yesterday’s post , I went ahead and counted up rabbinic mentions in סדר מועד and these are, again, the most commonly referenced rabbis in the משניות of סדר מועד, along with who the most commonly referenced in each tractate is (and, Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-i-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-i-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9d/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:14:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbinic-popularity-in-the-mishnah-i-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9d/ Yesterday, I seized the opportunity – partially while I was watching over my new daughter – to begin looking at the Mishnah to see who appears most frequently. It was a new curiosity of mine: I hope to look through the entirety of the Mishnah and see who appears most frequently. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/academic-talmud-lomdus-contrasted/ http://www.jewpi.com/academic-talmud-lomdus-contrasted/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:02:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/academic-talmud-lomdus-contrasted/ An interest of mine is academic Talmud, as mentioned previously (III , II , & I ), which is why I found the following a neat, concise distinction between academic and lomdus approaches to learning Talmud. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daughter-2-named/ http://www.jewpi.com/daughter-2-named/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:22:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daughter-2-named/ Following on the heels of yesterday’s birth of our second daughter , I went to shul this morning and named her . Her Hebrew name is שושנה רייזעל and her English name is Lillian Rose. Lillian is my paternal grandmother’s mother’s name and Rose is my maternal grandmother’s mother’s name. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/new-baby-daughter/ http://www.jewpi.com/new-baby-daughter/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:40:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/new-baby-daughter/ With appreciation to The Almighty, my wife and I were blessed with the birth of our second daughter this morning . It was really excellent to, after having gone in to the hospital early yesterday morning and waiting out the entire day and first part of the night, to have our new daughter emerge healthily. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/oy-you-couldnt-list-the-url/ http://www.jewpi.com/oy-you-couldnt-list-the-url/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:50:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/oy-you-couldnt-list-the-url/ When seeing advertisements in papers, magazines, and elsewhere, a seemingly common convention is to include a Twitter, Facebook, and perhaps another one or two logos. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/considering-larger-issues-of-jewish-identity-rabbi-korn-book-review/ http://www.jewpi.com/considering-larger-issues-of-jewish-identity-rabbi-korn-book-review/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:26:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/considering-larger-issues-of-jewish-identity-rabbi-korn-book-review/ In the most recent issue of Meorot , Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn writes an interesting review, touching on important issues regarding Jews and the larger world. What jumped out to me, amongst other parts of the review was the following significant passage about the Jewish people in the present day (p. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-purim-drinking-story-might-%d7%a2%d7%93-%d7%93%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%99%d7%93%d7%a2-be-a-stammaitic-addition/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-purim-drinking-story-might-%d7%a2%d7%93-%d7%93%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%99%d7%93%d7%a2-be-a-stammaitic-addition/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:32:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-purim-drinking-story-might-%d7%a2%d7%93-%d7%93%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%99%d7%93%d7%a2-be-a-stammaitic-addition/ Today is Purim – Yay! It’s the merriest day of the Jewish calendar : ) Purim is the celebration based off of the events of the book of Esther, in which – facing annihilation in the Persian empire – the Jews survived and, to this day, celebrate. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/choosing-texts-for-jewish-adult-education-courses/ http://www.jewpi.com/choosing-texts-for-jewish-adult-education-courses/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:24:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/choosing-texts-for-jewish-adult-education-courses/ Although in my current position I mostly teach young adults, I came across Jeffrey Rubinstein ‘s “From History to Literature: The Pedagogical Implications of Shifting Paradigms in the Study of Rabbinic Narratives “, part of the Mandel Center for Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-next-new-idea-for-zoos-and-aquaria-qr-codes/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-next-new-idea-for-zoos-and-aquaria-qr-codes/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:44:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-next-new-idea-for-zoos-and-aquaria-qr-codes/ What’s missing in this picture? In my mind, a QR code . Best buy already puts QR codes on the signs for their products , so why can’t zoos and aquaria put qr codes on their animal signs? I got this idea when, l ast week, I went with my family to the San Diego [...]]]> 0