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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Jewish Heart for Africa- Summer Gala
Attended the Gala last night. Quite a cool location (Westside Loft on 37th St) and party, and lots of people (250 or so I would guess). I didn’t get to meet the Ethiopian Ambassador, but I did meet a couple … Continue reading
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The Local Iranian Shul
I just found out about a shul literally above my head (on the 12th floor of my office building – I’m on the 11th) housed at Studio One, an Iranian Jewish Garment District company. Mincha daily at 4:00, so I … Continue reading
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New England Journal of Medicine
A certain Dr. Susan Gross had an article published in last week’s NEJM. Congrats!!!
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A Pragmatic Basis for Middle East Peace?
Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic has a piece about the converging interests of Israel and the Sunni Arab states. The very idea of an Sunni/Jewish axis seems preposterous, of course, but stranger things have happened. The real takeaway from this … Continue reading
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Shelach – the Woodcutter
The Shabbat woodcutter at the end of Parashat Shelach is anonymous – at least in the text (later sources attempt to identify him). There are a few other anonymous characters in Chumash, also identified as “Ish” – the man who … Continue reading
Posted in Delafield Jewish Center (DJC), Torah
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Shouldn’t that be ‘Keegl’? :-)
Koogle – a search engine for the frummies! Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now “Koogle” it on a new “kosher” search engine, the site manager said on Sunday. Yossi Altman said Koogle, a play … Continue reading
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Obama writes a note…
Classy guy, with a sense of humor to boot!
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Went to the Gift of Life (Bone Marrow Transplant matching service) dinner recently. It’s incredible to be there and see the people who have literally saved lives, and who have been saved. Great marketing idea here to increase the number … Continue reading
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The Rabbi and the President – from 1869
Here’s an off-beat story of the colorful meshullach who met with President Ulysses S. Grant: http://personal.stevens.edu/~llevine/schneersohn_hamodia.pdf Hat tip – Yitzchok Levine
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Obama in Cairo
What a breath of fresh air!!!! Well worth a read. Here’s the full text, courtesy of Der Spiegel (http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,628538,00.html): I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over … Continue reading
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