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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Elan’s shul in Montreal continues to get some great media coverage – this time from the Montreal Gazette! Ghetto Shul is about the kids, Hasidic reggae star says BY CATHERINE SOLYOM, THE GAZETTE – NOVEMBER 28, 2009 A bar in … Continue reading
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Voices from El-Sayed
Thanks to Daphna’s Israeli Society class at Ramaz, we went with her to see the Israeli documentary Voices from el-Sayed. Really first-rate. Somehow, in the space of 75 minutes, it manages to give hearing people a glimpse into the lives … Continue reading
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Long Live the Ghetto Shul!
Great article by Gil Troy in last week’s Canadian Jewish News, on the Ghetto Shul – Elan’s shul in Montreal. It’s all true! We’re proud of Elan for being a mainstay of his community. The great financial meltdown of 2008 … Continue reading
How dishonest Republicans are trying to block efforts to any kind of health care bill
I highly recommend this NY Times op-ed piece, by a principled, middle-of-the-road Democratic Congressman. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/opinion/15blumenauer.html
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Judy Klitsner Lectures
I really enjoyed a couple of lectures by Judy Klitsner (last week at Drisha, last night at Hadar). Her basic idea is that many issues and attitudes that we encounter in books of the Tanach (Bible) are not the last … Continue reading
In Flanders Fields – for Rememberance Day
(Hat tip - http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm) In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, … Continue reading
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Nothing like a Flipcam!
Some videos from my visit to Toronto last weekend, to see my niece and nephew (oh OK, and parents etc.).
Kol BeIsha Erva – Teshuva by R David Bigman
In a recent thread on a private listserv with an Orthodox Jewish orientation, I mentioned the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (www.thejppc.org) and was questioned about its propriety because of traditional strictures against women singing in the presence of men. In … Continue reading
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