FailedMessiah says: Support New Voices!

By Ben Sales February 10, 2011

Shmarya Rosenberg, the writer of FailedMessiah–a blog covering the Orthodox world–reposted a column by Gary Rosenblatt, editor of the Jewish Week, calling for support of New Voices. Rosenberg, who was involved in the North American Jewish Students’ Network decades ago, then wrote his own account of how the Jewish Establishment has not paid enough attention…

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The Reading List: Proof that Vatican II Is Working

By Ben Sales February 10, 2011

Maybe we’re not so different after all. Apparently it’s just as hard to be a friendly, amiable and polite person at church as it is at synagogue. [Cartoon Church] Here’s a moving series of short biographies about the Jewish servicemen and servicewomen who have given their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. One of…

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Shabbat Under the Stars

By akinman February 10, 2011

Tent? Check. Warm coat? Check. Sleeping bag? Check. Shabbat candles? After looking over UF Hillel’s weekly e-newsletter, I read about an event that I think has potential to change up modern day Shabbat services. Sure, there’s the typical get dressed up, sit for two hours staring at a siddur, and schmooze during dinner, but one…

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Tzfat Klezmer Festival (part one)

By mekeisler February 10, 2011

It’s really striking just seeing Tzfat– there’s nowhere else like it. It’s so old looking, city walls and stone arches, but then you see the bullet scars in a wall and you remember the whole city was evacuated just five years ago. Despite that, it’s peaceful. For all the talk about the divisions in Israel…

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