Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part III: Bad Timing
This week, let’s attack something a little more mundane: scheduling of the school day.
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The Kosher Restaurant and Wine Experience
One of the most iconic scenes in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory is when Gene Wilder pulls back the doors of his tasting room and the children marvel at how almost everything they see is an epicurean wonder .
Millennials at the 10th Annual Herzliya Conference
This is part two of Jewneric's coverage of the Herzliya Conference, Israel's foremost global policy annual gathering, drawing together Israeli and international participants from the highest levels of government, business and academia to address pressing national, regional and global strategic issues.
"Acts" of Charity
At a small shul in an affluent neighborhood in Chicago there is a battered silver tzidakah box that sits in the main sanctuary.
After 20 years, AIPAC is still behind the curve on how to use the Internet
Around twenty years ago when I was at MIT, I spent far more hours than I care to contemplate combating anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel propaganda on Usenet.
This was back before the Web took off, and Usenet was the happening place for bigots, racists and nutjobs of all sort to spread their filth and lies. [...]
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Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part II: No Literature Created Equal
An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School
Posted Feb 08, 2010 by Moshe Glasser
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New Media at the IDC Herzliya Conference
The Herzliya Conference is Israel's foremost global policy annual gathering, drawing together Israeli and international participants from the highest levels of government, business and academia to address pressing national, regional and global strategic issues.
Posted Feb 01, 2010 by Natan Edelsburg
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Amy Winehouse's Rehab in Yiddish
Marvin Silbermintz performs Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" in Yiddish.
We will be posting the background on this performance in the next few hours. Stay Tuned!
To all our new readers from @JewishTweets, thanks for visiting!Posted Jan 28, 2010 by Dave Weinberg
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REVIEW: Herb & Dorothy
A cute elderly couple coming from very minimal means + a love for art = one of the world's greatest collections of modern minimalist art.
Posted Dec 14, 2009 by Dave Weinberg
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The Symbolism of a Diamond Dreidel
Last Monday, Mervis Diamond Importers unveiled the world first ever Diamond Dreidel.
When I saw this piece of Judaica, I first thought about what a Dreidel meant to me, followed by the thought of how much more meaningful a Diamond Dreidel could be. The Hebrew letters on the Dreidel represent the different parts of life [...]Posted Dec 08, 2009 by Dave Weinberg
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Sheraton free-overnight-stay promotion excludes observant Jews
From October 6 to October 9, Sheraton will be giving customers the opportunity to win a free overnight stay at one of 86 recently renovated Sheraton hotels across the United States and Canada. The free overnight stays will be on a single night, Friday, October 23. By only allowing the free overnight stays [...]
Posted Sep 30, 2009 by Jonathan Kamens
