Hey Jewneric Family, I want to share with you an incredible opportunity to help the Jewish community at large. The friendship Circle in West Bloomfield is holding its third annual Walk4Friendship. And I think that this is something we can get involved in. The friendship circle has over 70 locations worldwide, and has just opened the first ever Kosher Living Facilities for people Jews to go to. Yah I know most people think that drinking ...
Over the past number of years I have seen numerous friends and networking partners get new jobs. I usually send an email congratulating them, if I know the industry I will ask if I can help. I almost always let them know to feel free to ask for an introduction through linkedin. But in most cases I wasn’t very proactive in trying to drive them business. About 3 months ago I started with a new ...
I was doing some "Jewish website web-surfing" and came across an article on Yeshiva World about a sheitle (wig) store being banned for putting up pictures of women. Lets clarify: Pictures of women from the neck up, wearing sheitles. This happened in Brooklyn across from the Yeshivas Chaim Berlin.I can't believe our world has come to this. Once again, chumras ...
"The Back Alley Approach" There was a post about categorizing people for dating purposes. I am not a fan of labels, or conforming to “ the man.” I want to share an experience that helped shape the way I do things today. I was having a conversation with a rabbi who asked me, "Why do you do the few religious things you do?" To put it into context, ...
A friend of mine (who is not Jewish) called me today to ask me, “What do Jews do on Christmas?” I asked him if he wanted the stereotype or the truth. He asked for the stereotype first. I told him that, “We eat Chinese food and play cards.” He laughed and said he had just seen that in a cartoon. We started talking about it and I told him the origins of Jews ...
I have had the pleasure of living in many different cities in my life time. 3 countries, 2 continents, 5 Yeshivas, and as any good American I only speak English well, but as a good Jew does I can play Jewish Geography with the best of them. Someone’s uncle usually ate at my dad’s restaurant in Israel, and I went to school with ...
