In his blog today our friend and colleague Rabbi Brad Hirschfield from Clal highlighted that today marks five years since Gilad Shalit was kidnapped. Brad said it well and I have little to add except that if you want to do something to address the situation here are some ideas that might be of interest.
My sister recently sent me an e-mail with the subject “Need some cheering up? This will put a smile on your face” with a link to this video. The video brought a smile to my face and illustrates the power of bringing people together, getting others involved, the importance of being active, not being worried Continue Reading »
Our good friend Andrea Cohen who runs the B’nai Tzedek Youth Philanthropy Program in Phoenix wrote an article for the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix giving advice to parents on infusing their child’s Bnai Mitzvah celebration with chesed and serving the community. We applaud Andrea for highlighting this, her suggestions and encourage all Bnai Mitzvah Continue Reading »
Do you run a business? Are you looking to have a national reach? Are you interested in supporting community service? If you answered yes to these questions I want to invite you to sponsor our upcoming National Mitzvah Day called “Make a Difference” Day. We will have hands on projects throughout the country and is Continue Reading »
On Sunday we had a great Mitzvah Clown Program in the Twin Cities. I want to once again thank Mt. Zion Temple for hosting the training, Sholom Community Alliance for hosting the site visit, Sue Lund for her help in bringing the program to fruition, the sponsors and the participants. The program was awesome and Continue Reading »
I am the first one to admit that I am no Twitter expert. Though, even in my self-proclaimed amateur status I have somehow managed to learn how to schedule automated tweets to be sent out…something I am particularly proud of. While I am not one of those people who sits on Twitter all day pouring through Continue Reading »
Who is happy? What makes people happy? Who is the happiest? The New York Times has an article addressing these issues. Read it and you can meet Harry Wong, an observant Jew from Honolulu and who according to the article is the happiest man in America.
This Shabbat is the National Day of Unplugging where people are encouraged to go 24 hours without their cell phones, computers, etc. As one who spends every Shabbat unplugged and with family and friends I highly recommend it to those of you who do not normally do so. This Shabbat also coincides with NJOP’s Shabbat Continue Reading »
In the summer of 2009, Mr. Ben Brafman presented to the Agudah on ethics, values and how Jews should act. I saw the videos from his presentation shortly after they were posted and saw that a friend posted them again this week on Facebook and wanted to encourage you to spend a few minutes to Continue Reading »
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks now does his weekly parsha Covenant and Conversation by video as well. This week’s message about tzedakah specifically from 3:40-5:30 is particularly powerful, timely and relevant and one that every educator should address with their students. It is available in print from the middle to the end of page 2.
