Exhibit Two Gets Aished! (Exhibit Two at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem earlier this month) A bit of explanation is in order. Aish = Aish HaTorah. [1] Aish HaTorah is an apolitical network of Jewish educational centers in 35 branches on five continents. [2] Aish is all about Jewish education and kiruv… drawing Jews closer to [...]
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Exhibit Two Gets Aished!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, parenting, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Exhibit Two Flies Back to Israel!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Family, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, Travel, tagged Children, Family, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, People, Relationships, Religion, Thoughts, Travel on April 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow morning, May 1, 2012, my son, Exhibit Two [1], flies off back to Israel. He is taking part in the Jerusalem Fellowships program for three weeks, studying at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem as well as traveling to various other places as part of the program. His sister, my daughter Exhibit One, did the program last [...]
Quick & Easy Purim Hamantashen
Posted in Community, Cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Fun, History, Holidays, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Recipes, Religion, Spirituality, Style, tagged Children, Community, cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Fun, History, Holidays, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, kosher, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, People, Recipes, Religion, Spirituality, Style on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This Wednesday night, March 7, marks the beginning of the Jewish festival of Purim, commemorating the events of the biblical Book of Esther in ancient Persia (now Iran). The wicked Persian premier, Haman, plotted to wipe out all the Jews (sound familiar?) but was ultimately thwarted. Purim falls into the “they tried to kill us, [...]
Partners in Torah
Posted in Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Fun, History, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Law, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Reviews, Spirituality, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Inspiration, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Religion, Reviews, Spirituality, Thoughts on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I signed up with a program called Partners in Torah. It is run by that fabulous adult Jewish education organization, Aish HaTorah. [1] The premise is quite simple. People who, for various reasons, cannot get together with a study partner to learn Torah, Jewish history, Hebrew, Talmud, Halacha (Jewish law), and [...]
Exhibit Two Turns 20 Today (The Big Shot!)
Posted in Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Parenting, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, parenting, Religion, Thoughts on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just when I barely got my mind around the fact that my son, Exhibit Two, was no longer five years old and was, in actual fact, a teenager… he turns 20!! (My son with his sister, the lovely Exhibit One) It seems hardly fair, to my mind. For those of you who think that you [...]
An Open Letter to Rabbi S. Boteach
Posted in Culture, Education, Faith, Inspiration, Israel, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Personal Observations, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Christian, Christianity, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Religion, Spirituality on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Reblogged from 1000 Verses: An Open Letter to Rabbi S. Boteach Dear Rabbi Boteach. You seem to be surprised by the firestorm that erupted around your new book Kosher Jesus”. Your book was not even released and it was already banned. You have found yourself attacked from all quarters and you have valiantly wielded your [...]
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