What I've been up to creatively as of late ( Read more... )

After years I have rediscovered "Nine Spoons" - a powerful story about Hanukkah during the Shoah. I forgot the title of it, but found it last night at my Rabbi's house - and thanks to iPhone have it posted as a PDF to share with you all...

http://rhizome.info/ASeasonalTale.pdf

I found myself 6 rows back at the Israel Tomorrow closing plenary - not so close at the opening session - and pulled out some half-decent quality recordings of talks by Tony Blair, Amos Oz, Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu...

http://soundcloud.com/user9761653

Out of the global reactions, three are interesting ( Read more... )

This is a recording of parts of our Yom HaShoah observance here in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada... which is about as far away as you can get from Israel and Auschwitz in the Jewish World. I don't think geography makes a difference, however.

France joins countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran in telling women what they may or may not wear in public.
I wonder if they appreciate the irony?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/11/paris-france-islamic-veil-arrest.html

Sanfrancisco is debated whether or not to ban circumcision for persons under 18 years of age ( Read more... )

I've started a new blog / e-Journal for Judaica related postings. The latest posting is drawn from my participation in a Shabbaton in Ashland, Oregon a couple of weeks ago. The event featured Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi of the ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal, and is the movement's founder. Ashland is also blessed with a Kabbalistic Garden, in ( Read more... )

Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on Israeli Apartheid Week ( Read more... )

let me commence ( Read more... )