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I received an email yesterday from my rav in America announcing a worldwide prayer/tehillim recitation on behalf of abducted Israeli soldier, Cpl. Gilad Schalit. At 11 AM (Eastern time) on Wednesday, 2 July 2008, Jews everywhere are asked to recite Psalm 121. (This translates into 8 AM on the West Coast, 4 PM [...]

I’ve been meaning to share this little link with you all.
This site is a handy tool if you live or will be visiting Los Angeles. It basically consists of all things Jewish. For example, if you’re looking for the following things, this a good one stop place to find them. The site is [...]

The summer issue of Reform Judaism Magazine is out and it looks good! The feature article is titled “Why Religion Matters” is by Krista Tippett (who I believe is a Christian as well as being the host of NPR’s Speaking of Faith, which BTW is one of my favorite radio programs) was an interesting read [...]

Updated by Avi @ 2:50 Pacific Time:
There were several problems with the original version of our latest post which I was unable to fix. So I ended up deleting it. Unfortunately we had about nine votes already cast which were lost. If you voted earlier today and see that you are able to vote [...]

Hi all,
Well, as some of you know I’ve been a rather infrequent visitor lately, let alone contributor. Hopefully I’ll be around more frequently now. But feeling a little uninspired (writing all day at work on grant proposals will kill one’s ability to think creatively ;)), I thought I’d share some websites I like, [...]

While perusing the latest issue of Moment Magazine late this afternoon Tamara and I came across something I think is worth sharing with the rest of you. In honor of the 60th anniversary of Israel is the Center for Online Judaic Studies has launched 25+ free educational website’s exploring issues related to Jewish culture [...]

Chaviva (one of our regular contributors) was recently featured on Oy! Chicago, a (you guessed it) site covering all things Jewish in the Chicago area. It’s an interesting little snapshot into her “Jewish” life (hey they even mentioned JBC.org,) so it’s worth checking out.
Here is a snippet to get you started.

Chaviva Edwards is a super-blogger [...]

This morning Avi and I will be finishing our final Pesach preparations.  This means  cleaning the final two rooms of our apartment; our eating area, and the kitchen.  Cleaning for Pesach is no laughing matter. It requires some planning, some patience, and time. 
As we all prepare, in whichever ways each of us do, I’m [...]

I’m bumping this post (which was originally posted last month) up to the top as reminder for those of you, who may have forgotten about the Jewish Discovery Shabbat at OSRUI and as an FYI to those of you who missed it the first time round.
Avi
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Cross-posted on Accidentally Jewish. This is an opportunity for people [...]

Shalom Chaverim,
The last few days have been difficult for me, and for all of us in the Jewish community in Duluth, Minnesota. Today we laid to rest a very dear member of our congregation. Phil Myzel, or Fivel as he was named at birth and affectionately called by many of us, was a [...]