I just flew from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles. I’m now in Long Beach trying to reign in this juggernaut called the Jewlicious Festival. Blogging is hard work man… so David Kelsey has offered up another one of his patented guest posts, sure to stimulate lots of conversations. Once again, the d...

  Did you ever wonder why, according to the Jewish calendar, a Jewish “day� begins at night time? (That’s why the weekly Sabbath and every Jewish holiday begins at night, not the next morning) Why is that, unlike the non-Jewish nations, our day begins with the coming of the moon and not the c...

Before the other links... that documentary series in Britian on SkyNews about Jews in the Manchester community mentioned earlier is truly riveting. I watched Episodes I and II earlier, and they were rather well done, mostly letting the people speak and describe in their view what they're doing. I is...

This week, many Americans will sit down with their families to celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing what has become one of the traditional American meals: turkey. Jewish tradition tells us that in the days of Moshiach, the Bais HaMikdash will be rebuilt and the order of animal sacrifices will be reinst...

�ַתָּה בְחַרְתָּנוּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּי�, �ָהַבְתָּ �וֹתָנוּ, וְרָצִיתָ בָּנוּ, וְרוֹמַמְתָּנוּ מִכָּל הַלְש�וֹנוֹת, וְקִדַּש�ְתָּנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ. וְקֵרַבְתָּנו...

New Statesman, England Rabbi Eli Pink describes his continual desire to reach out to the fifth son of Passover and introduce him or her to Jewish traditions. For different people Passover will always bring to mind different things. For many people, Passover will always mean the frantic cleaning of t...

Yeshiva Boys Choir Concert! Pesach 2008. A few screw up in this one. For our first post from this concert click here....

How many people end up running into friends/colleagues/family in a foreign country or in a random city? Somehow I end up running into random people more often than not. I am blessed with my Bubby Leah's genes of being able to place a familiar face almost instantaneously and with my ever growing netw...

"Nu, what have you been up to, Jacob?" Let's see...in the last 6 weeks I have: - Moved into a new apartment. - Taken my first business trip overseas and been to 3 different foreign cities in 6 days. - Discovered that my job is wayyyy more difficult and complex than I envisioned. - We conducted our S...

This Shabbat -- the one right after Pesach is when many Jews bake "Shlissel Challah" -- Challah in the shape of a key (or a key baked inside the Challah). It's considered a segula for all sorts of good things... Orthomom (remember her?) found all the sources last year: 1. Based on "Pitchi Li Achoti,...