Here’s my first post about Rabbi David Brenner. His response. I then reached out to Rabbi Brenner via Facebook. Tonight I sent him these questions and he promptly emailed back his response. LF: How should Kellogs have reacted when their spokesmodel Michael Phelps was photographed smoking marij...

Rabbi Gil Student nominates Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. I agree that R. Sacks is eloquent, but he does lead anybody? Does he influence thought? Does he lead intellectual change? I don’t think so. He’s a silver-tongued spokesman for the British Jewish Orthodox establishment, but he doesn&...

Tonight, I heard Rabbi David Rosen speak at a remarkable conference, Religions as Promoters of Human Rights and Peace (pdf), organized by the Jewish Studies program at the University of Washington.  He is the director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee and unlike David Harr...

"There are going to be thousands of people at this funeral," Katz said. "This couple wasn't living in the West Bank. They weren't settlers. They weren't occupying anyone's land. They were killed because they were Jews, simple and plain." My wife drew my attention to the above, found in an AP story I...

I read Rick’s books on The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church. I saw him speak at Sinai Temple in Westwood. I saw his dialogue with Rabbi David Wolpe. I wanted to ask Pastor Warren if he had a position on same sex marriage but Rabbi Wolpe would not call on me during question tim...

Read the whole thing here. Here’s an excerpt: Luke: "Let me stop you there. How did your wife feel about this journey of yours?" David: "I’ve been pontificating for a while, right? You can take the rabbi out of the shul but you can’t take the shul out of the rab...

Rabbi David S. Gruber writes: Having grown up an Orthodox Jew since the age of eight, having gone to prominent Israeli high school and post high school yeshivas, having been ordained by the Chief Rabbis of Israel, having served as the rabbi of an Orthodox congregation, as the head of one Jewish educ...

Cantor Naftali Herstik is the artist who restored cantorial singing to a serious art form, while his rival Israel Rand seems like a half-witted creep. From the New York Daily News: A nasty rivalry between two of Israel’s most famous cantors has led to a sex-and-the-synagogue scandal. Cops are ...

Author: Helen Jupiter Posted to Jewcy: April 14, 2008 1:57 pm===== The New Jew Canon is a long-term project that seeks to canonize essential Jewish (and some Non-Jewish) reads as recommended by extraordinary rabbis, experts, and cultural leaders. Suggestions are welcome via comments or email. Title:...

From my live cam chat: YourMoralLeader: do you know much about gabe elias at mogen david? PicoJoe: ha ha PicoJoe: another winner PicoJoe: he has smicha PicoJoe: this is the story as i know it. there was a yeshiva set up in la during vietnam to get kids out of the draft PicoJoe: he was one of the mem...