Judaism

A couple of years ago, I wrote about the signs at Balducci's, a New York grocery store, that advertised their ham as "Delicious for Chanukah." Today's issue of the Detroit Jewish News features a full-page ad for the local Plum Market chains of grocery stores. In large print, the ad proclaims Plum Market as "Your Passover Destination" and features a challah (Jewish egg bread) from Zingerman's Bakehouse above the words "We stock a full line of Passover products from Zingerman's Bakehouse... Read Full Story

A couple of years ago, I wrote about the signs at Balducci's, a New York grocery store, that advertised their ham as "Delicious for Chanukah." Today's issue of the Detroit Jewish News features a full-page ad for the local Plum Market chains of grocery stores. In large print, the ad proclaims Plum Market as "Your Passover Destination" and features a challah (Jewish egg bread) from Zingerman's Bakehouse above the words "We stock a full line of Passover products from Zingerman's Bakehouse... Read Full Story

Rabbi Deborah Bronstein, who leads the congregation at Har HaShem, had never heard anything about the Lost Girls of the Sudan until 2004. As she prepared to deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, she received a letter about a German nun, Sister Luise Radlmeier, who was trying to help the Lost Girls of the Sudan resettle in the United States and Canada. Many girls were raped, killed or sold into slavery following the raids in Sudan and so fewer girls than boys made it to the refugee camps... Read Full Story

When American Rabbi Joshua Spinner moved to Berlin's trendy Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood a decade ago, there were no other Jews to be seen. Now when the sun sets on a Friday night, dozens of Jewish men clad in traditional Shabbat garb with big black hats and dark long coats walk down the streets past hip coffee shops, chic boutiques and tiny art galleries to attend services at Rykestrasse synagogue. "When my wife and I arrived here in 2000, we were the only Jews around. There was nobody to... Read Full Story

Last month, I wrote about Costco's efforts to attract the kosher consumer by increasing their selection of kosher products, including kosher chicken and kosher meat. They certainly had the best of intentions even if the samples of cooked kosher chicken they were handing out wouldn't pass even the most lenient of kosher standards. Now, one of the local Costco warehouses in Michigan is reaching out to synagogue leaders to have Costco's kosher products publicized to synagogue members before... Read Full Story

  RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: PASSOVER CHAROSET RECIPE IN SONG OF SONGS: JEWISH RENEWAL ; JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL   (DON'T FORGET TO READ TILL THE BOTTOM  ) www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.net Passover Seder Blessings Baruch Atah Adoshem, Elokanu Melech ha Olam, asher kiddishanu b'mitzvotov vitzevanu l'hadlik ner shel Yom Tov. I praise G!d, who is Lord and Ruler over all, for teaching us the commandment of greeting this Festival by the lighting of candles. Baruch Atah Adoshem, Elokanu Melech ha Olam, ha... Read Full Story

  www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.net     RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:PASSOVER: FOUR SONS:SPIRITUAL SCHIZOPHRENIA:JEWISH RENEWAL Passover Seder Blessings Baruch Atah Adoshem, Elokanu Melech ha Olam, asher kiddishanu b'mitzvotov vitzevanu l'hadlik ner shel Yom Tov. I praise G!d, who is Lord and Ruler over all, for teaching us the commandment of greeting this Festival by the lighting of candles. Baruch Atah Adoshem, Elokanu Melech ha Olam, ha motzi lechem min ha eretz. I praise HaShem, who is Lord and Ruler... Read Full Story

Smoked salmon, or lox, has long been known as a staple fare at Sunday brunch in Jewish homes. In fact, Jewish people who claim their Jewish identity as only secular are known as "Bagels and Lox Jews." Well, now an ultra-Orthodox group of rabbis, the Chevra Mehadrin of Monsey, New York, have included lox on a list of food items that should no longer be considered kosher. According to these rabbis, a tiny parasitic worm called anisakis that can be found in smoked salmon calls its kosher status... Read Full Story

Smoked salmon, or lox, has long been known as a staple fare at Sunday brunch in Jewish homes. In fact, Jewish people who claim their Jewish identity as only secular are known as "Bagels and Lox Jews." Well, now an ultra-Orthodox group of rabbis, the Chevra Mehadrin of Monsey, New York, have included lox on a list of food items that should no longer be considered kosher. According to these rabbis, a tiny parasitic worm called anisakis that can be found in smoked salmon calls its kosher status... Read Full Story

For some reason, whenever the Jewish holiday of Purim rolls around, my brain uncontrollably starts coming up with parodies, satires, spoofs, and just plain silliness.  Here's a collection of the news items circulating in my head. Happy Purim! TOO JEWEY!   By Rabbi Jason, the Official Rabbi of the 2010 Olympic Games Sponsored by Toyota: "Toyota... We're Unstoppable!" Jewish Music at the Olympics: From Reggae to OyVey VANCOUVER - With the decision to use Matisyahu's song "One Day" as the... Read Full Story