Our Mediterranean Paradox

More on Mumbai & Chabad

The following article was sent to me following on my recent posting about Munbai & the Chabad.

It is a very well written piece that captures the essence of the place of Chabad in the minds of non-religous Israelis. It reaffirms that they do  look at Chabad in a different light from their usual negativity toward the ultra-orthodox "black hats".

He was a Jew

The poem below was found in my late father-in-law's handwriting.

We believe it is his own original but wonder if anyone else has ever seen it.

Interview with Jacob Neusner

Too often in our rush to get through the headlines we miss out on important items such as interviews, op-eds as well as editorials.

Recently the Jerusalem Post had an excellent interview with Rabbi Jacob Neusner - as usual his answers were thoughtful and provocative.

The first Jewish Bloggers Conference

It somehow seems appropriate that my first blog should be about a blogging conference.   

The idea of starting my own blog about my thoughts on living in Israel has been in my head for a while. So it was natural to jump at the chance to attend this conference.

Expecting a mostly technical discussion of blogging - how-to do this and that - I came prepared for a fairly boring evening,  Was I ever wrong!

In my many years of attending conferences and like meeting I can honestly say this was without doubt the most electic.

You can Click here to the whole webcast.  It covers almost 3 hours so you might want to read my summary below. It can guide you to the highlights.