This year’s big Hanukkah release: “Songs in the Key of Hanukkah” – an eclectic anthology compiled by Erran Baron Cohen and featuring songs performed by Cohen, Idan Raichel, Jules Brookes, Yasmin Levy and Orthodox African-American rapper, Y-Love.
Cohen has been fairly visible promoting his disc. He was recently interviewed by Scott Simon [...]
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Dreidel I’m Gon’ Play…
Posted in Hanukkah, Jewish Music, Judaism, Music, Religion, Rock and Roll on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Energy Bill Action Alert!
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Environmentalism, Hanukkah, Judaism, Politics, Religion on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an important Action Alert from the Jewish Council on Public Affairs:
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 235-181 to approve an energy bill that made significant strides toward reducing energy consumption while also strengthening our national economy. The House bill represented a carefully wrought compromise between the House and Senate to merge [...]
The Miracle of Spiritual Sustainability
Posted in Hanukkah, Peace, Religion, Shabbat, Spirituality on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our rabbis taught: “On the twenty-fifth of Kislev (begin) the eight days of Hanukkah, on which lamentation for the dead and fasting are forbidden. For when the Greeks entered the Temple, they defiled all the oils in it, and when the Hasmonean dynasty prevailed over them and defeated them, they searched and found only one [...]
Happy Hanukkah Greetings from the NBA
Posted in Comedy, Hanukkah, Judaism, Religion on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is utterly priceless: Happy Hanukkah greetings from NBA stars Shaq, Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade (with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Paris Hilton thrown in for good measure !?!)
Now my Hanukkah is complete…
Bah, Humbug…
Posted in American Judaism, Hanukkah, Religion, Religion/Politics on December 18, 2006 | 5 Comments »
At the risk of coming off as Rabbi Grinch, I think it’s time you knew the real story of Hanukkah…
The brave heroes of our story, the Maccabees, came from a priestly dynasty known as the Hasmoneans. The leader of the Hasmoneans, Mattithias and his son Judah were what we might call today religious zealots. [...]
