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King Solomon Sheen

I believe that all of the characters in the bible really existed and that they were all involved in various episodes for which dramatic license was put to good use in order to make a biblically-oriented point or two. (Not to mention a cheesy movie or two.)Maybe Moses didn’t really part the Red Sea, but maybe he was resilient and ...

Kindle Edition of the Talmud for Rosh Hashanah

Everything you need to know about the Jewish New Year. Perfect for the High Holidays: Kindle edition of the Talmud Rosh Hashanah. Price: 99 cents.From the book description:The New Moon of the Jewish seventh month is a Festival of special solemnity known as Rosh Hashanah, New Year’s Day.This is the eighth treatise of the Babylonian Talmud order Mo’ed. It is ...

Kill the Soccer Shofars Now!

IS ANYONE ELSE SUFFERING FROM TINNITUS FROM WATCHING WORLD CUP? El Yenta Man has had the volume turned up from dawn ‘til dawn on various soccer matches all week and normally, I’m not one to object to sexy men of all global flavors kicking and sweating. And though I’ve always appreciated the drunken enthusiasm displayed by football fans worldwide, I’m ...

Kid’s Craft: Jars Decoupaged With Printed Tissue Paper

Aren’t these recycled coffee jar vases sweet? (Snowflake and all in the middle of summer?) And they look so great holding wild flowers, cuttings from the garden that you’re rooting, or even candles of course. We made these recycled jar vases using the tissue paper that we printed on last week, here, and some mod podge.If you make something really ...

Kiddush Hashems of the week

It may sound strange, but Shmarya Rosenberg of Failed Messiah deserves credit for helping me come up with the idea for this hopefully weekly post. you see he has this weekly piece on the Heeb Magazine Blog where he does a roundup of all the Jews making chillul hashem’s that week .like a crime blotter for frum Jews and unfortunately ...

Kiddush Food Guide

Kiddush is one of my favorite Jewish specific events, and it doesn’t happen often enough. Today’s uncertain economy has brought down the quality of kiddushim to the lowest I’ve seen in years. Today’s kiddushim are nothing like that of those lavish catered weekly affairs of my youth when every shul had a hot Kiddush every week. If they didn’t, no ...

Kick Out the Holiday Jams

Hanukkah started last night, and one candle lighting, one family Hanukkah party, and one early-morning Hallel later, I’m channeling the spirit strong. And actually enjoying the Hanukkah music, which is weird. Didn’t Jewish music used to be incredibly cheesy?Instead of looking at Jewish music videos as a competition — which one will score more hits, the new Jon Stewart video or our ...

Ki Tetzei: Our Names, Our Heritage

As a rabbi, one of my favorite phone calls to receive is from expectant parents who are in search of Hebrew names for their future child. Before even suggesting any potential names, I always preface my response with an explanation of how important names are to us as Jewish people. Our name is our legacy. It is not only our ...

Kevin Youkilis adds L’chaim to His Red Sox Shirt

Kevin Youkilis, a Jewish player on the Boston Red Sox, designed his own Major League Baseball t-shirt. While Youkilis wasn’t the only player to design his own t-shirt, he was the only one to include a Hebrew word on the front of the shirt.The main design highlights his nickname “Dirt Dog” and the bottom part of the shirt says “L’Chaim,” ...

Keeping Kosher in New Zealand

I know very few things about New Zealand. I know that they have a ton of sheep. More sheep than you can count before you fall asleep. More sheep than people. A bunch load of sheep. They also love rugby. And they claim to speak English. Sure they do. But now I can add another thing I know about New ...

Katrina Plus Five: Carol Wise and granddaughter Zoe Oreck weigh in

To mark the 5th anniverary of Hurricane Katrina, we got in touch with JWA Board member Carol Wise and her granddaughter Zoe Oreck, two Jewish women who experienced the storm and its aftermath first-hand. Carol Wise has served as President of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, and Chair of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. She now serves ...

Karma Contrition: Joel Stein’s Child’s Nut Allergy & Rabbi Compares Helen Thomas to Hitler

This Yom Kippur, I plan to speak to my congregation about issuing apologies for things we shouldn’t have said. I know, that sounds like “nothing new under the sun,” but I’m going to look at how karma plays a role in our contrition.Here’s an example: The witty Joel Stein, who writes the bi-weekly back page for Time Magazine, penned a funny, ...