Truth and Faith | Connections 10/26/09

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• ▼2010 (41)
  • ▼March (9)
    • Reverse Discrimination and Oversensitivity
    • Simple Justice | The Story of Brown v. Board of Education: The End of Separate But Equal in Schools
    • Super Secret Ballot
    • ♫ What A Wonderful World ♫
    • When Kesher is Not a Knot | A Guest Post
    • Time With Corrie ten Boom | Review
    • Jewish Lessons in Parenting
    • My Appearance At "A Night For The Family" at Pepperdine University
    • Pacific Jewish Center Purim Celebration Recap February 28, 2010
  • ▶February (14)
    • Alula Performs At Pacific Jewish Center Purim Party in Venice
    • Purim Celebration at The Shul on the Beach Invitation 2/28/10
    • The Sweet Smell of Simcha | A Guest Post
    • The Whales Are Mounting A Counter Attack!
    • Happiness is a Preservative | A Guest Post
    • Frum Satire Show at Pacific Jewish Center Was Incredible
    • Mishloach Manos Packing on the Beach 2/14/10
    • Sorry About the Hiatus
    • Frum Satire Show At Pacific Jewish Center
    • Sometimes Role Models Are Athletes
    • RETRACTION: Tim Tebow Ad WAS Harmless NOT Reckless
    • The Triple Threat | A Guest Post
    • An American Idol Contestant With a Huge Heart
    • Why The Earthquake in Haiti Happened
  • ▶January (18)
    • Johnny Weir Gives Into Bullies and Changes His Fur Costume
    • How Hard Was It To Split The Sea? | Drasha Beshalach 2009
    • Make a Difference, Just Do It | A Guest Post
    • Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Superbowl Ad is Heartwarming and Reckless
    • The Joy is in the Anticipation: Thoughts On Waiting For The iPad
    • Borrowing For Success | A Guest Post
    • I Am So Proud
    • The Zen Master Speaks on Curses, Karma and Mitzvahs
    • The Fifth Cup | A Guest Post
    • Words Are Cheap (Without a Track Record) | Drasha Vaera 2009
    • Jewish Relief Efforts For Haiti Earthquake Victims
    • Ode To The Jews
    • Truth in Advertising: Cigarettes
    • "The Thief" Part II | Why Not Be A Thief?
    • "The Thief" Part I | Always a Thief
    • Can Criminals Change Their Ways? | Introduction to "The Thief"
    • Not Done Yet | A Guest Post
    • Okay, Somebody Really Messed This Up
• ▶2009 (232)
  • ▶December (22)
    • My Thoughts On The Aughts
    • A Lesson From Our Matriarch Rachel About Unity | A Guest Post
    • Repost: Truth or Consequences – Drasha Vayigash (Sermon 2008)
    • The Grass Is NOT Always Greener on the Other Side | A Guest Post
    • ...And We're Back
    • Hanukkah in Santa Monica
    • A Powerful Film
    • One Year Anniversary
    • Repost: Yosef and the Light of [Economic] Wisdom and Kindness - Drasha Miketz (Sermon 2008)
    • PJC Chanukah Party 2009 Wrap Up and Photos
    • PJC Chanukah Party 2009 Address
    • My Chanukah Message To You: Light Knows No Friend or Foe
    • A New Chanukah Message
    • A Flame of Passion | A Guest Post
    • Two Things That Made Me Smile This Morning
    • Invitation: Chanukah Party on the Beach 12/13/09
    • Gatorade Becoming Kosher, Drops Tiger Woods From Endorsements
    • It's A Small World After All
    • Mesillas Yesharim 12/06/09
    • A Support Staff | A Guest Post
    • Shalom Aleichem Series on The Foundation Stone
    • The Eye Of The Tiger (Fans)
  • ▶November (21)
    • The Golem: Jewish Mythology or Kabbalistic Robot?
    • Heralding the Unheralded | A Guest Post
    • Can't We All Just Get Along?
    • The Jewish Home - In Memory of The Holzbergs Formerly of Mumbai | Drasha Vayetze 2009
    • Christmas Creep and Judaism
    • Mesillas Yesharim 11/22/09
    • Take Time To Smell The Roses | A Guest Post
    • A Moral Argument Against The Death Penalty
    • Go To The Ant, Sluggard, See Her Ways And Become Wise (Proverbs 6:6)
    • NFL Football: Game of Wimps and Crybabies
    • Mesillas Yesharim 11/15/09
    • Drawing From The Well of Torah | A Guest Post
    • Orthodox Jews Are Not Sneetches
    • The Good Wife: Unorthodox, From a Rabbi / Law Student Perspective
    • The D.C. Sniper's Execution
    • KCET Visits PJC and Interviews Me
    • When It Hurts Not To Give | A Guest Post
    • When Times Are Tough
    • Matisyahu, NBC and The Olympic Winter Games Make A Great Team
    • Prayer in Judaism | Connections 11/2/09
    • Mesillas Yesharim 11/1/09
  • ▶October (24)
    • Our Chance To Shine | A Guest Post
    • Truth and Faith | Connections 10/26/09
    • Mad Men Era Lives On in the White House
    • Mesillas Yesharim 10/25/09
    • That's What I Call Ambition
    • Seasons of Change | A Guest Post
    • iTalmud English Edition: Review
    • 200th Post: Something To Bring a Smile To Your Face
    • No God Is Top Trending Topic On Twitter
    • The Miracle of Tests and Ordeals | Connections 10/19/09
    • Crosses Honor Fallen Soldiers of All Faiths
    • Venice Historical Society Visits Pacific Jewish Center at the Shul on the Beach
    • Mesillas Yesharim 10/18/09
    • Looking Good | A Guest Post
    • Repost: Where the Wild Things Are
    • Too Smart For Their Own Good
    • Adam, Eve and the Lesson of Marriage
    • ...And We're Back
    • President Obama's New Hardware: Nobel Peace Prize
    • NASA Spending Millions To Find Water On The Moon
    • Put Your Heart Into It | A Guest Post
    • Happy Sukkos
    • An Elephant Never Forgets But People Do
    • Sukkos: Holiday of Happiness | A Guest Post
  • ▶September (23)
    • Yom Kippur Wishes
    • Ozzie Is Growing Up, Are You?
    • Moshe's Finale | A Guest Post
    • Women's Happiness and Being a Parent
    • Fast of Gedaliah: Meaning and Lessons | Connections 9/21/09
    • Teamwork: Important in Sports, More Important in Life
    • I Think I Can | A Guest Post
    • Twitter Your Prayers
    • Parenting: Unconditional Love
    • Kim Clijsters: Tennis Champion and Mother
    • Today's Sign The Apocalypse Is Upon Us
    • Physical Reward For Spiritual Deeds | Connections 9/14/09
    • Mesillas Yesharim 9/13/09
    • 9/11 Reflections
    • Interdependence | A Guest Post
    • Law School and Learning Ethics
    • Authentic Judaism and Authentic Charity
    • The Shofar: A Time Machine | Connections 9/7/09
    • Essay: The Oral Law in Judaism
    • Mesillas Yesharim 9/6/09
    • Murder In Jewish Law and United States Law
    • Jewish iPhone Apps By RustyBrick
    • Rosh Hashana: Beginning of all Beginnings | Connections 8/31/09
  • ▶August (14)
    • Family Outing to Huntington Gardens
    • Mesillas Yesharim 08/30/09
    • Confirming Our Suspicions That Jews Do Run The World
    • Book Review | The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook
    • Weekly Jewish Blog Round-Up #231
    • Elul Begins With A Warning | Anonymous Bloggers Take Note: Google Knows Your Every Move
    • Brett Favre, Treason and Teshuva
    • Mesillas Yesharim 08/16/09
    • Mesira (The Jewish Informant) in Halacha
    • Why FinkOrSwim?
    • Reversing A Trend | A Kiddush Hashem Story
    • A Post Stained With Tears | Moish Gluck Of Blessed Memory
    • Rabbi Zelik Epstein, Of Blessed Memory
    • A Jewish Black Woman's "Henry Gates" Situation
  • ▶July (18)
    • Mourning The Living On The 9th of Av
    • 10,000 Page Views
    • Have You Been Invited To A Brachos Party Or An Amen Party?
    • Solar Eclipse In Judaism
    • How Many Is Too Many?
    • Shame on Gizmodo | Shame on Us Too
    • A Happy 2009 Birthday
    • The Sales Pitch
    • Summer Reading
    • Misleading Charity Campaign
    • Manny Being Manny | Some 'Gladwellian' Insight
    • Jewish Blog Round-Up #225
    • Another Great Post On ParshaBlog
    • Book Review | DovBear on the Parsha
    • Which Of These is the Nobel Peace Prize Winner?
    • Jewish Blog Round-Up July 5th 2009 Edition
    • Ron Artest Is Going To The Lakers | What Do I Think?
    • Onymous Blogging
  • ▶June (18)
    • Obligatory Michael Jackson Post
    • I Am So Disturbed
    • Great Post on ParshaBlog
    • We're All Family
    • Tales From 30,000 Feet
    • What Is The Appropriate Reaction?
    • Outreach on the Beach 6/14/09
    • If You Like To Read Jewish Blogs
    • Take A Smile Break | Another Cute Baby Post
    • Where Is The Outrage? | The Plight of Middle Eastern Jewry
    • Honor Thy Father & Mother | Connections 6/8/09
    • Men (Learning) at Work
    • Happy Birthday Tetris
    • Jewish Blog Roundup
    • Messilas Yesharim 6/6/09
    • Human Beings Are Social Beings
    • Athletes as Role Models?
    • Bar Mitzva DIscussion
  • ▶May (24)
    • Great Shavuos Turnout Renders Previous Post Moot
    • Mesillas Yesharim 05/24/09
    • Do You Like Reading Blogs?
    • Too Many Questions
    • My Friend Won $__.__ on "Millionaire"
    • How Should Memorial Day Be Celebrated?
    • Boy Can I Relate To This
    • Mesillas Yesharim 05/24/09
    • Best Of First 100 Posts
    • Another Gladwell Gem | How David Beats Goliath
    • Atheists and Believers LA Times Smackdown
    • Does Your Kiddush Have Kugel?
    • Structure and Philosophy of Torah 3 | Connections 5/4/09
    • Mesillas Yesharim 05/17/09
    • Speak Up! Economic Crisis Hitting Jewish Day Schools
    • Green Post
    • Structure and Philosophy of Torah 2 | Connections 5/4/09
    • Mesillas Yesharim 05/10/09
    • How To Avoid "Holier-Than-Thou" Syndrome
    • The Speed of History
    • Structure and Philosophy of Torah | Connections 5/4/09
    • Mesillas Yesharim 05/03/09
    • Genius: The Modern View and the Torah View
    • The Non-Virtual Social Network
  • ▶April (14)
    • Israel & The Jewish People | Connections 4/27/09
    • Sad News Post
    • Mesillas Yesharim 04/26/09
    • Disturbing Poll of the Day
    • Earth Day and Torah
    • I Could Not Help Myself
    • The Omer & Channeling Our Materiality | Connections 4/20/09
    • A Nation's Challenge and "Seabiscuits"
    • What Do Boys Want?
    • Your Unique Voice and A Kafkaesque Experience
    • Birkas Hachama on the Beach in Venice California
    • Matza in the NY Times and In Our TImes
    • Where The Wild Things Are
    • Irresponsible Journalism From the New York Times
  • ▶March (6)
    • Mesillas Yesharim 03/15/09
    • Youthfulness vs. Maturity
    • Purim Night! | Connections 3/9/09
    • Messilas Yesharim 03/08/09
    • Yom Kippur and Purim | Connections 3/2/09
    • Messilas Yesharim 03/01/09
  • ▶February (22)
    • 10 Week Anniversary Post
    • Active Learning
    • Purim, Doubt, Clarity and Amalek | Connections 2/23/09
    • "Orange" you glad Tropicana is going back!
    • Do Not Send Your Money To Nigeria!
    • Messilas Yesharim 02/15/09
    • Kosher Navigation
    • Comments On America's Standard of Living
    • Time Marches On
    • Scoffers, Purim and the Measure of a Man | Connections 2/16/09
    • Sheva Brachos for Josh Magilnick
    • Messilas Yesharim 02/15/09
    • Clothes and the NBA
    • New (Old) Audio Class Added
    • Don't Be A Hater
    • Political Discrimination
    • Jew-kipedia and Tolerance
    • Clothing Round Up, Now with Lawyers
    • You Have Got to See This! | It's about Lego
    • The Clothes Make (or break) the Man | Connections 2/2/09
    • Our (more) Casual President
    • Messilas Yesharim 02/01/09
  • ▶January (26)
    • Shortcuts
    • Tough Times for Private Schools and Yeshivas
    • Recess + Litigation = Big Problem
    • You Are What You Eat | Connections 1/26/09
    • The Wave
    • Messilas Yesharim 01/25/09
    • A Piece of Peace
    • Ladies and Gentlemen, A Moment of Silence for... A Moment of Silence
    • Messilas Yesharim 01/18/09
    • One Month Anniversary & Best of the Blog (So Far)
    • Important Update!
    • Winners and Losers | A New Yorker Cartoon (and I get it, and it is funny!)
    • Breaking News! Ad@lf Hitl&r Campbell Update
    • All About Manners
    • California Dreaming No Longer?
    • Inspiration. As easy as 1-2-3! | Connections 1/12/09
    • Messilas Yesharim 01/11/09
    • Seen On A Bus Ad In London: "There's Probably No God..." and Humanists
    • We Don't Get No R-E-S-P-E-C-T! How do you feel now?
    • Beauty - Is it more than skin deep? | Connections 1/5/09
    • The iPhone / iPod Touch Siddur Misheberach List
    • Messilas Yesharim 01/04/09
    • Dov Dalin in Gaza
    • Truth or Consequences - Drasha Vayigash
    • Kobe and Zehirus
    • The Year in Review
• ▶2008 (18)
  • ▶December (18)
    • Officially a Rabbi
    • Messilas Yesharim 12/28/08
    • Yosef and the Light of (Economic) Wisdom and Kindness - Drasha Miketz
    • Bob Costas and Controlling your own destiny
    • Madoff's alleged misdeeds spark feelings of betrayal, outrage in L.A.'s Jewish community - Los Angeles Times
    • Intro to Talmud 2
    • In Madoff Scandal, Jews Feel an Acute Betrayal - NYTimes.com
    • Pacific Jewish Center Chanukah Party 2008
    • Intro to Talmud 1
    • Outliers: Section 1 (and my grandfather)
    • Messilas Yesharim 12/21
    • A Good Man Never Rests - Drasha Vayeshev
    • Happy Hanukah Too: Kosher Machine Only Serves 24/6 Because It's Shomer Shabbos
    • Adolf Hitler Campbell can't get a birthday cake
    • Malcolm Gladwell and "Perfection"
    • Messilas Yesharim 12/14
    • Perfection | Connections 12/08/08
    • Venice CA and Santa Monica California Jewish Learning and Judaism