Last week the world witnessed another wonder of our universe, the Solar Eclipse. This eclipse was visible from Southeast Asia and was the longest eclipse in 18 years and will remain the longest for the next 123 years.
The eclipse has long been associated with mythology and supernatural acts. If you are a fan of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
Solar Eclipse In Judaism
What Is The Appropriate Reaction?
This post has been cross-posted to DovBear. – more discussion there.
In addition to my work as the Rabbi at Pacific Jewish Center at the Shul on the Beach I am also a Law Student at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. I am part of the evening program and completed my first year of evening [...]
Where Is The Outrage? | The Plight of Middle Eastern Jewry
This post has been cross posted to DovBear – great discussion there.
Do Anglo/American Jews care enough about our middle-eastern Jewish brothers and sisters?
Yesterday DovBear posted a really great Op-Ed piece from the NY Times.
In fact. before checking his blog I even emailed the article to him as I assumed he would find it interesting.
Of course, [...]
Human Beings Are Social Beings
I have had my critiques of David Brooks from the NY Times.
But today, I think he got it right. Really right. Like, 100% right.
He was asked about the “Big Three”. No, not GM, Ford, Chrysler. No, not Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Not, Clemenceau, Wilson, George either.
The new Big Three is Guns, Gays and Abortion.
How To Avoid "Holier-Than-Thou" Syndrome
I saw a very interesting column in the New York Times today.
The column presents some evidence that a large chasm exists between what an individual will claim they would do in a given situation and what one would actually do in that given situation.
In other words our actions betray our feelings of righteousness. (How funny is [...]
Genius: The Modern View and the Torah View
The most emailed column on NYTimes.com today is this column on genius. In this Op-Ed column, from David Brooks the old question of nature vs. nurture is raised.
Are there people born with elevated talents and skill or are some people the lucky ones who were in the right place at the right time and were [...]
What Do Boys Want?
The NY Times has a very interesting article chronicling the research that Disney has been conducting to figure out what boys want.
Disney has had unprecedented success marketing to young teenage girls. With TV shows about pop-stars and princess and fairy lands, young teenage girls flock to Disney. But what about the boys?
Matza in the NY Times and In Our TImes
To be fair I have had my share of criticism of the New York Times. I don’t call them anti-Semitic though, that just reminds me of Uncle Leo in the Shower Head Seinfeld episode. Uncle Leo’s burger is medium instead of rare so he assumes the chef must be an anti-Semite… That doesn’t stop these [...]
Irresponsible Journalism From the New York Times
the NY Times has a section in their online newspaper called “The Lede”. It is often chock full of interesting links and thought on the news of the times. I have been inspired to post links to The Lede before in my blog post about “Bus Ads in London proclaiming there is no GD”.
Today, The [...]
You Have Got to See This! | It's about Lego
I love Lego. My brother and I spent countless hours in our childhood building magnificent Lego creations. My son Rami has recently added Lego building to his skill set – he is quite good!
If I had to choose one toy to play with I would certainly choose Lego. It is the perfect toy.
Don’t believe me? [...]
Our (more) Casual President
You may have noticed I steer clear of politics. This post is NOT about politics. It is about the last three presidents. It is more about their attitudes than anything else. Again, this is not about politics.
Even before this New York Times article hit the streets I had made the same observation. It seems that [...]
All About Manners
This NY Times article written by a pediatrician follows the usual course of “today’s generation has bad manners, but it is not a new problem, it has always been this way… etc.”. The doctor recommends a book called Miss Manners’ Guide to Rearing Perfect Children. Great title by the way. Perfect? Really? Where do I [...]
Seen On A Bus Ad In London: “There’s Probably No God…" and Humanists
I live in Los Angeles where we are famous for our billboards. I grew up near New York City famous for its Madison Avenue and advertising. Normally the danger of these advertisements is the images they supply. The images are designed to be salacious and titillating. Apparently London has another whole set of issues they [...]
