A few days ago a photo was posted on Twitter by the NBA. Somehow, this photo has been on my mind since I saw it.
In sports, two teams oppose each other under the pretense that they are enemies. Their fans may even dislike one another, (see Celtics / Lakers, Yankees / Red Sox, UNC / [...]
Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Matisyahu, NBC and The Olympic Winter Games Make A Great Team
I first heard of Matisyahu while working as a Campus Rabbi at USC. The Jewish students on campus were really into his music (this was ~5 years ago) and some of my students invited me to join them at a Matisyahu concert.
He was performing at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood which was right near my [...]
No God Is Top Trending Topic On Twitter
Twitter has a sidebar with the top trending topics on Twitter at any given moment.
As of this very second the #1 Trending Topic on Twitter is “No God“.
I just thought that was really interesting.
And that is a good reason for a “Fail Whale” to lead this post…
Twitter Your Prayers
This Post Has Been Cross Posted to DovBear.
The morning before Rosh Hashana there is a custom to recite extended Slichos in Shul.
Led by Gary Dalin, the services this morning were wonderful. Thank you Gary.
The Slichos are mostly Medieval era poetry designed to arouse the soul within to make amends for all wrongs committed during the [...]
Authentic Judaism and Authentic Charity
This post is really two Public Service Announcements.
Please read both and if you are able to help in any way possible, it is much appreciated.
One great thing about blogging is the opportunity to connect with other people for the sake of an important cause. Today, I present you with two important causes.
Book Review | The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook
Yesterday I flew from New York to Los Angeles. We got to the airport just under 3 hours before our flight. This is a direct result of missing a few flights in the last few years. We always err on the side of caution.
I stopped in a Hudson Books to peruse the available reading material. [...]
Elul Begins With A Warning | Anonymous Bloggers Take Note: Google Knows Your Every Move
A little while back I contributed a decent post to DovBear that generated an impressive response from legions of commenters on DovBear. The post was a comparison of anonymous vs. onymous blogging.
I argued that by blogging about important things anonymously, they are less effective and only perpetuate the near censorship of right-wing Orthodox Judaism. Some [...]
Rabbi Zelik Epstein, Of Blessed Memory
Yesterday, the Jewish world lost a spiritual giant (good article worth reading). Rabbi Zelik Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Shaar Hatorah in Queens passed away. He was 97.
R’ Zelik was a relic of the past. He studied Torah in Europe with some the greatest Torah scholars of recent American Jewry, including Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and Rabbi [...]
A Happy 2009 Birthday
Yesterday was my birthday.
I am not huge “birthday guy”. I love my children’s birthday more than my own birthday and my mother loves my birthday more than I do.
A lot of people know my birthday. Co-workers, family and friends all know my birthday. This year I got a ton of birthday wishes.
But it was different.
Onymous Blogging
This post has been cross-posted to DovBear. – more discussion there.
Social Networking has been around for a long time. The term is nearly two centuries old and the concept perhaps 30 times that.
With the internet explosion around the new millennium social networking became all the rage on the world wide web. MySpace and others blazed [...]
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, [...]
Your Unique Voice and A Kafkaesque Experience
Last week, Facebook disabled my account. No explanation, no reason, no apology, just gone.
There are terms that each member of Facebook agrees to abide by and I have not violated any of those terms. I have emailed Facebook asking for an explanation or at the very least an acknowledgement that my account has been disabled. [...]
