Chinese Moms, Jewish Dads? The post-dinner- now-the- kids- are- in- the- other- room -and -the –adults- have- two –bottles- of- wine -to -finish-off talk at our Shabbos table this week was, as I imagine it was for many thousands of other parental types, Chinese moms. We had all read the Wall Street Journal article by Yale Law professor Amy Chua (or heard her interviewed on NPR) and her razor sharp attack on “western” moms seems to have kicked up a…
Despite a half foot of snow falling on Gotham, Schmooze is on. I’m heading into join a fine team of folks speaking about “Next Generation” things in the marketing seminar.
For those interested in the next generation of young Jews, here’s a great Jewish Week piece on the subject titled “Generation F” …..fluidity.
Newspaper clippings…delightfully old school. My favorite newspaper, the New Jersey Jewish News ran an article this week about my new position at Moving Traditions. (Thank you Andrew and Johanna — for this and for all your local coverage!)
Philadelphia’s Jewish newspaper has a short piece on my big news. The Exponent was stellar when it came to covering the work of Birthright Israel NEXT in Philly, including doing a great piece on the Shore House.
For Immediate Distribution Contact: Deborah Meyer Executive Director, Moving Traditions RABBI DANIEL BRENNER TO LEAD MOVING TRADITIONS’ INITIATIVE FOR BOYS AND MEN As organization nears 10,000 Jewish girls in Rosh Hodesh: It’s A Girls Thing! leader is appointed to champion new educational approach for teenage boys Jenkintown, PA—Monday, November 29, 2010—Moving Traditions, the Philadelphia-based non-profit that focuses on the intersection of gender and Judaism and has been a pioneer in the field of Jewish education for teenage girls has appointed…
While in a meeting on a much more serious proposal to the Jewish New Media Fund, I had a vision.
You know that other kind of poetry, right? The non-provocative kind….well, this ain’t that. This is pro-vocative. Positively inclined to vocate at any given moment. OK, OK, enough riffing on the title, I get it. I am honored to be reading this coming Friday night at B’nai Keshet in Montclair NJ with some serious poets: Jessica de Koninck ‘s collection, Repairs, is published by Finishing Line Press. Her poems appear in anthologies such as The Breath of Parted Lips, Voices from…
Growing up in North Carolina, basketball was a huge part of my childhood. I played driveway ball everyday after school with my neighbors and played for the Temple Israel team in the Church League. During the 70s and 80s, before we had pro teams in Charlotte, ACC college basketball players were our heroes. We went crazy in ’83 when NC State won the NCAA and Jimmy V raced around the court in celebration. When Jordan went from Carolina to the…
Occasionally the internet gods bless me with a ‘stumble upon’ — a moment when I come across an article or video that I never intended to find. The video link below is one such wacky gift — with music composed by a German by the name of Daniel Brenner. And it is perfect timing — Coming as it does right before we Jewish folk roll the entire Torah and start again, with the beginning. Here is a contemporary commentary on…