November 2009
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Jerusalem Synagogue Adventures
As you all know, Molly has been on a mission to experience a different synagogue in Jerusalem every Shabbat. This Friday, she was supposed to go “Hovevei Tzion”…but most likely ended up somewhere else entirely. Hovevei Tzion Street is a total of 3 blocks, but Molly could only find one synagogue, and she’s pretty sure it wasn’t the Hovevei Tzion with the amazing...
“Happy Birthday to our classmate, Jodie Gordon!”
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“Happy Birthday to David Mintz!”
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“Happy Birthday to HUC-JIR President, Rabbi David Ellenson!”
– In honor of his birthday today, Rabbi Ellenson read Haftarah beautifully at Shabbat services!
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Shabbat Sh'soup
For Shabbat dinner, Molly was invited to Shabbat Sh’soup (Shabbat of Soup), hosted by David Singer and Jessica Shimberg.
As you might have guessed, it was an amazing Shabbat dinner consisting of different soups. Each soup had a different story, and they were all delicious, so Molly wants to share the 5 soups that she enjoyed at Shabbat Sh’soup:
1. 6 Onion Soup - courtesy of...
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Jerusalem Great Synagogue
Continuing with her mission to check out different synagogues of Jerusalem, Molly went to the Jerusalem Great Synagogue for the Friday night Shabbat service.
Here is Molly’s Top 5 of the Jerusalem Great Synagogue:
1. It’s a short 5-10 minute walk from the apartment, right next to Supersol!
2. I sat next to a lovely episcopalian from Indiana, Dee, who is visiting Israel for three...
“Happy Birthday to our classmate, Rachel Kaplan!”
Women's Rabbinic Network →
We had the pleasure of meeting with Rabbi Jackie Koch Ellenson, Executive Director of the Women’s Rabbinic Network. Jackie sparked a very interesting conversation about gender amongst our classmates that we hope to continue throughout the year.
Police Arrest Woman at Western Wall →
Our classmate, Jodie Gordon, writes about the recent arrest of a woman at the Western Wall for the Rosh Chodesh “Women of the Wall” service. Click on the title above to read her post.
You can also check out the Jerusalem Post article about the arrest.
(via jodiesays)
“Congratulations to our summer interns, Scott & Emily, on their engagement!”
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Sallah Shabati →
You know how much we love movie days! Today we watched Sallah Shabati, a classic movie from the 60s starring the beloved Topol!
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“Happy Birthday to our classmates, Lauren Trexler and Rachel Harrison!”
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Ades Synagogue
Molly finally got around to checking out some of the synagogues recommended by summer intern, Josh Breitzer (here’s a refresher of what he suggested). This Shabbat, Molly went to the Ades Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community in Nachlaot.
Here’s Molly’s Top 5 Moments of Going to an Orthodox Shul:
1. Having the lady sitting next to me...
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Mind-Blowing Subject of the Day: Tzvika Pik
If you’ve ever spent time in a Reform synagogue, you’re probably familiar with the three most commonly sung versions of Shema: Sulzer’s version (which is usually referred to as chanting), Debbie Friedman’s version (which leads into her English V’ahavta), and Tzvika Pik’s version.
Here’s a clip from Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s website of Tzvika...
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The Undermining of Labour's Hegemony - Part 3
This was our last Israel Seminar on the topic of “The Undermining of Labour’s Hegemony”, and this week’s focus was “Between Collectivism and Individualism, Hi- Tech and its Impact on the Economy.”
To get some “first hand experience”, we went to visit the Numonyx Hi Tech Plant and met with an executive to discuss the impact of Hi - Tech on Israeli...
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Dr. Paul Frosh and the Changing Nature of Israel's...
As a little preview to Wednesday’s Israel Seminar, we had a guest speaker, Dr. Paul Frosh from the Department of Communications at Hebrew University. Paul spoke about the changing nature of Israel’s media.
Here are the Top 5 Interesting Points of Information From the Evening:
1. Televisions were not introduced to Israel until 1968
2. Up until 1968 radio was the main form of media...
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A Good Old-Fashioned Top 5
Here’s our Top 5 for Thursday, November 5:
1. Enjoying our classmates, Josh Herman and Amanda Kleinman, leading tefillah
2. Kvelling over our classmate, friend, and brother, Jonathan Rothstein-Fisch, as he delivered his D’var Torah (Yes Jonathan, Molly was there)
3. Our first mid-term! Who knew translating liturgy could be so much fun?
4. Molly’s “Israeli Folk & Pop...
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The Undermining of Labour's Hegemony - Part 2!
Love those Wednesday Israel seminar days! We just can’t get enough of the undermining of labour’s hegemony…and this week’s topic was: The Rise of the Political Right. After a short meeting in our classrooms, we took off to the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, where they REALLY love Menachem. Okay fine, it’s true that Molly got lost in a “heritage center”...
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