Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Jewish Unity
This politician inquired if he could ask me a frank question-“what is the secret to Jewish Unity? Most Jews have never met these boys and do not even speak their language, yet the Jewish people around the world are obsessed with their fate.”
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To My Inspiring NCSY Staff
Thank you, thank you and thank you for inspiring 30,000 Jewish teens every year. Thank you for inspiring 1 National Director.
Best wishes for a beautiful and inspiring Chag.Sameach. May we celebrate Chol HaMoed in Yerushalaim with Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev & Gilad Schalit!
BeAhava Rabbah,
Steve Burg
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Creating a more Hospitable Atmosphere in our Shuls
Of course, had this person simply closed the door for me, it would have been far easier than trying to communicate with me and demonstrate to me the obvious errors of my ways in the middle of the rabbi’s speech. Embarrassed, I got up and made my way to the door and closed it firmly. As I returned to my seat I noticed that this man slyly traded a confident look and smile with his friends and nodded his head as if to say “I showed him”. Sadly, as many of us know, this type of behavior occurs far too frequently in many Orthodox shuls across the country.