Monthly Archives: January 2007

Little Mosque on the Prairie

Posted on January 17, 2007 by

The new Canadian comedy TV series a Little Mosque on the Prairie looks promising. I read through the character descriptions and watched the clips on the official site and I liked it, sounded it funny, with interesting enough characters. I … Continue reading →

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Conference on Peace Education

Posted on January 16, 2007 by

Here is a report from Common Ground News Service on a “four-day conference on peace education” in Turkey with 200 Israelis and Palestinians, organized by the Israel-Palestinian Centre for Research and Information. Just like any conference it had workshops, discussion, … Continue reading →

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Teaching Kashrut to Potential Converts to Judaism

Posted on January 15, 2007 by

For a class I had to “Describe an exercise that could be used as an “Attention activity” in a classroom situation. Describe the topic and target audience in the subject line for example “Teaching Boolean Logic for elementary students”; and … Continue reading →

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Tapestry and Comedy

Posted on January 15, 2007 by

Today’s issue of the Jewish-Theatre.com touched on positive Muslim-Jewish relations twice. First it informs us that: The Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will host a free lecture by art historian Ori Soltes of Georgetown University on Feb. 12 at … Continue reading →

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Commemorating the Safed earthquake

Posted on January 14, 2007 by

On January 1, 1837 an earthquake shook and destroyed most of the city of Safed and Tiberias at 2 PM. There were between 2 and 4000 victims. This HaAretz article covers the story through the eyes and words of the … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on the Evolution of the Book

Posted on January 14, 2007 by

For one of my classes I had to reflect on Kilgour’s The Evolution of the Book. These were the questions, followed by my answers. 1. How does Kilgour define the book? Is this definition too narrow or broad? What does … Continue reading →

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What Kabbalah books are about?

Posted on January 12, 2007 by

This Chabad article by Naftali Silberberg summarizes somewhat cynically what Kabbalah books are about: Open up a book of Kabbalah, and you will discover that: a) there are countless spiritual worlds. b) In actuality nothing exists but G-d alone; everything … Continue reading →

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Mauvaise Foi/Bad Faith

Posted on January 11, 2007 by

Bloomberg covered a new French movie titled Mauvaise Foi. As it doesn’t have a US distributor or title yet, so let’s just use the raw translation of the title: Bad Faith. It is about a couple where “he’s tall, dark, … Continue reading →

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Mirta Kupferminc: Borges and the Kabbalah

Posted on January 10, 2007 by

Mirta Kupferminc is an Argentinean Jewish artist. She published five books, The word “publish” may not directly apply to her work, because they are handmade individual artworks. One of them is Borges y la Cábala, senderos del Verbo (Borges and … Continue reading →

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Morocco: a model of Muslim-Jewish ties

Posted on January 9, 2007 by

Serge Berdugo, the president of Morocco’s Jewish Community Council, provides an account, both historic and modern, on how Muslims protected and respected Jews in Morocco. His call against extremism brings numerous examples from his country how Jews and Muslims could … Continue reading →

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