Shanah Tovah

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:12 Written by bryfy Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:37

Brave New Tech World Awaits Jewish Education

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:05 Written by bryfy Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:03

This year I attended a Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration. There were hundreds of kids from Israel, San Francisco, New York and Turkey eating falafel and dancing to Hadag Nachash, Israel’s premier hip-hop band.

I happened to be in my living room, and this dance party was taking place on computer screens against the backdrop of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The dancing students were avatars created by Jewish students from across the world. The context was a course being taught in several Jewish day schools and supplemental programs about Jewish peoplehood — and it was all taking place within a virtual world.

Help Me Reach My Goal and Fight the Battle Against Cancer

Last Updated on Friday, 6 August 2010 09:54 Written by bryfy Wednesday, 4 August 2010 08:39

Maybe I’m crazy or maybe I just don’t know what I have got myself into. But the training has officially begun and the countdown started for my first marathon.

A few years ago a son of a good friend of ours battled and survived neuroblastoma. But the fight for him and many other kids just like him is never really over – as if I needed extra motivation to complete this thing – that is it! So please help me and help all the kids with cancer out there by supporting me to run this year’s New York marathon.