Cross-posted to Blog.RabbiJason.com A few years ago, it looked like Fidel Castro was going to make his grand exit from the land of the living. Instead, early this summer he emerged from his medically induced hiatus. Since his return, Castro has apparently been reading The Atlantic because he contacted Jeffrey Goldberg, a reporter at the magazine recently. While Goldberg was on vacation a couple weeks ago, the head of the Cuban Interest Section in Washington (what would ...
What's Your Wish? Firsts - A Rosh Hashanah Short
Cross-posted to Blog.RabbiJasonIn his song "Leave Me Praying," Dave Matthews sings, "And then I will tell my son and my daughters to hold it so dear." But I don't think the singer-songwriter is talking about Yom Kippur that the next generation should hold dear. And in Chicago this Yom Kippur, many young Jews will not be singing "Leave Me Praying," but rather they'll be telling their parents to "Leave Me Alone" when they choose to go to Wrigley Field instead ...
There have been a lot of movies being filmed here in Michigan over the past couple of years because of the lucrative tax and loan incentives for film production in the state. Apparently Sean Penn will be in Detroit making a new movie called "This Must Be The Place." I just received an email message (see below) that the film is looking for extras for ...
Ask Michael Vosko about home, and he'll tell you how moving away helped him appreciate where he came from. The 31-year-old West Bloomfield native, who left for a computer job in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2003, says he finds the camaraderie born out of metro Detroit's history doesn't exist most other places. "You grew up there, your parents grew up in Detroit or grandparents grew up in Detroit, so there's generations of relationships of families," he says. "Everyone seems ...
Updated 09-03-2010 at 01:06 PM by KarenB
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