The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Religion
Haveil Havalim #154 is UP!
Esser Agaroth puts a lot more than 2 cents worth of effort into this week’s Haveil Havalim #154, the Jewish/Israel blogging carnival. Check it out! (I was surprised to learn that Esser Agaroth is a waffler!)
Kol hakavod
Last Friday night, for the sixth time in my teaching career, my fourth graders led services. Every year, they get better and better at singing the prayers and psalms in front of their parents and the congregation. I’d love to … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Teaching 6 Comments
The famous Muslim tolerance strikes again
Muslims in Gaza blew up the YMCA library. Why? To protest the Danish publication of the Mohammed cartoons. Because it follows, logically, that when Danes “insult” Mohammed, Gazan Christians must be punished. Unidentified gunmen blew up the YMCA library in … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Religion 2 Comments
Torahs in the navy
I just received an e-mail about a Sefer Torah (Torah scroll) that was rescued from Lithuania and is now being used aboard the USS Truman. Truman Sailors listen to Sen. Carl Levin as he speaks during the Torah Dedication Ceremony … Continue reading
Posted in Holocaust, Jews 5 Comments
Saudis to execute woman for witchcraft
Now there’s a modern state for you. The Saudis are going to kill an illiterate woman for, among other things, causing a man’s impotence. A leading human rights group appealed to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Thursday to stop the … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, World 8 Comments
Europe finds a spine
Wow. I’ve been saying that you can’t count out the European self-preservation instinct. I don’t believe that the nations that have millennia-old history of war and bloodshed will just lie down and die when their way of life is threatened. … Continue reading
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Yiddishe nachas *
Not. And amid all this hype, Winehouse’s representatives said late Friday that she won’t attend tonight’s Grammys in Los Angeles. Although she resolved her visa issues with the U.S. Embassy, she’ll still appear via satellite from London. Winehouse apparently decided … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Miscellaneous, Pop Culture, Teaching 1 Comment
It was evening; it was morning
Lightness of Being The bright sun dissects the airglow above Earth’s horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-107 mission.Space Shuttle Columbia and the STS-107 crew perished during re-entry on … Continue reading
The meaning of “rabbi”
Calling all Hebrew scholars who read this blog: I would like, once and for all, to know what the word “rabbi” means. Some people say it means “teacher,” but I have been told by more than one person that that … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #150 (and #149) is UP!
Haveil Havalim #150 is UP! Here are this week’s topics. Post of the Week Israel Judaism Politics Abuse of Power History Antisemitism Personal Torah Phoning it in Humor And I forgot to post last week that Haveil Havalim #149 is … Continue reading
A real mensch
Carry this story with you for Shabbat. It made me smile. A Jewish man who had no wife, no children, no family, and almost no connection to Judaism but his birth, left his fortune to Israel, and he is helping … Continue reading
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Bobby Fischer square up
via memeorandum Chess champion Bobby Fischer died Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. I first … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews, Pop Culture 2 Comments
More proof of Torah
Archeologists made another significant find in the City of David (literally and figuratively). A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First Temple and then returned to Jerusalem after being exiled … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Religion 3 Comments
Rabbi search
Calling all Conservative Jewish readers: My congregation is going to be conducting a rabbi search over the next few months, and I may need some input and assistance from various readers around the country. If you would email me or … Continue reading
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Gaza’s Christians: Living in fear
The AP has noticed that the Muslims in the Gaza Strip have been terrorizing Gaza’s Christians. The International Herald Tribune carries the story with this headline: Gaza’s Christians keep low profile during Christmas after slaying of activist “Activist”? What did … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Media Bias, Religion 2 Comments