Jews on the Idiot Box
Jonathan Mark used a few of my comments on the whole “popularity of Jews on television” craze that appeared in his latest Jewish Week article. Check out- http://www.thejewishweek.com/bottom/specialcontent.php3?artid=659
In a bizarre twist in my life story…
My friend Marty Pottenger has written me in as a character in her new play, Abundance. The premiere is Thursday night, at the Dance Theater Workshop, W. 19th Street. Check out http://www.dtw.org/2004spring/working_theater_04.htm There’s a piece on it from Playbill — with a picture of the dude who plays me! This was all part of a community dialogue I took part in back in 2002 — The Abundance Project.
For those looking to purchase Embracing Life and Facing Death…
Click here for more information on the book I co-wrote with Joseph J. Fins, MD, chief of medical ethics at New York Presbyterian- Cornell Medical Center: http://www.clal.org/palliative_info.htm
The Infinite Mind – NPR
To listen, check out the the show on Coincidence- My segment begins during the 37th minute.
I’m Dreaming of a Freilach Hannukah
For my a few of my articles related to Hannukah, check out www.beliefnet.com
Book Review: Joel Ben Izzy
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness Author: Joel Ben Izzy Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Publication date: November 7, 2003 Reviewed by Daniel S. Brenner In lecture six of The Varieties of Religious Experience, the Sick Soul, William James quotes Robert Louis Stevenson -“There is indeed one element in human destiny that not blindness itself can controvert. Whatever else we are intended to do, we are not intended to succeed; failure is the fate allotted.” James adds that…
Davenning at Borough Park’s Yoruba Shtiebel By Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner (Will appear in The Jewish Week on 1/16/04) This past Sunday morning I trekked through the foot of snow that recently visited the Big Apple to take an honorary seat on the bimah of the Christ Apostolic Church. This is one of Borough Park’s wonders – Housed in what once was a German Evangelical chapel is a church of Nigerian immigrants, whose service is mostly in the Yoruba dialect…
Turks and Jews in the Jersey Burbs By Daniel S. Brenner When I hear something awful, like the news that an 85-year-old grandmother and her 8-year-old granddaughter are murdered by a terrorist along with twenty-six others in a blast in Istanbul, I deal with my emotional turmoil by doing something mindless and useful – like raking leaves. I was raking the last leaves of autumn from my front yard in Montclair on Sunday morning, trying to take my mind off…
The Unexpected Return
Goyische Mazel for One Yiddische Kup By Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner In 5763 I worked in an office of orthodox rabbis who quoted Talmudic tractates and ate microwaved knishes. In 5764 I’ll be spending my days with Presbyterian ministers who quote John Calvin and eat cold shrimp salads. No, I haven’t found Jesus, or tasted shrimp, but after six years on the faculty of CLAL I’ve left to become the first rabbi to direct the Center for Multifaith Education at…
Here’s the Profile The Jewish Week Did on Me…
Fanfare for The Common Man (12/20/2001) Rabbi Daniel Brenner sanctifies the simple gifts of Judaism & America. Jonathan Mark – Associate Editor Did Reb Nachman, back in 18th century Europe, ever notice the sky was Tarheel Blue? Maybe not, but God always knew of North Carolina and that rebbes can come from the Piedmont as surely as from Poland. Rabbi Daniel Brenner, native son of Charlotte, N.C., is a storyteller, as surely from the Southern tradition as from the Jewish…