Mark Berch
Since 2002, Mark Berch has been providing Jewishly oriented web links to members of his shul (Tifereth Israel, a small Conservative synagogue in Washington DC where his family has been members for almost 40 years). In real life, he is a Patent Examiner.
Articles by Mark Berch
Jewish Stars, Wives, and Rosaries
-In an earlier day, the Flag of Morocco had the 6-pointed Star of David, “known in Arabic as Khatam Suleyman ...
Jewish Beliefs and Practices
-Debra Ruth Kolodny crafts “A new Ceremony of Simchat Bat,� explaining the rationale behind the process. (Ritualwell)-Rabbi Shlomi Aviner, one ...
Israel & Syria
-Turkey is readying efforts to get Israel-Syria talks underway. (Haaretz)-Looking at the substantial domestic opposition to a deal with Syria ...
Books about the Shoah
-The distinction between the Holocaust’s meanings and its facts “highlights a central issue in the broader debate about what it ...
Holocaust Collections and Connections
-A project sets its goal to collect 1.5 million crayons to commemorate the 1.5 million children who perished in the ...
Ecology in Israel
-Avner Rinat is working to be “awarded the desirable title of holder of an A-level bird-ringing license.� (Haaretz)-Are irises making ...
Israel’s Poor and Homelesss
-A look at the work of Jerusalem’s Hetzroni Zula, a refuge for street youth, mostly teenagers from religious Zionist backgrounds. ...
Shlomo the Musical & More
-In “Herencia Judia (Jewish Heritage),� “Lapidus has reimagined familiar Jewish texts (and occasionally, traditional melodies) in Caribbean rhythms. The familiar ...
Israel’s Government
-Is Israel’s government becoming a gerontocracy? (Haaretz)-Isi Leibler says that not only “our prime minister is a failed leader,� but ...
Pesach, the Pope, and More
-This year, Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat; it won’t happen again until 2021. (The Jewish Press) -Pope Benedict XVI visit ...