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
Synagogues Raising Money
-A Miami Reform shul has sold time-shares in its Torah: “For a one-time gift of $1,800, donors can sponsor a ...
Yom Kippur & Kapparot
-For most Jews, Yom Kippur presents an especially sharp contrast between how things are supposed to be, and how they ...
American Jews, Marketing, & Yom Kippur
-Ira Forman argues that Walt and Mearsheimer in their new book “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy� demonstrate that ...
Literature and the Arts
-Appreciations of the recently deceased writer Grace Paley: The Jewish Week NJ Jewish News The Forward Los Angeles Times -The ...
Fish Heads, Kosher Honey & Teshuvah
-In “Facing the Music� Rabbi Shefa Gold gives a meditation on “Tefilah …Teshuvah … Tzedakah.� (The Shalom Center)-Here’s where that ...
The World of Jewish Education
-Can Jewish law be “temporarily set aside for the sake of a teaching moment�? (The Jerusalem Post)-Will Jewish charter schools ...
In the News
-American synagogues, kosher slaughter houses and Jewish schools may be finding it much harder to hire Israelis. (The Jerusalem Post)-The ...
Semen, Cremation & Carbs
-Does Jewish law permit the removal of semen from a deceased man in order for his widow to bear his ...
Dodging the Draft
-Some views on whether the rise in the percentage of Jewish men who do not serve in the IDF is ...
Evacuation from Hebron
-A first-hand account of the evacuation of the families from Hebron. (The Jewish Press)-Gideon Levy argues that the evacuation from ...