Insanely artsy Sukkahs

With the holiday of Sukkot coming up, I thought this post about all these modern art style sukkahs in NYC was pretty relevant

http://sukkahcity.com/

Singing the Torah

http://www.ellietorah.com/

I know a lot of people were interested in the sounds and the song that the Cantor sang for us from the Torah last class, so I found this guide to trope. Trope is the method of annotation that tells us what sounds to make on what syllables of which words in the Torah, this site has some pretty good sound samples and examples of Trope.

Castro's message to Ahmadinejad

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fidel-to-ahmadinejad-stop-slandering-the-jews/62566/

Man...When Fidel Castro says you're being way too crazy, it's maybe time to shut up and sit down.

Religious leaders across America speak out against 'Burn a Q'uran Day'

It is heartening to see people coming together across all faiths to support the intolerance of intolerant people. Too often in our day and age, people stay silent against bigotry and injustice. The one thing a tolerant society cannot tolerate is intolerance.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/09/koran-quran-patraeus-burn-dove-mosque/1

A somewhat more in depth look at Sarah Palin's church

http://www.alternet.org/rights/97939/

Interesting to note that her splinter sect of Evangelical Christianity has been declared heretical by the other Evangelicals.