An owner of a local store was robbed at gunpoint last night at the Shell gas station on Route 4 East. The man was on
NEAR Protocol has emerged as a promising contender, offering innovative solutions to some of the most pressing challenges faced by existing platforms. This next-generation blockchain
(JPost) American airline JetBlue Airways has updated their in-flight map to show the words “Palestinian Territory” in significantly larger text than the word “Israel,” to
(JNS) The Jerusalem District Court issued a provisional order on Wednesday, Sept. 4 allowing a group of Israeli families who have lost members to terrorism
(JNS) As Jewish students return to college campuses across the country, bracing for the possibility that antisemitic attacks will resume, one of the challenges when
The pain we all feel for Israel and its citizens, our brothers and sisters, is palpable this week. Facing an unsympathetic, monstrous enemy, the IDF’s
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So don’t let this Great Big Why worry you too much. Serenity Now! The title of this article is not an existential question. Plop all these real, spectacular haggadot on your seder table, and have yourself a good time.
Besides, we Three Haggadahteers are in this just for the jokes.
And if you don’t believe that, well, then you’re just a rabid anti-dentite.
Martin is the author of The Emoji Haggadah, The Festivus Haggadah and The Coronavirus Haggadah. On the haggadah scoreboard, it’s Bodek 3, Cowen 3, Reinstein 1.
… have done so, at a clip of 1.35 countries per year.
I, of course, should not be considered any kind of marker of progress for Israel’s peace initiatives, but if matters hold to that pace (and I remain in good health), then country No. 193 should come on line sometime around my retirement in 2041.
May that happen, and may it happen sooner, but for more immediate interests, may I, very soon, write an article subtitled, “165 Down, 28 to Go.”
Have a wonderful Jewish New Year.
Martin is the author of eight books, including The Emoji Haggadah.
… to the weather.
(You shifted three workout times around a rainstorm?)
Needless to say, I stacked all three “face-to-face…”
(Mask-six feet apart-mask.)
…sessions on that Friday morning.
And that is why, in the age of “social distancing,” I was sharing the experience of eating a doughnut in New York City with Martin Bodek, while he was eating one in New Jersey, in front of my house.
David Roher is a USAT certified marathon and triathlon coach. He is a multi-Ironman finisher and a veteran special education teacher. He can be reached at: [email protected]
Passaic is a special community, such that three of my friends have come out with their own versions of the Pesach Haggadah this year. So with a little help from my friends and their Haggadahs, I’ll be having a more interesting Pesach in 2019.
If there was an award for most unique Haggadah, that would certainly go to “The Emoji Haggadah” by Martin Bodek (Ktav). An emoji is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. From smiley faces to coats, animal and more, there are thousands of emojis in use.
In his Haggadah, Bodek uses emojis to …
… Shel Pesach” and emojis of a hand holding a pen, a martini, a bow and the symbols for all four suits in the standard deck of 52 playing cards portraying the words “written by Martin Bodek.”
Bodek found certain concepts and words relatively easy to translate into emoji. Pouring the second cup of wine before reciting Ma Nishtana appears as emojis of a faucet with a cup, a medal representing the number two and a glass of wine. Borrowing a page from Sefaria, the online Jewish library, Bodek used Sesame Street’s Count Von Count to depict Sefiras Haomer, but
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Angelika Rieber of the Gesellschaft, who does not live too far away from Schmitten, had arranged with a Herr Martin Hoffmann, a Pfarrer (Protestant Minister) to pick us up at the hotel and take us to our destination as well as to act as our guide there. Herr Hoffmann had ministered to the population of Schmitten as well as that of neighboring villages and had taken upon himself the task of researching and preserving the histories of those Jewish communities. He has established a personal archive on the subject, and much of …
This week, in honor of Father’s Day, the Jewish Link of New Jersey and Gotham Burger would like to recognize four local dads as Sportstars of the week: Martin (Mordechi) Bodek, Glenn Pfeiffer, Yossie Rubin and David Tyler. In keeping with the Father’s Day theme, we asked their greatest trophies (children) a few questions about their Sportstar dads.
Martin (Mordechi) Bodek started running when he was 21, and has piled up some impressive numbers to this point: 204 races, including 23 marathons, 30 half marathons, and four ultras. Running 16 New York City Marathons (including 14 straight—every …
… adults (coffee!) and children (cookies!) alike, followed by a hike around the nature paths on the grounds, all while watching the sun, and its gorgeous multi-hued rays, rise over New York City.
Mordechi Bodek is a proud parent of two Yeshivat Noam students, including one very happy 4th-grade girl.
By Mordechi (Martin) Bodek
