Howard Blas

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Sep 2, 2015, 9:27 PM

High Holidays Inspiration from the US Open

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, home of the US Open, where more than 700,000 tennis fans will watch the top men’s and women’s players from around the world compete for a staggering...

Jan 23, 2015, 5:58 AM

The Sportswriter’s Dilemma

There is an unwritten rule that sports reporters simply do not root for a sports team or player while covering an event. Admittedly, this is difficult. A life-long Bostonian covering the Super Bowl February 1st in Glendale, Arizona may...

Nov 11, 2014, 8:42 AM

Growth Continues in the Jewish Disabilities World

Two years ago, a delegation of Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) and Jewish Funders Network (JFN) members visited eight Jewish summer camps in the Northeast in three days. Despite their different locations (from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts), sizes, and movement...

Apr 5, 2012, 10:18 AM

Why Jews Should Love Bruce Springsteen

Walking out of the Bruce Springsteen concert in Philadelphia last week, I heard a yalmuke-wearing teenager exclaim, “If Bruce Springsteen was a rabbi, I’d go to his shul !” The 62-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee had...

Mar 25, 2012, 2:01 PM

Flat Stanley, Meet Chayim Yerushalayim!

Flat Stanley is the beloved “flat” character from the 1964 children’s book of the same title, written by Jeff Brown and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer. Every teacher and parent of young children know the story of Stanley Lambchop, who...

Feb 20, 2012, 2:15 AM

People of the Books

“What’s the frummest book you sell here?” the customer asks Adam, the gregarious bookseller. “Do you sell Judaism for Dummies? asks a man, not appreciating the irony--he was asking hovering over books, just under the sign indicating he was in...

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About Me

Director-Tikvah program (for campers with special needs) at Camp Ramah in New England; consultant on special needs to National Ramah Commission; social worker; special educator; special needs bar/bat mitzvahs; writer for Jewish and secular publications.