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Two Religious Jewish Weddings. Really.
This is the tale of two religious Jewish weddings, one from the far, far right (Belz Hasidic) and the other from the far, far left (Conservadox).Both of the weddings followed halacha (Jewish law) - kind of.The Hasidic wedding adhered to halacha and a...
From (One Person\'s) Bris to (Another Person\'s) Funeral. And a Play.
On Rachel's first full day back, we went to a bris, a funeral, and a play. I reminded her that Jerusalem isn't like this all the time. But considering all of the other events that will occur in the next two weeks: two weddings, a bar mitzvah, New Yea...
Shabbat and Hanukkah Gaming
Dinner at Nadine's. I brought Tribune. It supports up to five players, and is fairly easy to understand.We played with Beth, a longtime friend of Nadine's from LA who comes from a gaming family, and I-can't-remember-her-name-but-Nadine-will-in-the-co...
Have a Meaningful Fast
Part Four: Time and EternityLXXXI THINK just how my shape will riseWhen I shall be forgiven,Till hair and eyes and timid headAre out of sight, in heaven. I think just how my lips will weighWith shapeless, quivering prayerThat you, so late, consider ...
Shana Tova
Have a blessedly good year, everyone. See you on the side of Rosh Hashana.Yehuda...
The Somewhat More Successful 2009 Jewish Bloggers Conference
The 2009 Jewish Bloggers Conference has ended. It was something of a mixture, with many signs of improvement, but the conference still has a ways to go to reach maturity.It was good enough to give me hope for future iterations.Location and Organizati...
Necessary Invention: Yeshiva Stock Market
Yeshiva's beg for money to support their learning from people who make money, and then often feel superior to those who don't learn all day. That's chutzpah.Back in the day, Issachar and Zevulun has an arrangement where one would learn and the other ...
Between Two Meals, or How Not to Explain Cuts of Meat on a Menu
Thursday NightRachel and I went out for a lovely mean at Selina with our friends. We had received a prepaid meal coupon from Rachel's study group as a thanks for a year's worth of teaching. Yum.We speak a mixture of Hebrew and English, and so the wai...
From Poland to Israel to Hip Hop Poetry
My son (second on the left, bushy red beard) just returned from a trip to Poland, a trip taken by thousands of Israeli students each year. Some unknown number of Diaspora Jewish kids also do the trip, though they combine it with a followup trip to Is...
Part 1 of Purim Shpiel
You can see the first part of the Purim Shpiel below. I'm the humble archaeologist, and my wife is the professor.Yehuda...
Purim Play and Party
Tonight I performed in a Purim Shpiel put on by our shul Mizmor LeDavid, written by our downstairs neighbor Allen Rabinowitz, and starring my wife as Professor Addlebrain and me as a humble archaeologist who discovers the Dead Sea Disks. Actually, it...
A Torah Lesson From Dr Reiner Knizia
In Israel, every synagogue has one or more weekly Torah pamphlets available for its congregants when they arrive on Friday afternoon before services. The pamphlets include a few pages of discussion about the portion of the week, and may also include ...
New Torah Blog: Rachel Adelman
My lovely and talented wife Dr Rachel Adelman has a new web site. And she's now blogging! She intends to post a weekly written version of one of her shiurim or divrei torah. Check it out....
