A Love Letter, of Sorts

Dear Laurence, Gary, Shlomo, Jay, Gershom, Warren, and Scott, Thank you for being my teachers and my friends. Thank you for having my back and giving me hugs and being my fellow travelers and taking me way down inside Torah and showing me what fellowship is really...

Happy Happy Thing

It seems that some folks have done a bunch of photo reenactments of children’s drawings. My Russian is not so hot so I can’t understand the full story, but the pictures are all kinds of awesome. I’m guessing that the writing and photo folk are...

The End is Nigh

When you hand in your key to the locker in the beit midrash (um, study hall), you know rabbinical school is just about over. And, indeed, rabbinical school is just about over. I have one more exam–tomorrow–and Ordination is Monday night. It’s a...

Gone and Back

It was a lovely Pesach, full of family and friends and a nice dose of Israel. Our celebrations centered around the holy city of Haifa, but I did get to sneak out and see friends in Jerusalem for a day or two. I got to see the ultra-Orthodox folks cooking mangels...