Happy Chanukah!

I hope you’re all having a lovely miracle season so far. Things aren’t bad on this end. I’ve had my first latke of the season, though the woman who brought them insisted that they be dressed with tahini, not apple sauce and sour cream. This troubles...

On Visible and Invisible Labor, and Economics

Mishnah Ketubot, 5:5: These are the tasks which the wife must perform for her husband: grinding and baking and laundry and cooking and nursing her son and making his bed and working in wool. If she brings in for him (ie out of her own money) one maidservant, she does...

How to Support the Writer’s Strike

As many of you know, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) is on strike because the major corporations for whom they work refuse to give them fair compensation for, say, DVD residuals and Internet downloading of their work on places like iTunes. The online thing...

Sometimes There Should Be a Poem

Questions About Angels by Billy Collins Of all the questions you might want to ask about angels, the only one you ever hear is how many can dance on the head of a pin. No curiosity about how they pass the eternal time besides circling the Throne chanting in Latin or...

Gig

For those of you who are in the area and interested, I’ll be giving a talk on Judaism and sex at the Hillel of San Diego this Thursday (November 1st) at 7pm. It’s at 5742 Montezuma Rd. in SD. Come if you’re around!