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The freeway broke. Thank God nobody was killed. More pictures here.

I'm here for less than a month. Then I go back to America. I'm frantically trying to finish up revisions on this book and to make headway on another project and prepare for the various things I'll be doing this summer and preparing for several important events that'll...

I've got three chapters left to revise--mostly easy stuff, though I also have to insert a particular thread that I'm not so sure how to approach--and I have to write a proper Introduction. My word counts have already bulged past the mark, and any real work yet to come...

Today, Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) in Israel, seems like a good time to bring your attention to a project by Jews opposing the American presence in Iraq: Jews Against the War. They have a petition that will be published on Shavuot as an ad in Jewish papers nationwide...

Couldn't resist posting this little scene from Jen's Tefillin Barbie workshop.

Bibi is sitting next to me at the coffee shop, talking to (who I imagine to be) potential donors. It's true what they say, his English is fantastic, not even a trace of an accent. One of the Americans just asked if he would run for Prime Minister again, and his...

Much love and comfort to everyone impacted by the shooting in Virginia yesterday. What is wrong with America? Really. These shootings--and their frequency over the years--are not the sign of a healthy society. I remember that Julie Brown song, "The Homecoming Queen's...

Ynet reports, A third of Holocaust survivors living in Israel are poor, the Holocaust Survivors' Welfare Fund reported this week. According to the fund, some 80,000 of the 260,000 survivors in the country live under the poverty line. In addition to their grim...

Dear God, We stopped praying for rain almost two weeks ago. Love, adoration and worship as always, D.