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...

Publishers Weekly!

Ladies and germs, the first review is in. (This is from PW, the industry rag that reviews books a couple of months in advance of the release date, so that (among other things) potential reviewers can skim the listings of new books and decide what looks interesting and...

No Turning Back Now

They have now printed and distributed invitations to ordination, with my name listed on the side along with those of my seven classmates mentsches. Since it would be really embarrassing to have to use White-Out at this late date, I guess they’re going to have to...