by danya | Mar 15, 2007 | Blog
Is it… snowing out? I think it is! It keeps alternating with rain, so it’s hard to tell, but that sure looks like big fluffy flakes of snow. Weird. ETA: It is SO snowing out!!! It looks like Christmas out here. Crrazzy.
by danya | Mar 14, 2007 | Blog
This would be a good time to draw folks’ attention to the Open Source Haggadah project. It’s not as robust a database as it could be, but it’s a nice idea. You click on all the different aspects of the seder (kadesh, urchatz, etc etc) and can then,...
by danya | Mar 13, 2007 | Blog
Here’s your first kavvanah, led by HaRav Mavis Staples. (hat tip to Bear.) ETA: It occurs to me how profound a song this is for the inner yitziyat Mitzrayim* that we each have to do. We want those we love to come with us, but even if they’re not willing or...
by danya | Mar 13, 2007 | Blog
One of my rabbinical school classmates is Gershom Sizomu, the spiritual leader of the Ugandan Abayudaya Jewish community. His brother JJ, it turns out, has put together an amazing coffee co-op of local Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the area. You can check out info...
by danya | Mar 11, 2007 | Blog
This lovely, painterly photograph was taken by my friend Karissa. Some things are beautiful enough to demand sharing. Click on the image to see it larger.
by danya | Mar 9, 2007 | Blog
I don’t have any comment on this besides the obvious. On March 4, more than 33 women were arrested in the capital Tehran. They began a hunger strike on March 6 in Tehran’s Evin prison. Most of the detainees are in good health but some of them are in a bad...
