by danya | Oct 7, 2008 | Blog
Mizmor l’Tom Waits. Thanks to Zac for the link.
by danya | Sep 29, 2008 | Blog
Happy and sweet new year–let’s enter it with some poetry, shall we? Head of the Year by Marge Piercy The moon is dark tonight, a new moon for a new year. It is hollow and hungers to be full. It is the black zero of beginning. Now you must void yourself of...
by danya | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
This is very exciting, and rather apropos of the immanent New Year: Link to story online here. Surprised by God By Danya Ruttenberg In his Laws of Repentance, Maimonides delineates the path of the repentant. “The way of repentance is to shout before God...
by danya | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
It’s not news that to a lot of folks, the problems of “the economy” have been an issue for much longer than 14 months, or a couple of weeks. But still, conversations about our personal finances and financial struggles are the last great taboo in...
by danya | Sep 24, 2008 | Blog
1) Michael Moore is allowing his latest film, Slacker Uprising, about getting young people out to vote in ’04, to be viewed online and/or downloaded for free. Why? Because he wants you to vote. The trailer is below, and you can download the whole thing here, and...
by danya | Sep 22, 2008 | Blog
Talmud, Brachot 7a: R. Johanan says in the name of R. Jose: How do we know that the Holy One, blessed be God, says prayers? Because it says [Isaiah 56:7]: “Even them will I bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer.” It is not...
