Wednesday: Jewish feminists and Writing Process

So Wednesday morning I was up by 6 (unheard of over in these parts), met Avieleh in front of her place (right near mine) at 6:40, and we were off in a cab to the Kotel [Western Wall] to be there at 7. We’d been emailing for a couple of years, but never met. Our...

Drinking the Kool Aid

OK, I just gave in. At the urging of Avielah, I have finally gone out and gotten myself a MySpace profile. Not that I have any idea what it does or what it’s good for, but I guess if it’s good enough for Ira Glass, it’s good enough for me....

I’ve Never Even Actually Watched Buffy

But this, more than any of the rabid enthusiasms of pretty much everybody I know, makes me curious to check it out. Someday. Maybe. When I get around to it. Whether or not the series is to my taste (who knows? who cares, really?), this Joss fellow is clearly not dumb....

More of the Same

And the war keeps going. There were rumors yesterday that Israel had taken out the major Hizbullah outposts in southern Lebanon, but given that there are more rockets falling in northern Israel today, it seems that nothing’s over anytime soon. And now there are...

On and on

So the war drags on. There’s a discernible tension in the air; you can feel it. The other day there was one of those classic Israeli moments when a car and a bus got a little too close for comfort pulling up to a red light. The drivers start screaming at each...

News Sources

Well, if you want to be completely overwhelmed by the situation, this Israel-English news aggregator is definitely the way (thanks to Harry for the link). For those of you who don’t know about Haaretz, that’s a pretty good place to check as well–more...