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...
by danya | Mar 7, 2007 | Blog
Well, I just signed up for the 50 dappim (two-sided pages of Talmud) on which I’ll be tested in late August for the Scary Talmud (Review Awfully Necessary) Graduation-Level Exam (STRANGLE), aka The Daf Exam Part One. (The Daf Exam Part Two happens in December,...
by danya | Mar 7, 2007 | Blog
My dear friend Hanne Blank has written an extraordinary history and analysis of virginity. I’ve had the great honor of reading bits of it as she was writing, and I can tell you firsthand that this thing truly takes no prisoners–it’s smart and...
by danya | Mar 6, 2007 | Blog, Classic Posts
A year and a half ago, I had the great honor of being part of a conference at Barnard called “Jewish Women Changing America: Cross-Generational Conversations.” It was great fun. Now they’ve put the whole thing online, so you can check it all...
by danya | Mar 4, 2007 | Blog
Happy Purim, one and all! I know that it’s already been Purim for a while by most of you (at least I have the advantage of a massive time difference vis a vis the US, so there you’ve just heard the Megillah read for the first time and are probably fully in...
by danya | Mar 1, 2007 | Blog
May God grant perfect rest to Leah Fishbane, on the wings of the Shechinah. Much love and comfort to the Fishbane family now. ETA: Some of those who loved Leah have signed up to learn Mishnah in her name. The Shtibl Minyan (of which she was a very a very active member...
by danya | Mar 1, 2007 | Blog
More here. (Hat tip to Jen!)
