by danya | Jul 9, 2006 | Blog
As you can see, I’m still trying to figure out what the border/background wants to be when it grows up. Still no clue–nothing I try looks right, everything gets on my nerves. Design geeks who want to take a stab at this are welcome to offer me advice in...
by danya | Jul 9, 2006 | Blog
I am so impressed. Kyle is my hero. For those of you who haven’t heard about this, this cat named Kyle over at oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com had decided to see if he could work the power of bartering and the alternative consumer ecosystem (this is where I send...
by danya | Jul 7, 2006 | Blog
Well, I’m getting my work space set up, slowly. It’s very exciting. There’s been this space with my name on it for a while, but for the last 6 months it’s been The Area Where Things Get Piled And Ignored–work mostly happened on the couch...
by danya | Jul 6, 2006 | Blog
Jewschool reports in this post: The Rabbinical Council of America announces its official prohibition of smoking. See: RCA Press Release | Halachic Prohibition (11 pg PDF) The Va’ad Halachah (or Halacha Committee) of The Rabbinical Council of America has issued a...
by danya | Jul 5, 2006 | Blog
That’s right, back from Chul, with 120 lbs of books and journals to keep me warm. Why, you might ask? Well, I’m taking a year off from rabbinical school this year–will be in Jerusalem for the next 12 months, and THEN will scamper back to LA for my...
by danya | Jun 30, 2006 | Blog
So I have one of those StatCounter thingos connected to this blog, and to its older blogspot incarnation (btw, anybody know how to make that URL automagically forward to here? I’ve left a link on that page but I’d love to make you have to come to the new...
by danya | Jun 29, 2006 | Blog
When you hear the phrase “Jewish feminist” or “Jewish feminism,” what do you think of? What kind of activism does it evoke? How much does it evoke work for change inside the Jewish community vs. work in the big world? What kind of people does...
by danya | Jun 29, 2006 | Blog
So it’s looking like I might do a little East Coast mini-tour this fall, speaking at various universities (mostly) and other institutions (maybe), on Judaism, feminism, Gen X spiritual politics, the way a person’s life becomes a varigated mess when s/he...
by danya | Jun 23, 2006 | Blog
I’m still here, around, somewhere, in These United States for the moment. Have been in the Minimal Internet Zone–last week it was a question of getting my laptop somewhere where someone hadn’t secured their wi-f a couple of times to answer a handful...
by danya | Jun 5, 2006 | Blog
Big public congratulatory love to my boy Micah over at St. Jerome’s Library, who was ordained Deacon this weekend. He is now The Rev. Dn. Micah. And in six months, he’ll get ordained again, as priest. Those Episcopalians put their clergy through the...
