red-letter day

(it says) Happy May 1st, Worker’s Day! Love and solidarity to everybody, especially those rallying today! (Image stolen from JewSchool)

the invisible Tuesday

Theoretically, I have two classes on Tuesdays. But, so far this semester, the following things have fallen on Yom Shlishi: Tiyul (trip) for the rab students who actually belong at my seminary this year (and are not interlopers such as myself), thus depleting the class...

Not gone, just busy

Sorry about the dearth of posting here lately–just been up to my noodle in deadlines and stuff. In the meantime, here’s a lovely quote, brought to you by Uri, to whom I owe an email: [We] must head out to do our jobs so well that nobody could do them...

Dear Jerusalem,

(especially the ninety bajillion people who passed through Gan Sacher this week) Please pick up your trash. (I mean for pete’s sake.) Thanks ever so much. Love, Danya

baruch Dayan ha-emet

damn damn damn. another pigua, at least 6 dead in Tel Aviv. I’m in Jerusalem today, so family and friends: I’m OK. Healing to all those who’re hurt, and peace to all those already dead. Oh, and to all those people who want to yell at me because I do...

book rec du jour

Carol Lee Flinders is one of the few people out there of whom (for whom?) I’d read just about anything she writes. She’s asking certain kinds of questions that almost nobody else out there is, and there’s very much general spiritual nourishing...

“foolish custom”

Doubtless, some of you are already suffering from Pesach digestive woes (three days of matzoh will do that). Maybe you’ve already hit the stage where rice and broth is sounding pretty good. For those of you looking for a concise explanation of why it’s...

I guess today is “gack from other blogs” day.

Here’s something on a legislator who doesn’t stink from the infrequently-updated blog at Bitch Magazine. I’m gonna quote most of the post, none of this is mine (and for the record I hate the phrase “anti-choice.” I think abortion should...

waving hello

Back from Istanbul. What a gorgeous city. What a wonderful trip. I saw dervishes whirl, ate myself queasy TWICE on Turkish delight, saw gorgeous Byzantine mosaics and a mosque up there with Notre Dame in its wow-ishness and walked until my butt was so sore I...