by danya | Mar 12, 2006 | Blog
from The Wonders of America by Jenna Weissman Joeslit, about the creation (as well as commercialization, and assimilation) of American Judaism, by one Moses Weinberger in 1887. I like it in the way that depressing things appeal sometimes to my black sense of humor. He...
by danya | Mar 11, 2006 | Blog
Picture from Sister Scorpion, specifically this post.
by danya | Mar 8, 2006 | Blog
CJLS decision has been delayed ’till at least December. More on that when there’s more to tell.
by danya | Mar 8, 2006 | Blog
Today the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is meeting to revisit the movement’s policy on homosexuality. There are four tshuvot (legal positions) on the table, two of which would permit gay ordination and sanction homosexual...
by danya | Mar 6, 2006 | Blog
I am registered at the University. For classes. I even have a username and password for the computer system. Now all I need is a student ID and to pay them–but I suspect they won’t forget to send me the thing about what I owe in tuition, somehow. This all,...
by danya | Mar 6, 2006 | Blog
There’s a famous story in the Talmud about a curious student who took his studies to the extreme. The yeshiva boy in question, Kahane, hides under the bed of his teacher, deliberately listening in on the master’s lovemaking with his wife. He is shocked by the way...
by danya | Mar 3, 2006 | Blog
My cold has, in fact, gotten some funny ideas in its head after all. The last two days were the cold-plus-funny-woozy, and now we’ve moved into the feeling more energetic, but with more of the runny nose and the Bride of Satan full-body coughing. I know this...
by danya | Mar 1, 2006 | Blog
So my attendence at both previously-posted events last night and this morning were cancelled on account of sick. It’s just a cold, but it’s the kind you have to watch out for because it really wants to turn into something gnarly. Since the semester’s...
by danya | Feb 28, 2006 | Blog
LiP magazine has just started a podcast, here. Current topic is “Race, Humor, and the New Black/Non-Black Breakdown,” and features conceptual artist damali ayo. I haven’t had a chance to listen to this thing yet (weird tech issues and...
by danya | Feb 28, 2006 | Blog
Adar, Adar, Chodesh Tov! I am SO over Shevat. I never have a particularly fantastic Shevat, and I’m always a little relieved when it’s over. And Adar! Fun fun! And it’s like properly springy today, a fitting entrance into spring. In other news, the...
