Two Jewy feministy things in J’lem this week

Random event listings: 1) Women at the Wall will meet, as always (on Rosh Chodesh, or RC Bet if it’s a 2-day’er), this Wednesday morning March 1, at 7am at the Kotel. 1) There’s a rally on behalf of agunot (“chained women,” whose husbands...

fun and games with registration

First off, I started this process by interviewing my friend E. about what needed to be done, so that I could be prepared, and not need to go through any needless steps. Per his instructions, when I went to register about a month ago I found the office of the overseas...

Merton Interlude

I so love love love love Thomas Merton. (He was a mid-century Catholic monk, author of many wonderful books, for those of you not in the know–very reccomended.) A friend just brought this piece of his to my attention, and I thought I’d share. Not that he...

another art post

So last night I went to this one-night-only art event where they bring together a bunch of artists to install works in an unusual place around a theme–last year it was in a school, on the theme of education, eg. This year it was at the Science Museum at Givat...

Museum of Tolerance Building on Muslim Graveyard

A little too ironic for my taste: The Simon Wiesenthal Center “Museum of Tolerance” is building on top of a Muslim cemetary in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mamila. The Antiques Authority has reported the removal of at least 250 gravesites so far. A Muslim...

magic happy free things

Okay, so I’m hooked. Blingo is the search engine (powered by Google) where you automagically win stuff like iTunes gift certificates and iPods (!!!) if you search at the right time. I wanna win! I wanna win good stuff! Other people searching in your network...

Muzika

There are certain days that, at least as far as getting work done goes, you know you probably shouldn’t have even gotten out of bed. Today is one of those days for me. I’ll get some brainless stuff done in a sec, but in the meantime, a top 10 list. Top Ten...

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