by danya | Dec 21, 2005 | Blog
Today I am, in a manner of speaking, 70% rabbi. Only 3 more semesters and two very gnarly comprehensive Talmud exams to go. Plus the grace of God–and an awful lot of that. But today, anyway, I’m gonna go see the ocean.
by danya | Dec 16, 2005 | Blog
One of my classmates is walking around today with a t-shirt that says, “Jews for Exegesis.”
by danya | Dec 13, 2005 | Blog
One of my classmates emailed this to me. It needed to be shared.
by danya | Dec 13, 2005 | Blog
I went to the rally for Tookie Williams for a little bit tonight. I wasn’t sure why I was going–usually I’m not much of a rally-goer–but I felt like I needed to, I was so full of rage and sadness about how this all went down that I needed to...
by danya | Dec 12, 2005 | Blog
My teacher, professor and friend Aryeh Cohen says some smart things on JewSchool today. For example:While the danger of performance as ritual is that it merely recapitulates the hierarchical structure of the community, the danger of empowered but uneducated Jews doing...
by danya | Dec 11, 2005 | Blog
Well, I’ve been working already. Here’s what I know: Conservative Halakha paper Talmud (Blind exam, can’t study for it) History paper Biblical Criticism paper Kabbalah mystery assignment Pastoral Couseling Psalms test If I can get the history paper...
by danya | Dec 8, 2005 | Blog
With No Immediate Cause Ntozake Shange every 3 minutes a woman is beaten every five minutes a woman is raped/every ten minutes a lil girl is molested yet I rode on the subway today i sat next to an old man who may have beaten his old wife 3 minutes ago or 3 days/30...
by danya | Dec 4, 2005 | Blog
Forbes magazine has published its list of the 15 Richest Fictional People. I was sorry to see that Foster Kane and Jay Gatsby got bumped off this year, but not surprised to learn that Lucius Malfoy, evidently, invests heavily in Wal-Mart.
by danya | Dec 3, 2005 | Blog
I saw RENT on Broadway in 1995 or 96 with a friend who had been one of the major players in AIDS activism from the start–he was one of the four people who started the Red Ribbon Project, he himself spearheaded A Day Without Art, he was one of the guys behind...
by danya | Dec 1, 2005 | Blog
Today is A Day Without Art. Art is covered up in museums around the world to commemorate the many people in the art world who have died of AIDS. It’s also World AIDS Day. Here are some links to learn more and, perhaps, donate some money to help those drowning...
