On the Hebrew calendar the eighth of Nisan began last night at sunset. That means, again according to the Hebrew calendar, it’s been exactly one year since the big dunk. Even though the year has gone by quickly it seems like it’s been forever. It just feels like me=Jew has just always been. My rabbi [...]
I couldn’t make it to Shabbat services this morning so I went for services and Havdalah this evening. There was a couple there, a couple that I’d seen around shul a few times and around the neighborhood, they live one street over from our current house. Casually seeing them around wasn’t my first introduction to [...]
Yep, “Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club” is the title I came up with for the Jewish book class/discussion group I’m going to be leading at shul. Here’s the class description: Jews are known for loving study, conversation and questions, particularly intelligent, passionate ones. AJ’s new Jewish book group will blend books, study, conversation and questions [...]
My rebbetzin and I are toying with the idea of me teaching a Jewish book class/leading a Jewish book discussion group at shul. Naturally I’m beyond thrilled at the possibility. Me? Leading discussions on Jewish books? How great a fit is that? As soon as she mentioned the idea to me I started working on [...]
1. Two Shabbats ago I told my rebbetzin that I was a little sad that my (hypothetical) baby won’t have any Jewish grandparents. She gave me a funny look and said “Are you nuts? Look around. Bring that kid to shul once and it’s done.” 2. On that same Shabbat my rabbi said “I turned [...]
1. Two Shabbats ago I told my rebbetzin that I was a little sad that my (hypothetical) baby won’t have any Jewish grandparents. She gave me a funny look and said “Are you nuts? Look around. Bring that kid to shul once and it’s done.” 2. On that same Shabbat my rabbi said “I turned [...]
A couple weeks ago my rabbi told me he was going to start fining me if I didn’t stop making self-deprecating remarks about myself. While I’m not sure he can actually make me pay up (good luck with that Reb) he does have a good point. I know that I often make at least self-deprecating [...]
I found this poem in the siddur yesterday and was like “Yes!” to pretty much every line. I’d love to have this done in some sweet calligraphy, letterpress or something cool like that, framed and hung in the office. It’s an adaptation of a piece called “I am a Jew” by Edmund Fleg. I Am [...]
I found this poem in the siddur yesterday and was like “Yes!” to pretty much every line. I’d love to have this done in some sweet calligraphy, letterpress or something cool like that, framed and hung in the office. It’s an adaptation of a piece called “I am a Jew” by Edmund Fleg. I Am [...]
One of my favorite blessings is the shehecheyanu. It’s a short little thing that thanks God (if God is your thing) for bringing you to a new experience. If God is not your thing I think you can still appreciate the shehecheyanu because it’s just taking a moment out and acknowledging that something new and [...]
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“If you have to pick between designing for altruism and designing for selfishness, pick selfishness every time.”
– Design for Selfishness
11 April 2006
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