The Jewish Bookshelf Goes to Knesset
Feb 16th, 2013
Back when I was working as a journalist, I became interested in the growing study of Jewish heritage texts by avante-garde secular Israelis.
Little Boxes
Jan 10th, 2013
When a heavy box of old junk that another has packed and stored badly *literally* falls out of the pre-fab suburban ceiling and breaks open on the ONE Day out of *hundreds* that YOU happen to be home, and THE OWNER/ PACKER / STORER happens to not be….What is the symbolism there?
Serenity Prayer for a Hunter
Dec 27th, 2012
Some spaces wiser
not to fill; Hunger is more
useful than the kill.
How to Say “Happy Hanukkah” in Greek
Dec 8th, 2012
On Wednesday, we helped children in a Jewish elementary school in Greece prepare decorations for Hanukkah, the upcoming winter holiday which celebrates the victory of light over darkness, of the miraculous over the commonplace, of Maccabees over ….Greeks . (In Greece, the children learn that the victory was won over the Assyrians. What I would call a nice save. And true-ish.)
I cut out shapes of menorahs and sivivonim (dreidels) from colorful paper, and glued them onto large poster paper with a girl named Alexandra and a boy named Niko, who both understood rudimentary Hebrew. How am I supposed to wrap my head around that?
What Would You Hand Down the Mountain? (WWYHDTM)
May 25th, 2012
I have always been a fan of the top ten list. I suppose it started with Casey Kasem's American Top 40. (Doing the math? Yeah. Old.) Of course, the top ten format is as old as the hills...actually, one specific hill called Sinai, where, tradition has it, God's Top Ten was revealed amidst much noisy weather, on this, the Shavuot festival. Whether He intended it as marketing or humor will depend, I suppose, on your general outlook.
World Enough and Time
Apr 6th, 2012
Minutes before we begin Passover, I can think of nothing better to do with some surprising free time than to revive my blog.
In Memoriam: Esther Klein (1918-2011)
Nov 21st, 2011
If funerals were given to creative staging, I would invite you to my kitchen for a fitting tribute to this great lady.
Daughters of Light
Sep 5th, 2011
The experience of protesting alongside you has been super, since, really – where else would we have met? Unfortunately, I don't really have that many friends from other religions, so it has been nice to expand my horizons. It is amazing that in your religion, all of the Torah that matters really *can* be learned on one foot, as long as that foot is covered by a stocking.
Taurus Babies Named Justice
Aug 16th, 2011
I predict a baby boom in Israel this Spring. That's more mouths to feed and larger apartments to rent, but the passion of protest and the warm mid-summer night air…It's all pretty intense, in tents. It's an amazing amount of unity, kind of out of the ordinary for here, and, I guess, for Jews in general. Also, Joe Average, and his wife, Lily White-Citizen, seem to have awoken from some type of cable-TV-induced coma. It's kind of cool. Still...I am cautious. Here's why...
The Social Well
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