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I cried this morning
And it was for a happy reason. I knew that while I was asleep, safe in my bed, Gilad Shalit’s transfer from captivity to freedom (and that is a loaded image and I will get there) took place. I looked … Continue reading
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Gilad Shalit is freed!
It is not a dream or a fantasy. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by a terrorist organization on the border with Gaza has been released after 1.940 days he has returned to Israeli soil. ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך … Continue reading
Lady Gaga, Alan Cumming, and a rabbi walk into a bar…
It might sound like the beginning of a bad joke. Don’t worry, I’m not going to make it. Instead I’ll tell you what else these figures have in common. The month of October has been deemed LGBT history month by … Continue reading
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Happy New Year!
I have not been feeling the desire to blog so I haven’t been writing. I hope that you understand. I think it is important to blog only when I have something to say and all I really have to say … Continue reading
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18 years ago I thought the world might be different
Yesterday marked 18 years since Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat met on the White House lawn and signed the Oslo Peace Agreement. 18 years. I remember this day and my own excitement of what this might mean for the Middle … Continue reading
Posted in memories, Peace, Politics
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I’m worried. The kind where it is hard to sleep.
I wasn’t going to post this yesterday. It didn’t seem right with all of the emotions people were felling about the events of September 11, 2001. I’ve written my own reactions and reflections before. I thought I’d posted them on … Continue reading
Go to the movies
This whole blogging while being in school thing is not going very well. I apologize, loyal reader. I would like to pretend that the situation might improve but I want to remain realistic and focused upon my studies so I will … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, tzedek
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Kindergarten and graduate school
This morning I headed out for my first day of graduate school. I realized while I was doing some back to school shopping that graduate school and kindergarten have an awful lot in common. 1. The thermos: sure in kindergarten … Continue reading
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Israel re-cap, part 1
Well I am sitting on the final leg of my journey home from Israel and I have to confess, I did a really bad job of blogging! There was so much to do and I was enjoying not being so … Continue reading
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Jerusalem, part 1
I have been in Israel for two weeks. I am almost exclusively spending my time in Jerusalem, and the reason for that is because it is the place that I know best, it feels like home (and I am not … Continue reading
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Rabbi Eleanor Steinman 