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Sunday Night In Jerusalem

It is Sunday night May 8th, and I am in Jerusalem.  Sunset marks the beginning of Yom Hazikaron, the day this state has set aside to remember all those who have been killed – soldiers and victims of terror – since the state came into being.  It is a day devoted to suffering, to a collective […]

Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #26

The year has flown by! Here we are on the final day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and the last day of Hebrew class. Together we recited the Blessing for Torah Study. Students took turns asking and anwering the questions in the attendance conversation – all by heart. We had an abundance of special […]

Shabbat Commentary – Kedoshim

This week’s Torah Portion, Kedoshim, gets right to the point. In the second line, God tells Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, the Eternal your God, am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2)* This powerful directive is immediately followed by a multitude of commandments, many of which […]

Shabbat Commentary – Acharei Mot (belated post)

There are many ways to engage in Torah Study: Shabbat sessions with a Rabbi, adult education courses, face-to-face or on-line chevruta (study groups), independent study using classic and modern commentaries. Or -you might commit to teaching Torah to children.This school year, I decided to devote part of my sixth grade modern Hebrew language class to […]

Togetherness

Welcome back! It was so wonderful to see such happy children (and parents!) returning to school these last two days. Everyone seems to have grown three inches over these past two weeks and seem ready to be back (though some do feel a bit of trepidation after such a long break – which is totally normal!). This […]

Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #25

As we began our class with the Blessings for Torah Study and cookies, we noticed that students were eating a variety of other snack foods – a teachable moment! We discussed and recited the Blessing that is said over a mixture of foods and reviewed the meaning of the food Blessings. One student asked why […]

Wandering in the Desert – Passover in Albuquerque

It takes a special kind of asshole to scream on the phone to a total stranger:

“Fuck the Air Force, lady- we had a contract.”

On April 11, 2011 at 10:45 AM, I became that asshole when I was told that the short-term apartment rental which I had arranged for my Passover trip to Albuquerque for me and several family members was not going to be available after all. Evidently, the Air Force officers occupying the space would not be departing according to the previously established time-frame (insert Iraq joke here.)

After a brief, stunned silence, Loretta from Albuquerque Apartments responded:

“Sir, here in Albuquerque we honor the Air Force.”

The courtesy in her voice was stretched to the breaking point by revulsion and shock, like a waitress explaining to a party of cannibals that human testicles are not on the menu and politely recommending they try the patty melt instead. I felt appropriately sheepish.

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