Mel Weiss
Well. I triple-checked the non-profit guidelines section of the IRS website, so it is without fear that I am endangering anyone here that I say: OH MY GOSH, WE WON… Read more »
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Black Dogs
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Today I was surrounded by eight ferocious dogs and saved by the power of Torah. I was jogging, as I often do, near Ramat Rachel, a kibbutz hotel near the… Read more »
Erev Erev Election Day, or, I Have No Fingernails Left
Mel Weiss
So, yeah, the fate of our nation will be decided in about 50 hours from now, but let’s not talk about that, okay? Oh, I know there’s plenty of other… Read more »
Autumnal Holidays and Ballot Initiatives
Mel Weiss
My girlfriend is that rare combination of pessimism with the occasional flash of hardcore optimism, and a dash of superstition thrown in for good measure. (Actually, that’s probably why everyone… Read more »
The Gym
Modesty Blasé
If it is desirable to eat and sleep in a sukkah, should one also use the treadmill in a sukkah? It’s chol hamoed, I’m at the gym and judging by… Read more »
Holiday Season
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Last week my father remembered an Orthodox classmate from law school who got an interview at a prestigious Baltimore firm that had no Jewish partners or employees. “How’d it go?,”… Read more »
The Devil’s in the Details, So We Better Be, Too
Mel Weiss
Okay, I know it’s probably a bad idea for me to write about the election in the U.S. right now, because I’m still a resident of freak-out-loss-of-perspective-ville, but this is… Read more »
What Will My Tombstone Say?
Modesty Blasé
I have been thinking about my tombstone. Every year, during these days surrounding Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur I get a little nervous. The words in the machzor make it… Read more »
The Holy One, Blessed be S/He?: Cracking the Tetragrammaton
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Here’s some food for thought as you ponder your relationship with God over the next week and a half of High Holiday atonement: what if God is neither a He… Read more »
Livni Rocks the Vote, Just Barely
Mel Weiss
Man, miss a week of blogging and you miss Tzipi Livni getting elected by 431 votes. Of course, there’s been plenty going on since then, what with the U.S. presidential… Read more »
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