It is no secret that I've been struggling with religion and observance a lot since moving down here and starting med school.  Today I went out to lunch with an observant Christan second year to talk about religion, and particularly to answer her questions about Judaism.  It was by far the best religion talk I have had in months!

In the meantime, ( Read more... )

I've been debating posting about this weekend, mostly because doing so becomes a public decree to the extent that I broke shabbos. Though I did respect my current boundary of not spending money and not driving myself. The reality though is this weekend is the first where I've finally begun to feel home and like I'm making a community, and it is ( Read more... )

med school is seriously getting in the way of my life.

Need ideas for a simple vegetarian gluten free potluck dish for shabbos.... I need to be able to cook it thursday night and have it taste good at room temp. Suggestions?

(Somehow I have managed to forget everything I used to cook.)

Here are my top life moments from 2009 ( Read more... )

I'm officially done with my first semester of medical school, which means I am officially 1/8 of the way to be an MD. Crazy! I've never been so excited for 2 weeks off, though I have to admit that I am almost anxious at the thought that there isn't anything I NEED to get done in the next 2 weeks. I guess that is what happens when you live with a ( Read more... )

If you are from WV, PA, DE, AR, MA, IN, or ND, please pay particular attention - we esp need our members from those states to call!
Well, they bumped up the schedule and now the Senate will be debating the abortion access restrictions (Hatch Amendment) tomorrow (Monday) Dec. 7. We need everyone to call their Senators now to leave messages or ( Read more... )

notsomachmir comes to visit tomorrow! I'm so excited! (Btw, who is coming to visit next?) So she's coming and I seem to be incapable of making decisions about shabbos plans for us. I am also incapable of deciding on plans for spring break (do I stay here for mardi gras and then leave? do I go away the whole time? where do I go? Boston? LA? would it be ( Read more... )

All of today was spent sitting in my living room studying/pretending to study (with the exception of a lunch break with Eve who was in in town for a biblical scholars conference). While studying, I spent a good deal of time g-chatting online Miriam who is in Israel. She went to bed. I stayed on my couch studying. She signed back online. Only ( Read more... )

Today has been a trip. I went from sitting around a board room table discussing health care reform with the LA state secretary of health (who is a very nice man but VERY conservative) to working at the student run TB clinic at the local homeless shelter which to me contradicted everything he was saying. He made some good points though. It's ( Read more... )