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Is John McCain Stupid and Crazy?
What with the election happening in a month I made a website to help educate us all on Republican Presidential nominee John McCain.
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My Commandments
Most people are familiar with the Ten Commandments. You know the story: Moses, tablets, Mount Sinai, etc. Well, throughout the Torah (that's the Jewish Bible, also known somewhat pejoratively, as the Old Testament or Pentateuch) there are actually a lot more Commandments listed. Christians, for a variety of reasons, ignore most of the rest of ( Read more... ) -
Dvar Torah from this Week on Parsha Yitro
I wrote the Dvar Torah (literally, words of Torah) for the Hillel newsletter this week. This week's section is about the the trek to Mount Sinai and culminates with God delivering the Commandments to Moses. You can read the whole thing here, and I've included an excerpt below:
Finally, we see in this portion the importance of the Torah to the ( Read more... ) -
Mormonism, Judaism, and Missionary Work
After some reflection and conversations with some friends about Mormon missionaries, I wrote something about my thoughts on the matter. It's rather long, but I posted it on Myspace, so you can read it there if you want. You don't need an account to read it, but you should friend me if you're on there. -
Knock Knock
Apparently two Mormon missionaries stopped by while I was napping today, and my parents sent them away without harassing them first. They were girl missionaries, which I didn't realize existed ( Read more... ) -
My Time at JewCamp
I spent last July at a Jewish summer camp in Southern California, learning with some very amazing and talented teachers about Judaism and arts and identity and spirituality and a lot of other stuff. It was a life-altering experience, and my recent artistic pursuits are owed entirely to that experience. I did a lot of writing and performing and ( Read more... ) -
Goofing Around in Illinois
Here are some videos from my recent trip to Chicago with my friends Steve and Brian.
At the Funeral Museum in Springfield Illinois:
About 45 minutes outside of Chicago:
