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What I like about Judaism: the stories.

The Talmud tells a story of the very pious and mystical Sage named Shimon bar Yokhai who hid in a cave with his son to avoid being caught by the Romans. They stayed there, according to legend, for 12 full years. Each day they would pray and study together - all day long. Finally they learned that the Emperor ( Read more... )

"Remember always that the true self is never a fixed thing. You can never say: "Good! Today I find at last what I am really like: splendid type!" You cannot say that because the true self is always in motion like music, a river of life, changing, moving, failing, suffering, learning, shining. That is why you must freely and recklessly make new ( Read more... )

I was gonna type out my evacuation story, but now I don't wanna.


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Jonathan Kozol rails against a public school system that, 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, is still deeply -- and shamefully -- segregated.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/debunkingwhite/258220.html

Debunking the rumors circulating around the 'nets about the NOLA displaced.

( Katrina Writers' Project )

http://www.wiseass.org/files/katrina1.swf

Warning: graphic images.

from poor_planning

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/05/katrina/3352806

Wow! The entire "city" of Bellaire has adopted ONE displaced Louisiana family! And gotten press coverage for their VERY minimal efforts, considering the VAST WEALTH of that area, to ( Read more... )

Transgender evacuee survives all obstacles, including her arrest for taking a shower.

( HoustonPBS revises its schedule in response to Katrina and her aftermath )