Thank you, mustbecrazyToday, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. Bristol Myers Squibb will donate $1 for every person who goes to their web site and lights a candle (simply copy and paste the address into your browser) to fight AIDS, up to a max of $100,000 ( Read more... )

So I spend a few hours every morning learning a section of the Talmud dealing with marriage documents (although in reality the main things we've been discussing have to do with divorce and dissolution of marriage). **

[See important footnote.] [Now.]

Today's class actually dealt with the modern applications of a lot of what we've been learning and ( Read more... )

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Today was the main event of the WorldPride Multifaith Convocation. The sessions were pretty good overall. [Except for the keynote - "Introducing the Moral Values Project" with Professor Chai Feldblum. She basically talked about reclaiming the term 'moral values' from the right and using it to refer to the values of inclusiveness for all. Fine, but ( Read more... )

So after greeting Alan and greeting and picking up Shoshanah at he airport, I ran (quite literally) to the opening session of the Multi-Faith Conference of World Pride 2006. Some quick notes.

Rabbi Naama Kelman of HUC oversaw the session. A little too Reform-Judaism-HUC-JIR-happy for my tastes but okay overall.

NY Congressman Jerrold Nadler ( Read more... )

I'm very proud of this project that I completed last week and have been meaning to show it to all of y'all but I'm only now getting around to putting this entry together. Because it may be filled with Jewy terms, I suggest choosing the LJ-cut that matches your knowledge first and keep reading down through the rest.

( I don't know anything about Jews, their clothing, or the purpose of some of the objects they use/wear. )

*poof*
all gone.