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Daily Archives: February 20, 2012
Listen to the whispers, so you don’t have to hear the screams
Sarah Chatwin blogs: “…I would have been far better off paying attention to the fuzzy feeling of illness when it first wrapped it’s tentacles around me, instead of soldiering on and achieving nothing except making my own life a little … Continue reading
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San Francisco Orthodox Jews Are Unique
How do I count the ways? Even for many identifying Orthodox Jews in the Bay Area, being a leftist is more important than being Jewish. Heshy Fried elaborates: * The Gender Neutral Bencher * Kosher weddings with treife wine * … Continue reading
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A Mindfulness Course
“Amy Ward Brimmer, an Alexander Technique teacher in New Town and Philadelphia, Pennsyvania again talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences with negative directions and about their usefulness for teachers and students.” Amy talks about a mindfulness course she took … Continue reading
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Christopher Hitchens Was A Crank
I didn’t get all the fulsome praise for him once he croaked. The man was vicious and unstable. He was a dirty debater. Andrew Ferguson writes: In the early 1980s he was convinced that the Reagan administration had colluded in … Continue reading
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This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19)
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on the rabbi’s cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page. This week we study Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19). Watch the video. * Here’s the page of Talmud … Continue reading
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