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- 5782, 5783, Ancestors, Brooklyn, Collaboration, Community, Goals, High Holidays, Ritual, Rosh Hoshannah, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Yiddish, Yom Kippur
Welcome, Again, to the Yontifs of Yontifs
Last year, somewhere in the mix of the high holidays that came early, in the waning summer days of September, I wrote what was a normal reflective post for the new year, that…
- 5782, Aaron, Chukat, Community, Death, Eleazar, Journey, Midbar, Miracles, Miriam, Moses, Parsha, Poetry, Priests, Punishment, Purity, Red Heifer, Sacrifice, Seraphim, Songs
Fierce: Consequences, Journeying, Whining, Song
Three chapters pack in a lot of action this week in Parashat Chukat. When I first read the text and was pondering what stuck out to me this year, I realized that the…
- 5782, Community, Confusion, Despair, Hope, Korach, Midbar, Parsha, Protest, Punishment, Rebellion, Responsibility, Uprising
On the Heels of Desparation
Since I didn’t write this last week, I’ve had several days to process more thoughts about Parashat Korach, including reactions to dvarim from others. With that in mind, this week, as so many…
- 5782, Canaan, Community, Disappointment, Fear, Grapes, Hope, Journey, Midbar, Negev, Parsha, Power, Questions, Scouts, Sh'lakh, Wilderness
Scouting for the Best Response
Half a year later… The past six months have been filled with new friends, Shabbos dinners, concerts, explorations around NYC, a trip west (Arizona & California), a fabulous birthday party, dissertation work, a…
- 5782, Brooklyn, Chanukah, Chanumas, Clarinet, Cooking, Dreidel, Dreydl, Khanike, Klezmer, Menorah, Music, Wandering, Yiddish
Oy Khanike, Mir Geyen Esn…un Tantsn…un Lakhn!
Was there ever a Khanike as worthy of the record books as 5782 (MMXXI)? After a holiday season spent mostly alone or in small households, this year was a time to enjoy safely…
- 5781, 5782, Chevrutah, Clarinet, Culture, Dancing, Kishefmakhn, Klezmer, Music, NYC, Saxophone, Theatre, Yiddish, Yiddish Culture, Yiddishland
Yiddishland Mayses
If you wanna feel your bobe’s presence, just go to Sylvan Lake. Whether this is an idea full of emes or bupkes, my time in Yiddishland was fun der himl, full of glorious…