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These Normal Stories
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Expanded Stories, Linked from This Normal Life. Wednesday, April 07, 2004. Better off Red than Dead. Let me state upfront I’m not a big fan of the Dead Sea. Sure it’s cool to bathe in a body of water so filled with salt that nothing can live in it so you actually float on top of the water rather than swim. Plus the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. At 400 meters (or 1320 feet) below sea level, is mentioned prominently in the Bible. Field School for a weekend away with our synagogue. Well, the kids got...
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This Normal Life: 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004
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Thursday, May 20, 2004. Mayors in our Midst. We know a lot of people named Meir. It’s a pretty common Hebrew name. So it’s not surprising when we told the kids we were having a couple of "mayors" for Friday night dinner, they asked “you mean like Meir and Miriam,” referring to friends whose wedding we recently attended. 8220;No,” I replied. “I mean like. 8211; as in the head of a city. We’re getting San Leandro and Azusa.”. Which was, just as unsurprisingly, followed by a round of blank stares. And Sheil...
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This Normal Life: 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004
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Monday, September 20, 2004. Every family has its disagreements. Especially when there are teenagers around. Some are relatively simple and generally mundane. Like:. Should a thirteen-year-old have an enforced bedtime? Can he play on his new laptop whenever he wants? Others, though, are more spiritually profound. The burning question in our house at this time of year is: which synagogue should we attend for High Holy Day services. In Jerusalem, though, we have our. AKA The Leader Minyan. But that’s ...
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Ayelet's Adventures in Israel on Nativ: October 2009
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Ayelet's Adventures in Israel on Nativ. This blog will document my year in Israel on Nativ. Nativ is a program where I will combine studying at the Conservative Yeshiva and experiencing Kibbutz life on Kibbutz Ein Tsurim. This blog will allow all of you to follow all the adventures and more that I will have over the next 9 months. Saturday, October 17, 2009. How you get money for your Shul (Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah). Shabbat morning I decided to try out Yedidya. Monday it was back to Yeshiva and the...
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Haim Watzman – South Jerusalem
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A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature. Is a Jerusalem-based writer, journalist, and translator. He is the author of. Company C: An American’s Life as a Citizen-Soldier in Israel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. A Crack in the Earth: A Journey Up Israel’s Rift Valley. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The Chronicle of Higher Education. And the British science journal. Links to articles of interest can be found. Haim currently writes the monthly. Haim speaks and performs i...
