43.02/ Sunday was wonderful but exhausting. It was my daughter's Bat Mitzvah and we turned it into a celebration for her two grandmothers on #MothersDay as well. It was socially distanced, highly zoomed, and amazing. But I'm wrung out like a sponge.
43.04/ Trying to find an accurate term to describe what I believe is the necessary balance as a compassionate person between changing the status-quo to help (more) people while maintaining the social stability which a thriving & peaceful society requires.
43.05/ Nothing like the Arab-Israeli conflict to bring out the worst in folks.
Many self-described people for "justice" that I read and know are clear that they're OK with dehumanization & death as long as it's against the "correct" people.
I see you. And I beg: choose life!
43.06/ Agree with this whole mini-thread by @QueenMab87.
For my experience, I haven't seen such overt, public antisemitic laden anti-Israel statements since 2006, and it's a little scary.
43.09/ I muted the Br*enigs long ago because they struck me as religious zealots who treat other people with contempt & disdain. The #TrumpCrisis years have taught me to yeet anyone who belittles and dehumanizes. Hasn't failed yet.
43.21/ I'd suggest there's a high correlation between those of us wary about the CDC's mask-off directive and those of us who are surrounded by RedHat wackaloons (and/or in high density populations)
I know too many scofflaws (scoffscience?) to let my guard down.
43.22/ Agreed. Liberals (like me) need to understand why antisemitism is not a normal bigotry -- it's becomes an encompassing conspiracy-thinking worldview of hate
196.03/ #NachasAlert: My son has a big article (pages 4-6) in this week's Torah journal from his high school #Metzora-#HaGadol. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1uNKU5O…
195.02/ Happy #Eclipse2024 Day for all who celebrate. Here's an interesting article about the halakhic implications of an eclipse by Rabbi Dov Linzer: blogs.timesofisrael.com/solar-eclipse-…
195.03/ #Eclipse2024 My extended family went to a place of 100% totality and took this picture a few minutes ago. For me its 90% and can't be photographed (which is one reason I said shehechiyanu). Not paskening for anyone else, but for me this is a religious experience.
194.02/ #ChochmatNashim for #Shemini 5784.
@ChochmatNashim
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. #Shmini #HaChodesh drive.google.com/file/d/1bFHTfW…
193.03/ #NachasAlert: Final (so far) tally of times my son leyned Megillah seven times; 3 last night, four times today. Including once for a home-bound Shoah survivor. So proud.
192.02/ So today is #ZayinAdar and Saint Patrick's Day during Ramadan. What could go wrong?
192.03/ There's a resonance in having a fast that commemorates a community sacrifice for soldiers fighting a defensive war against raging antisemites. #TaanitEsther
191.02/ Last #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight of the season. How to top last week, and with a movie my youngest hasn't seen yet? "Fletch (1985)" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletch_(f…
191.03/ I agree with Prof. Simkovich, re: the Oscar guy.
Also, I see people wrestling to make sense of his convoluted phrasing, but I'm not inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to a declaration that inherently refuses to give others the same benefit.