Photographs


Esplanade Mansion in Kolkata. All I have been able to figure out is that it was built in 1910 by Martin and Co and josh says it is Art Nouveau (and he knows his architecture). It would also  ...

Esplanade Mansion in Kolkata. All I have been able to figure...

A view of the back of Naqqar Khana from Diwan-i-Aam - where the King's throne is.

A view of the back of Naqqar Khana from Diwan-i-Aam - where...

A candid of me walking along this narrow walk walk at the top of the Hawa Mahal.

A candid of me walking along this narrow walk walk at the top...

Josh standing in front of Humayun's Tomb, a UNESCO  World Heritage Site. It has an interesting history which includes being nearly abandoned and having people living in it.

Josh standing in front of Humayun's Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage...

The India Gate the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier taken near sunset. The remarkable memory from walking around this park is how clean it is and how dirty the air was.  ...

The India Gate the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown...

How are U?

Hi Ellie,
What’s waggin?
Well Cart and I miss you. I am writing because Cart still has educational delays that Mom has not corrected. I am the only one with the formal training to write to you. Any way, nothing too new here. We did get back our marrow [...]

Fully Lit!!

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The Sukkah Comes Down

This evening marked the real official end to the massive holiday season, which has left exhausted. A group of us broke down 2 of them in about 3 hours. I am a little sad the season is over, it was a lot of fun this year, but I am also glad to have wrapper it [...]

Lulav & Etrog

We are in the midst of the holiday whirlwind! Since the end of Yom Kippur I have helped assemble 2 sukkahs, including the communal one at the PATH station in Hoboken. This one in particular needed some intense tree trimming to make it kosher. 3 of us were climbing, sawing, pruning, and running around [...]

Why Holidays Are No Longer Special

When we spend all our efforts in hyper commercialization all uniqueness is removed.

An apt comparison is that of wheat; whole unbleached wheat is hardly processed and remains full of minerals and good fibers whereas hyper processed wheat has to have chemically produced nutrition added back in.

Someday people will, I hope, revolt against this crap and [...]

Speech to USH for Rosh Hashanah 5768

My involvement with USH started when I decided to answer an ad in the shofar to help with the
building. I thought, well I know how to fix stuff and am not afraid of dirt, so lets see where this
goes.

That is how I bet Barry Grossman. He met me in front of the building, we chatted [...]

Sniffy-Sniffy

6396 So another Biblically ordained day of rest passes into memory…

What was on my mind this Shabbat? I was thinking about the relationship between certain classes here in the my area. How basically people like me ignore and avoid certain other classes in the name of PCness. Simply put, we are not allowed to complain [...]

Lag B’Omer

Last night was a seriously fun time!!! Here is a photo of our fire!

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Holiday Haul

It was a super cool holiday! I got some wonderful gifts from my family and friends. A gift certificate to Artscroll that allowed me to get a new Tanach and some missing back volumes of the Bavli Talmud, a new bulb for my fishtank, a cool Lego car kit, some misc books and magazine, a [...]

I know when I am wrong

I left work tonight at 11 and walked past Macy’s holiday windows. I had a huge grin on my face before I knew what was happening. They are pretty cool this year. I don’t know if you can tell but the dragon’s eyes are TV’s showing people looking in at him.

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