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We walked up on this cow eating a potted plant that it has knocked over. What you cannot see in this photo is that there are two of them, both nearly eaten. A lady came out of the store a mo ...

We walked up on this cow eating a potted plant that it has knocked...

This it my favorite photo I took in India. It is one of the gates to The Pink City in Jaipur. The beautiful architecture, a motor rickshaw, Hindu idol, Muslims, goats, birds, all capture wha ...

This it my favorite photo I took in India. It is one of the...

Josh wanted the same photo!

Josh wanted the same photo!

Detailed doorway at Albert Hall Museum

Detailed doorway at Albert Hall Museum

ntableman's photo

ntableman's photo

Josh doing his best Brenda Dickson's Welcome To My Home impression. If you spend a little time with him you will see he can get this cross between Brenda Dickson and Vanna White.

Josh doing his best Brenda Dickson's Welcome To My Home impression....

When you arrive at the train station you have to fight your way through the local people trying to give you a ride or sell you something. Once you enter the station look for the desk that se ...

When you arrive at the train station you have to fight your...

Holiday Reflections

I warn you, this is a ramble or sorts, and It definitely might make you wonder what I am up to on a Saturday afternoon, but my intent is to be though provoking. I observe Shabbat as much as I can, and a day of no technology and thinking, well makes a guy think!

I [...]

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 [...]

Reason #378 Why Jews Stop Being Jews

From YNet this morning, an uplifting and thoughtful decision on gender roles:

…prominent Zionist-religious leader explained that women are allowed to study specific verses from the Gemara, which deal with “subjects related to them,” but they “shouldn’t study Gemara like men.”

What is there to say about this? I do indeed believe in family roles, [...]

Shabbat Shalom

I was talking home from synagogue tonight and as I crossed the street one of the eccentric Latino bicycle men who seem to be everywhere in NJ – if you live in NJ you know what I am talking about, they have these tricked out bikes with radios, flags, lights, horns, mirrors, and crazy pain [...]

First Commerce Free Shabbat

In an attempt to prevent my soul and life from being comoditized 24-7-365, I have decided to try to not spend a dime on Shabbat. Not a new proposition, there are buy nothing days and other anti-consumerism events. But this one is the original! A reminder to take one day and spend it with your [...]