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Cactus Flowers

Cactus Flowers

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My Feet @ NJ Rock

My Feet @ NJ Rock

Sheep at Castello Di Amorosa

Sheep at Castello Di Amorosa

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Monkeys.jpg

Tommy Tso Alabaster Bear

Tommy Tso Alabaster Bear

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Hi Ellie,

Slobbie and Cart writing to say “Hi”. We miss you!

Yes there is far less dog hair around but we cannot get out of rooms without you opening the doors for us. We have been in the air conditioned bedroom for days. It was great. We did not want to leave the cool [...]

Global Update

So it has been a long time since I wrote regularly on this thing. I have no singular excuse, but a combination of a few. I thought it was about time to just post a general update to what has been going on in the last 4-5 months. A quick list:

I sold my first [...]

Happy Birthday Trees!

Last night at USH we had a party for the birthday for trees, Tu B’Shevat. Please take a moment to say happy birthday to your favorite tree today.

The party was attended by a large group of people and we served home made pancakes, maple syrup from maine, and a collection of fruits corresponding to [...]

Covenant & Conversation

Sometime over the High Holy Days, Rabbi Scheinberg suggested to check out Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks‘ weekly podcast Covenant & Conversation. In general Rabbi Scheinberg’s reading suggestions are spot on and I had no doubt that a podcast referral would also we worthwhile. A simple synopsis of the references in this week’s commentary should [...]

Christmas Deliveries

Another year and another Christmas Eve spent working for In Jesus’ Name and USH to deliver food and gifts to those less fortunate in Hoboken. Thanks to Idan, Mom, and Katie for helping out. I don’t have the energy to rant and rave about what is wrong with the world. I simply am amazed, again, [...]

The CitySearch Lesson Applies

I have been explaining this to people for years. It is really a simple concept especially to a scientist. We call it the impact factor; a measure of import the research published in a particular carries. There is one massive difference between scientific research and “net 2.0″ style commenting fever. You can see it in [...]

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 [...]

We Were Right, er Left!

HAHAHAHA – Do a little dance, we were right:

After offering a bleak assessment of the Bush administration’s strategy in Iraq, Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said today that he was urging lawmakers and President Bush to change course quickly to protect a further erosion of [...]

Reason #379 Why Jews Stop Being Jews

Look into the eyes of hate. These are supposedly our brothers and sisters. But there is no moral justification for detailed adherence to orthodoxy because of issues like this:

Jerusalem Police on Thursday arrested a 32-year-old haredi resident of Mea She’arim, who was caught in possession of an improvised explosive device, police said.

The suspect, [...]

Magen David

There is some bad flooding in hoboken. USH is no exception! The basement flooded with about 2 inches of water. I am here cleaning up the mess. This photo of the Star of David on the fence is taken looking out the window from the staircase. Yours truly was on a break and thought it [...]

This Is So Much Fun! Nuclear Annihilation & Climate Change

G-d Bless Rand:

President George W. Bush’s most recent address to the American people on Iraq may be the scariest presidential message since Ronald Reagan announced that he had launched a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union. Reagan was just kidding. Bush is not.

Immediate reaction to the president’s speech has focused on the intended [...]

United Synagogue of Hoboken

Late one night working on projects around the building. The Ark and Bima are grand and simply wonderful to look at. The building is called The Star of Israel as it belonged to one part of the now united synagogue. It really is a wonderful old building with creaky stairs, tucked away rooms, and [...]

My Yom Kippur – יום כיפור שלי

Yesterday was one of the coolest days in my life. It was Yom Kippur and I decided this year to go all the way: Kole Nidre, Morning services, Neilah, and wrapping it all up with Evening services. All in all, about 500 pages of a prayer book in about 26 hours. It is a lot [...]

UPDATE: Do we need election monitors?

Take a listen to today’s The Brian Lehrer Show (podcast):

Back to the Future, Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University and author, Fooled Again (Basic Books 2005) accuses George Bush of electoral fraud in Ohio

And if that is not enough, check out his blog.

Not bothered yet? How about [...]

Talmud Tidbit: The Jewish Version of an Oracle

I want to share another fun tidbit from my reading yesterday. It has to do with consulting the Urim VeTumim. There are rules, this is Judaism, after all, there are always rules, about the proper method of consultation. However, the gist is there is a piece of parchment, given to Moses by G-d, with the [...]

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