As much as he aimed his ascerbic wit at organized religion, I can’t help but claim George Carlin, zichrono livracha, as one of ours. I don’t mean a Jew; I claim him for the rabbis. And if he doesn’t like it, let him come back from that garage in Buffalo where all the souls go [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Carlin, Korach and Kafka
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Newsweek’s “Grapes on the Golan”
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A good and thoughtful article in the June 16 issue of Newsweek explores the effect a Golan transfer to Syria might have on Israel’s wine industry. Read it here.
On each of our congregational trips to Israel, we’ve visited the Western Golan slopes, typically in jeeps, to get a sense of the topography. This has helped [...]
Colbert
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Four minutes and twenty-one seconds of Jewy Colbert fun…
more about “Israel’s New Bird | The Colbert Repor…“, posted with vodpod
Marching toward August 4
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(The “focus” from a Border Interfaith session held at Temple on Thursday, June 12)…
What follows is a brief theological reflection on the work we do through organizing. It is drawn from this week’s scripture reading in the Jewish lectionary. In Numbers ten we read:
When the Ark set out, Moses would say:
Advance, O Lord!
May Your enemies [...]
When kosher isn’t kosher
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
An article in the Forward looks at the effect that events in Postville, Iowa are having on the market for kosher meat. The answer is, “not much.” Most kosher consumers seem to be unaware of the controversy, and some of those who are aware seem rather unconcerned. Rabbis and rabbinical students from the kosher-keeping side [...]
Allegra Goodman’s “Counting Pages”
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Allegra Goodman has a very nice short piece in the current issue of the New Yorker. Last Kol Nidrei, I talked about my own childhood habit of page-counting at the High Holidays, and it’s nice to know I’m in good company. My favorite lines, from near the end of the essay:
…inexorably, some of my own [...]
Erev Shavuot with the UUs
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Community of El Paso, June 8, 2008)…
Think of me tonight as the sun is setting. By then, I’ll be far away from El Paso, in a different desert. Standing at the foot of Mount Sinai, with every Jew who has ever lived, or ever will, I will be listening as [...]
