Mishneh Torah, Blessings 10:16; based on Genesis 9:11
May we strengthen our covenantal relationships
as we reflect and reinforce
the love of a caring universe.
Linoleum cut produced by Mark, August 2018
©Mark Hurvitz
2018
last year’s card
the separate cuts
the list of cards
changing technologies
originally published October 2011; updated August 2018
Most people who know me understand that I am not averse to technological change. I have been interested in how communications technologies have been used and changed for many years. In June of 2010, I wrote about my involvement in the development of what I called “the electronic leaflet”. When I was in […]
Purim: Megilla Readings, Balls and Concerts (oh my; so many options)
As long ago as 1864, New York Jews attended Purim Balls, a tradition now maintained for the past 32 years at The Jewish Museum. And, not only in New York, but also Beverly Hills, CA, Minneapolis, MN and Akron, OH where young women are presented as […]
On 15 February, 2018, in honor of Rosh Ḥodesh Adar 5778:
The Hebrew text around the edge says: MiShenichnas Adar Marbim BeSimcha(When Adar Comes, Joy Is Increased)
משניכנס אדר מרבין בשימחה
Date:
1980s?
Size:
4.4 cm
Pin Form:
clasp
Print Method:
celluloid
On 23 February, 2009, in honor of Rosh Ḥodesh Adar 5769:
The Hebrew text around the edge says: MiShenichnas Adar Marbim BeSimcha(When Adar Comes, […]
[A slight variant of this page appears here 10 times. In each the text remains essentially the same. However, I will add a link to a new “survey” each time.]
I have written elsewhere, that I came to the rabbinate out of “polity” not “piety”. My involvement was as a community organizer.
Nonetheless, I recall sitting one Yom Kippur day in the late […]
Is Fake News vs. Truth a case of Goliath vs. David?
Once we knew one truth
Over forty years ago, Rabbi Richard N. Levy wrote a paragraph that entered the Gates of Prayer Siddur. I quoted from it in a sermon during the Clinton impeachment hearings that dealt with “what is truth”.
Once we learned one truth, and it was cherished or […]
a selection of Jewish-themed campaign buttons 1940–2016
A briefer version of this blog post, with fewer illustrations, was published as “Ten Minutes of Torah” on October 27, 2016 on ReformJudaism.org.
Strangers don’t often interact on New York’s streets. Yet, this election season, I am often stopped and asked about my political lapel button.
Generally, I have found that while […]
Psalm 23:5b
May our efforts in the New Yearoverflow with goodnessand help create a world of wholeness and peace.
Linoleum cut produced by Mark, September 2014
The “cup” is brown, “overflow” is in shades of blue.
through a sea of sound
Shabbat Shirah usually marks the beginning of Jewish Music Month. However, I’ve not seen any reference to it this year. Nonetheless, it is appropriate that this week marks the celebration of a significant anniversary in American Jewish music.
from חזן to opera star
The family in which I grew up was (to put it mildly) not […]
with minor updates
100!
As Jay writes:
There’s something about round numbers, even if they don’t actually represent anything particularly special.
Were she alive, our mother: Faye [Avrunin] Hurvitz, would be 100 years old today [in 2013]; one day before the winter solstice.
Faye Hurvitz wearing her “I’m a Scientist” button
For someone as modest (about herself) as she, she has […]
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In the year 5779… May we strengthen our covenantal relationships
as we reflect and reinforce
the love of a caring universe. 
Mishneh Torah, Blessings 10:16;
based on Genesis 9:11
To see the full size image and those of previous years click the graphic above. I began creating a Web site in my head as early as August 1995 when I drafted the following
For a project I’m pursuing regarding Jewish involvement on the internet and the World Wide Web in particular, I’m interested in learning about any sites about which you may know. For example, do any rabbis have Home pages? Which synagogues or synagogue organizations have Web sites? Does Marge Piercy have a site at which you can read portions of "He She and It"? Does Howard Rheingold have a site where you can learn more about creating a Virtual [Jewish] Community? Is there a Web Camera at the Kotel? In the Wilderness of Zin?
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¡warning! This site remains under considerable reconstruction.
Most pages should still be available in their original location. However, I will be moving the vast majority of the old site (static html pages) into the Web 2.0 (blog) site. If you experience any "link rot", please let me know.
When I initially created this site I organized the material into what seemed to be meaningful categories (in the days before "tags"). But the time came when, it was hard to figure out which link to click if you wanted to know about Sammy Levinger's ("who"?) death ("what"?) while fighting during the Spanish Civil War ("when"?), though we had visited Belchite the site ("where?") of the battle where he sustained his mortal wounds. The new tools should make this process easier.
`//rite on!
,\\ark Hurvitz Producing content on the Web since 1995.
some sayings of ר‘משבצונה“ל
For many years I have worked hard, and struggled with mastering virtuous. Now, in addition, I’m working on becoming more virtual.
This is an expression of that effort.
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השיבנו ה‘ אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו
כעוד לא היו
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ומביא גאלה…
לצאצאיהם All photographs are by Mark Hurvitz unless they are obviously not (or credit otherwise is given).
The photos in the banner at the top (only a shallow sliver of a much larger photo) are either from our home or our travels and are offered for their beauty alone (though a brain-teaser for me: "Where was that?").
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