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Producing content on the Web since 1995. some sayings of ר‘משבצונה“לFor many years I have worked hard, and struggled with mastering virtuous. Now, in addition, I’m working on becoming more virtual.
השיבנו ה‘ אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו
All photographs are by Mark Hurvitz unless they are obviously not. 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?”). davka flickrst. paintingsAt least three colors of painted messages on the pavement. By the time there are three colors that fit within the photo, none can have any “meaning” what remains is the pattern.
davka flickr3 pavementsThree pavements poured next to each other (contiguous), but not at a property line.
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the days grow short, the moon fills and begins to wane. The date clusters hang ready. The fruit is full and sweet. The time for pruning has come. יד תשרי תשעב | Tags: 2000s, black, green, holiday, lapel buttons, liturgy, ritual, yellow | Category: from the archives, holidays, judaica, lapel buttons, ritual | Leave a comment
back then I understand that during the first half of the 20th century not even the majority of world Jewry supported a nationalist solution to Jewish existence. Jewish working class movements were generally non-Zionist and many of the “leaders” of world Jewry were internationalists, looking for international solutions. Why, then, should I be surprised that the […] כח אלול תשעא | Tags: 1970s, black, israel, lapel buttons, white, yellow, zionism | Category: lapel buttons, politics | 2 comments
where is this place מצרים? Is it the Egypt we know? I ask these questions in my Haggadah. And I answer: Yes, though only the name of the place is the same, the people have changed. In fact we are at peace and allied with the Egypt of today. יב אלול תשעא | Tags: 1970s, Begin, black, egypt, israel, lapel buttons, Sadat, twitter, white | Category: lapel buttons, politics, where | One comment
polity not piety™ Yes, that’s a “trademark” symbol there. Why not? I continue to tell people that I came to the rabbinate out of “polity” not “piety”. My involvement was as a community organizer. A quick check on Google indicates that I’m nearly the only person to have used it… and, at that, significantly more frequently. nathan hurvitz Our […] studying pirkei avot during the omer During the period of the Omer I have been studying Pirkei Avot. This is a traditional activity for the period, but I have been doing it in a non-traditional manner. I take each Mishnah and break it down into as few words as I can, yet still express a meaningful thought. […] כב ניסן תשעא | Tags: 1970s, 2000s, black, blue, green, holiday, lapel buttons, organization, red, torah, twitter, white, yellow | Category: holidays, how, judaica, lapel buttons, ritual | One comment
a growing haggadah We printed a private new edition of A Growing Haggadah last year for personal use. We will use it again this year. If you are interested in having a PDF version of the text to print and use (in whole or in part) at your Seder you can download it here: A Growing Haggadah (for […] what are the police doing in egypt? At a certain point during the recent (2011) Egyptian revolution it was not always clear with which side the police identified. These Police are different. They’re singing about canaries in coal mines. They offer a personalized variant of the old metaphor.
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less […] ל אדר א' תשעא | Tags: 1980s, 1990s, black, gays, islam, lapel buttons, pink, politics, purim, sho'a, yahrtzeit | Category: holidays, judaica, lapel buttons, personalities, politics | Leave a comment
Switzerland was actually “Plan B” We had hoped to get to Fire Island (Long Island) at The Pines for Rosh haShannah to be with a colleague and at the beach. However, because “the season” at The Pines was still going strong, the two establishments where we tried to book rooms could not commit, barely even returning our […] כו תשרי תשעא | Tags: 1960s, black, chocolate, Einstein, holiday, lapel buttons, rosh hashannah, switzerland, travel, white | Category: family, food, holidays, judaica, lapel buttons, travels, where | 2 comments
I am not the first to use the phrase, but beginning on March 15, 2000 I began a file in which I collected our mother’s sayings. I will periodically share them here. One of her primary expressions was: if you can’t say anything nice about someone, It’s that simple. Our mother was not a learned person. Though she […] Last year at this time I wrote about the “MAD“ness of nuclear armaments. In essence: There does not seem to be much value in having nuclear weapons. They may exist for a MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) purpose. And yet, many people tell me that Israel’s enemies don’t care about MAD, because they (as well as dispensationalist Christians) […] כו אב תשע | Tags: 1980s, black, family, hiroshima, iran, orange, yellow | Category: family, lapel buttons | Leave a comment
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In the year 5772 may our efforts bring new creation out of chaos.
Genesis 1:1–2 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 followingFor 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? davka publishing calendar
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