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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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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
the boy with his hands raised As I mentioned here on April 10, when I was in my early 20s, I tried to imagine the life of the boy with his hands raised being led from the Warsaw Ghetto. I spent months with him, I kept his image before me daily. I looked into his eyes, […] ג סיון תשע | Tags: 1970s, black, Faye, Hurvitz, israel, lapel buttons, Nathan, politics, sho'a, white | Category: family, judaica, lapel buttons, politics | 4 comments
you decide how to go Last year (2009) at this time of Yom haShoah I wrote that I believe that all Jewish teenagers (at least) should experience a week of sho’a nightmares. I was in my early 20s when I tried to imagine the life of the boy with his hands raised being led from the Ghetto. I […] כו ניסן תשע | Tags: 1960s, black, genocide, lapel buttons, photograph, politics, sho'a, white, yellow | Category: judaica, lapel buttons | 2 comments
The first nuclear weapon “Little Boy” was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945. nuclear disarmament lapel button calling for nuclear disarmament then I have a clear memory from long ago, sometime around 1959: walking with my family down Hollywood Boulevard, somewhere near Vine. We were part of a demonstration calling for nuclear disarmament, […] At the far east end of 47th Street in Manhattan, between 2nd and 1st Avenues a broad lovely park leads up to the United Nations complex of buildings on the East River. A farmer’s market is set up every Wednesday throughout the year. a market and plaza to rally against genocide This broad space is known as Katharine […] כה תמוז תשסט | Tags: black, darfur, food, genocide, iran, israel, lapel buttons, Raoul Wallenberg, sho'a, white | Category: family, food, lapel buttons, personalities, politics, who | Leave a comment
continued from hidden in plain sight what are we hiding (from)? As of this writing, the phrase “hidden in plain sight” appears in a Google search 142,000 times. It must refer to a wide variety of concepts and situations. How many things to we encounter and pass by that are as though they are hidden from us in plain […] כה תמוז תשסט | Tags: black, darfur, food, genocide, iran, israel, lapel buttons, Raoul Wallenberg, sho'a, white | Category: cross-posting, food, lapel buttons, personalities, politics, Uncategorized, who | Leave a comment
[cross posted at the Jew and the Carrot and at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism]. The prophet Isaiah asks (58:6–7): Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the fetters of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? […] א תמוז תשסט | Tags: Bible, darfur, lapel buttons, ritual, sho'a | Category: cross-posting, food, politics | One comment
If she had not been murdered by the Nazis in early March 1945, Anne Frank would turn 80 years old on 12 June 2009. Anne Frank in an age progression image at 80 years old What would you say to Anne Frank if you were to meet her on the street? …that she transformed your life? She made […] כ סיון תשסט | Tags: 2000s, Anne Frank, black, green, lapel buttons, photograph, sho'a, white | Category: judaica, lapel buttons | Leave a comment
Do you wear a Kippah and/or Tzitzit? On September 24, 1996 I asked my rabbinic colleagues… in particular, those who wear Kippot (and request/require the students in their congregations to wear Kippot when either studying or entering the synagogue), whether they wear Tzitzit as well, and if not, why. ז סיון תשסט | Tags: Bible, family, israel, lapel buttons, meta, ritual, sho'a | Category: lapel buttons, ritual, what, who, why | One comment
In April of 1997 I wrote (as an aside) to a forum of colleagues: I think every teenage Jewish child ought to have a week of Sho’a related nightmares. If we can reenact the Exodus and living in Sukkot, why not the Sho’a? Only one person responded. However, that response was quite intense. I will not quote from […] ח ניסן תשסט | Tags: 1980s, black, family, lapel buttons, pesach, sho'a, white, yellow | Category: holidays, judaica, 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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