Category Archives: judaica

are you slow to fast?

Posted on 2009/08/03 by davka

fast­ing for dar­fur As not­ed in an ear­li­er post on this blog, on the 26 of Sivan 5769 (cor­re­spond­ing to June 17–18, 2009) I fast­ed to call atten­tion to the con­tin­u­ing geno­cide in Dar­fur. One of my reg­u­lar read­ers shared a com­ment … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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what do you put in your coffee?

Posted on 2009/07/28 by davka

[cross post­ed at The Jew and the Car­rot] Phar­isees of course Ever-sen­si­­tive to appear­ances of Jew­ish ref­er­ences in pop­u­lar cul­ture, I was a bit sur­prised to read Mau­reen Dowd’s head­line in The New York Times on Sun­day, July 19, 2009: “Phar­isees on … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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