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In the year 5786…
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as we seek to tend to our world in righteousness, may the light sown within it shine within us as well.
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Psalm 97:11a
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featured page:
A Letter to all Good People -
¡warning!
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This site remains under considerable reconstruction.
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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.
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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.
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`//rite on!
,\\ark Hurvitz 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.
* * * * * * *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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how many different ways can you say the al chet (על חטא)?
When I first posted these possibilities of reimagining the al chet I did not imagine that so many of us would spend an entire Yom Kippur online. Now, when our primary connection to the Yom Kippur liturgy is via our digital devices, … Continue reading
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Pass the Anti-Lynching Bill!
Leo Frank Today, August 17, 2020 marks the 105th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank לְהַבדִיל — l’havdil — to distinguish Yesterday I learned about “Suppertime”, a deeply moving song written by Irving Berlin in 1933. The song tells of a far … Continue reading
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