http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ a convert's journey en Vox Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:42:12 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1030.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1030.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1030.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:42:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b86c790005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b86c790005-50si" alt="wax on, wax off" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Target sells menorahs and Hanukkah swag? Holy Jewish Christmas, Batman! Interestingly enough, at the Culver City Target, the Hanukkah stuff is kept in the "party" aisle between the greeting cards and the school supplies... Merry mazel tov -- Th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1030.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b865f90004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> notes http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/o-jerusalem.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/o-jerusalem.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/o-jerusalem.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:47:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b865430005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b865430005-50si" alt="O Jerusalem" /></a> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b861ff0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b861ff0003-50si" alt="O Jerusalem Trailer" /></a> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b846a90001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b846a90001-50si" alt="Matisyahu Jerusalem" /></a> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b851740002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b851740002-50si" alt="West Bank Story Trailer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I finally got around to cracking Larry Collins' and Dominique Lapierre's classic 1972 book O Jerusalem!, an exhaustively researched, "day by day and minute by minute" account of Israel's War of Independence and the creation of the State of Israel... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/o-jerusalem.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b867330005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-story-of-the-jews-and-a-poem.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-story-of-the-jews-and-a-poem.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-story-of-the-jews-and-a-poem.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:19:56 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b6ec470002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b6ec470002-50si" alt="A Spiritual Life: Exploring the Heart and Jewish Tradition (S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literatu" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In last night's class, Rabbi Singer made an interesting statement: in modern times, the "story" of the Jews has become the tragedy of the Shoah (Holocaust). But that's not the story we need to tell. We need to reclaim the story of Exodus as our ce... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-story-of-the-jews-and-a-poem.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b704b70005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> judaism torah http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/jp-judaism-is-not-a-race.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/jp-judaism-is-not-a-race.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/jp-judaism-is-not-a-race.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:31:21 -0700 Saul Singer's column in yesterday's Jerusalem Post highlights a few (common?) responses from readers who objected to his claim that anti-conversion attitudes now threaten Jewish survival in the modern world. There is nothing sacred about the birt... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/jp-judaism-is-not-a-race.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b700810003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> judaism conversion http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-tribe.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-tribe.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-tribe.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:28:52 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b6c8570005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b6c8570005-50si" alt="The Tribe (Trailer)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I downloaded a great short film called "The Tribe" from the iTunes store today (only $1.99!) It only scratches the surface of the topic it begins with--how the quintessential Aryan female ideal was created by a Jewish woman--a cultural outsider-... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/the-tribe.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b6b3030002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/printed-word.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/printed-word.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/printed-word.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:00:06 -0700 I'm a child of the digital revolution through-and-through, but I still adore print media--newspapers, magazines, periodicals, etc. I scan the LA Times cover to cover before bed and find escapist pleasures in publications like Wired and dwell. Mayb... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/printed-word.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b643cc0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1023.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1023.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1023.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:55:19 -0700 Crazy, crazy times--why is it so hard to settle down and catch your breath? School, work, the remodel, classes, homework... My wife said something that made me smile the other day after a ridiculously exhausting weekend: "this Shabbat thing isn... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/notes-1023.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398b601e70005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/join-us-on-thursday-at-temple-emanuel.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/join-us-on-thursday-at-temple-emanuel.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/join-us-on-thursday-at-temple-emanuel.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:16:45 -0700 I've signed up for a "Part II" Intro to Judaism class at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills; however, if they can't get 10-12 students (the first class is this Thursday), the class will be canceled. Which would blow, because I'm really looking forwar... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/join-us-on-thursday-at-temple-emanuel.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398ae80880003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> learning conversion http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/covert-stories.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/covert-stories.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/covert-stories.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:17:53 -0700 I've become quite interested in reading blog entries and articles about attitudes of born Jews toward Jews-by-choice. While my own current experience would lump me, currently, with the more-or-less insecure (but not insincere!) lot of proselytes-... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/covert-stories.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398acd0600004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conversion http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/back-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ger Toshav) http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/back-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/back-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:48:26 -0700 It's really been stressing me out that I have not updated this blog most of the summer, and I apologize to the four or so people who actually read it (har har), but after the Idaho trip it was non-stop craziness: back-to-school time for my son, mu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gertoshav.vox.com/library/post/back-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142acd2e685e00e398ac66df0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conversion