September 2011
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Niggunim in circles/hidden choirs: Spiritual and...
I went to shul for Erev Rosh Hashanah services last night at the local Reform temple. It was, however, a really terrible experience. Not all Reform shuls have the same practices. Some shuls, often known as “classical” Reform congregations, still run services in a very “Protestant” way—the original movement was founded in Germany and was meant to provide a more...
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inothernews:
“The following is not mathematically rigorous, since the events of yesterday evening were contingent upon one another in various ways. But just for fun, let’s put all of them together in sequence:
— The Red Sox had just a 0.3 percent chance of failing to make the playoffs on Sept. 3.
— The Rays had just a 0.3 percent chance of coming back after trailing 7-0 with two innings to...
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“But the irony is that most sideline reporters –– whatever sport, whichever...”
– No Respect For The Women On The Sidelines : NPR
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Mariano, by the numbers: →
inothernews:
602 regular season saves
Only four hitters — FOUR — have had at least ten hits against Mo in his career — Edgar Martinez, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Jason Varitek (the latter three having had the benefit of playing against the Yankees in the AL East)
42 postseason saves
11 earned runs in 139 postseason innings — an ERA of 0.71
In 94 postseason games, has allowed runs in only...
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“Many of you have probably heard that a production company is looking to create a...”
– an e-mail from my skating club.
Can I just say. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
No but seriously I want to be on this. I would make the best skatingzilla EVA.
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Has ‘Shrink it and Pink it’ Finally Met Its... →
Um, no? Just because it’s not pink doesn’t mean the clothing isn’t meant to be ‘girly’ (AKA DIFFERENT). I’ve written about NFL.com’s new “women” section before and now it looks even worse than last time: instead of just simply still not finding a jersey in a more female-structured fit, now the site is all about girls in rivalries? Oh please!...
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How to: acquire free za'atar.
Become employed at a Jewish student organization where the rabbi is an amazing chef.
Know that said rabbi will be running a cooking program for his students before a learning session.
View photos of said cooking program the next day on said rabbi’s food blog.
Notice use of tons of za’atar.
Run down staff hallway.
Barge into rabbi’s office.
Say: “I have a very...
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I have to follow Republican accounts on my work...
But I’m so fucking tired. So fucking tired of GOP candidates and GOP organizations pretending like they actually care about people, like they actually care about life, like they actually care Israelis, like they aren’t racists and misogynists and homophobes, like they aren’t ultra-privileged hypocrites. I’m so ashamed to be from the same country as these people. I mean,...
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I'm not a racist.
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robot-heart-politics:
twodestinations:
I’ve been trying very hard for the last ten years to not look at Muslims any differently or in any sort of negative light since the majority of them are innocent people. But the more I learn about 9/11 (I was seven when it happened and I just turned seventeen this past Labor Day), the more specials I watch (I swear I’ve seen them all), and...
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OMG AUDRINA TROY IS NOT MEDIEVAL STFU. →
With each post I make on Tumblr, my tags list grows more and more ragey.
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Fact:
When you spend the entire weekend marathoning a tv show about aliens, the first thought you will have upon walking into your dark, empty office will be: “OH MY GOD THEY TOOK EVERYONE, SHOULD I HANG AROUND OR GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.”
And then you will remember it’s Labor Day, and you’re the only one who has to be here today.
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“The suggestion that Shariah threatens American security is disturbingly...”
– Eliyahu Stern, Don’t Fear Islamic Law in America, a NY Times Op-Ed on the anti-Semitic forebears of contemporary Islamophobia. (via ilyagerner)
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Something beautiful about prayer.
I spent the past two days staffing a student leadership retreat for the Jewish organization where I work. One of things you usually do at Jewish leadership retreats is text study. The rabbi of this organization had prepared the staff for this text study by doing it with us last week, at our staff retreat. The text study revolved around the commentary of R. ben Bag Bag’s Pirkei Avot that...
