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Found at Normblog… Haaretz Article Iraqi students protest day off on Jewish Sabbath By The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqis are complaining about their first-ever weekend break, and some high-school students even went to class Saturday to protest a decision introducing a second weekly day off that coincides with the Jewish Sabbath. It’s not … Continue reading Saturdays: Kaffir only
Priceless MSNBC – An Earth-friendly Christmas tree The Original Living Christmas Tree Company founded by John Fogel, 39, has rented out 419 Christmas trees this holiday season, starting at $55 for a 7-foot Douglas fir.
I called my family this morning from the pay phone down the hall, amidst a couple of curious looks from the more strict Shabbat observers, but it seems to be fairly well-known that I am the token goy, so I am cut a bit of slack. It feels so little like Christmas, and that has … Continue reading Shabbat Vayechi, 13 Tevet, 5765 (Christmas Day)
Single digit temperatures. My fellow maggidim in the class gather. I sit by the fire in the fireplace, warming up, having arrived, parked, unpacked and stowed everything that needed parking, unpacking, and/or stowing. They’ve installed a wireless network here since August. Oh joy of joys! I can blog by the fireplace. I hope this will … Continue reading Winter. Upstate NY.
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