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Tried a new shul today — Reform variety, smallish. Shorter service. Guitar accompaniment. Familiar tune to “Sh’ma Israel.” I quailed a bit when I first saw the girl with the guitar on the bimah. It’s those old memories of the catholic church in the late sixties and early seventies pathetically trying to be “relevant” by … Continue reading Shabbat, Shoftim 5764
I slog away in the word mines all day (ok, most of the afternoon), and now I get to treat myself with The Avengers! BBC America is a welcome relief now. Ripped up an old rug today, and glad to see the good wood underneath. Sort of stained, but not too bad. No worse than … Continue reading Word mines
This is Beeper R. Kat: She is in her favorite nap-place: the stack of empty grocery bags in the pantry. She’s been sleeping a lot lately, and this is why… We’ve had to have our old leaded-glass windows on the first floor redone gradually this year, due to rust etc. Currently, the windows in the … Continue reading Cat-blog time
From Israel Defense Forces – The Official Website: Yossef Ahmad Hassan Hanany, 29 years old from Beit-Furik, served in the operations branch of the Palestinian preventive intelligence service in Ramallah. Friday, August 13, 2004, Hassan Hanany carried out a shooting attack near the Itamar community in the northern West Bank, murdering the civilian responsible for … Continue reading From the IDF: Just how much the Pal security forces want to cooperate
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