I want to be Reform Rabbi. I also want to be an expert liturgy. I also want to be a reforming Reform Jew.
Steps previously identified:
1. Finish college
2. Master’s in liturgy
3. Rabbinical school.
Problem: I believe that a Rabbi ought to be able to pick up a sidur, a tanach, a page of talmud and be able [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 29, 2008
Articulating a problem of language
March 26, 2008
Mishnah Day!
BZ, author of Jewblog Mah Rabu, writes today at Jewschool to point us to a quite amazing new development in the Union for Reform Judaism.
For a few years now, the URJ has offered a daily e-mail (or RSS feed, as I prefer) called Ten Minutes of Torah. Each day of the week has a different theme and every entry is [...]
March 20, 2008
Persian Lag Ba-what?
Failed Messiah points us today to Fox News, that always well-researched news outlet, which has this lovely news item for us. What’s wrong with this?
March 17, 2008
Thought Vomit
I haven’t posted in a while, but here’s some thought vomit for y’all. A summary of what’s been happening in my brain of late.
I’m going back on the idea of saying Avot V’imahot all the time. It doesn’t make grammatical sense. Avot means Avot V’imahot already. Possible alternatives:
1. Just say Avot
2. Horim (parents, but is that just [...]
March 5, 2008
Calendars
Every Monday at 3:45 p.m., I lead a tour of campus. One of the downsides of doing this is a monthly tourguide meeting, in which we all get filled in on the latest in the exciting world of campus tours and admissions over dinner.
I just came from one such meeting. In this meeting, the woman [...]
