Proust and Talmud
Proust and Talmud “How different they were! And neither told a lie. This was a marvel, that two souls, two such separated tonalities, so to speak, could between them describe the true map of life.” –...
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Human Again The Davis Academy just staged a fabulous production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” In addition to the beautiful music, Beauty and the Beast has some very poignant and...
View ArticleThe Value of Interfaith Dialogue
The Value of Interfaith Dialogue A remarkable week ended on a remarkable note at The Davis Academy Middle School. We hosted 150 students from The Marist School for a day of interfaith dialogue and...
View ArticleMore Jewish than Shalom
More Jewish than Shalom Today I decided, on a whim, to open up the Talmud and see what’s on tap for daf yomi (“the daily Talmud reading”). I came upon an interesting passage (Hagigah 10a). It reads:...
View ArticleWorld Creating
World Creating My incidental reading of the daily page of Talmud continues and I continue to be inspired by what I find there. The reading for 9/20/14 is Hagigah 12. On page 12a there’s the following...
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My First Torah Meme
My First Torah Meme Recently one of my colleagues, Sara Beth Berman, has been using meme generators to get kids thinking about Tefilah. It’s a pretty cool concept. Here’s my first attempt. I’m curious...
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