Category Archives: Judaism

Vayera – decision making principles

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

I am on the board of our synagogue. The board meeting usually starts with a short drash, lesson, presented by one of the board members. This week it was my turn. I decided to be traditional and base my speech … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Nachman: Outpouring of the Soul (1980)

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

For somebody like me, who only read stories of and from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (or Bratslav) the slim volume of “Outpouring of the Soul” is an excellent introduction to his theology and practice of religion. The subtitle of the … Continue reading →

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Yiddish wisdom for parents (2001)

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

The 80 pages of the handy little volume of “Yiddish wisdom for parents” was collected and translated by Rae Meltzer. Its page are beautifully designed and arranged, containing a little painting on almost every page (by Kristina Swarner) along with … Continue reading →

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Jewsome

Posted on September 1, 2009 by

Last week I started a new project. I decided start tracking how Jews and Jewish organizations are using social media. This gave me an opportunity to play with a new blog engine that is gaining some traction. Without further due … Continue reading →

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Books on African-American Jewish relations

Posted on January 25, 2008 by

I have been working on creating a blog for the shul library, but I did not finish setting it up yet. This posting was intended to go there, but for now I will just share it here. Tonight at services … Continue reading →

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Littlefield: Fire at the Triangle Factory (1996)

Posted on January 25, 2008 by

A few days ago I had a meeting with a Jewish religious school director. She proudly showed me the children book collection she maintained for her school. She explained the categories she color-coded the books and pulled out a dozen … Continue reading →

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Kabbalist Big-Bangism

Posted on February 18, 2007 by

I followed the tracks from an Associated Press article at Combined Jewish Philanthropies that starts with “A Jewish organization is demanding an apology from a Georgia lawmaker after a memo using his name claims that evolution was a myth propagated … Continue reading →

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Sim Shalom, global religion, fundraising

Posted on January 30, 2007 by

I wrote a paper two years ago for my Global Religion class at UCSB on Sim Shalom, the first Jewish Reform community in Hungary, where I was active until I moved to the US. That paper was intended to show … Continue reading →

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kPod: Selecting Kosher Products Faster

Posted on January 23, 2007 by

For one of my classes I had to write a proposal in which I ” describe how the affordances of the technology (broadly conceived) are inspired by at least one piece of work from each of the fields of Information … Continue reading →

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Investigating AskMoses.com based on the Value Sensitive Design methodology

Posted on January 17, 2007 by

For one of my classes I was asked to “working with the Value Sensitive Design methodology, please write 1-2 pages if you were reporting briefly on a small conceptual investigation. Here is what I submitted. AskMoses.com is an “online resource … Continue reading →

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