Just Before Yom Kippur
Dear Friends, It’s 5pm as I write this and I just returned from my first post-op appointment. I’m happy to
My musings on topics of the day including but not limited to Hebrew Bible, Healthcare, and the occasional political blast
Dear Friends, It’s 5pm as I write this and I just returned from my first post-op appointment. I’m happy to
Dear Friends, I’ve updated a few of my friends via email and social sites, but I’ve neglected my friends here
Dear Friends, It’s 5pm as I write this and I just returned from my first post-op appointment. I’m happy to
Dear Friends, I’ve updated a few of my friends via email and social sites, but I’ve neglected my friends here
I lost one of the most important people in my life a day or so ago. My dear friend, Ken
Dear Friends, I wrote a blog entry today about a topic in Hebrew language. As far as I can see,
Note: the Hebrew looks correct to me when read in the Blog, but the file exported to email turns all
We’re having another summer of major changes for our Marquette house–which we purchased some years ago as needing no renovations
[Note: I originally wrote this in 2016 but forgot to post it. Rereading it, I think it has some interest
Throughout my academic career I’ve encountered and dealt with a concept I call deliberate archaization. There seems to be a pervasive
Please forgive any accidental posts which look a bit strange. I’m still doing a little development of the blog, and
I awoke this morning to yet another advisory from the weather service of dangerous levels of air pollution here in
Sun has set up here in the USA northland that is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It’s time for me
This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. For many years I have posted a Sabbath
Over the past few months I’ve managed to alienate numerous friends on both left and right. I’m not sufficiently “woke”
Hello everyone. This is a brief follow-up to a message you may or may not have seen yesterday. Yesterday morning,
On September 11, 1923, Rabbi Moshe Menachem Mendel Spivak commenced the first program to read a page of the Talmud
Anyone who has followed my writing about the problems of defining terms like “Jew” and “Judaism” knows that I take
In the model of a broken clock being correct twice a day, President Trump announced a campaign to dramatically reduce
I believe I have an unusual perspective on the some of the issues regarding Transgender (aka Trans) people currently consuming
As my friends know, I’ve worn many hats over my career. One of them I am most proud of is
The Passover Seder and the The Last Supper It’s that time of year again when Jews who observe tradition celebrate
Dear Friends, It’s 5pm as I write this and I just returned from my first post-op appointment. I’m happy to report that the stitches have
I lost one of the most important people in my life a day or so ago. My dear friend, Ken Cohen, succumbed to a vile
Dear Friends, I wrote a blog entry today about a topic in Hebrew language. As far as I can see, the Hebrew looks fine when
We’re having another summer of major changes for our Marquette house–which we purchased some years ago as needing no renovations or repairs. Laugh out loud!
[Note: I originally wrote this in 2016 but forgot to post it. Rereading it, I think it has some interest and even amusement–so I’m posting
Throughout my academic career I’ve encountered and dealt with a concept I call deliberate archaization. There seems to be a pervasive notion that the older something
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