January 2010
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What's Better Than a Broken Shower?
A Brand. New. Shower. You can control the temperature and everything!
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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Happy Tu B'shvat!
It’s a two-fer holiday: Shabbat and Tu B’shvat! This Shabbat we had HUC-JIR services, led by our classmates, followed by a Tu B’shvat Seder. Here is our Top 5 of the Tu B’shvat Seder: 1. Enough fruit and nuts to constitute an entire meal. 2. But we still had room for Jonah’s amazing peanut sauce noodles. 3. Experiencing the Tu B’shvat Four Cups of Wine....
Jan 28th
“Happy Birthday to our classmate, Alison Lopatin!”
Jan 27th
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Galilee Encounter
Longest. Best. Israel. Seminar. Day. Ever. If you ever need to know how to get through a 12-hour day without Dave Mendelsson, just come ask us…we have first hand experience. And we’re not bitter at all. Here is Molly and Bess’s Top 5 of Israel Seminar Day: 1. Starting off the day at Shorashim with Marc Rosenstein talking about Arab-Jewish relations in the Galilee. We’re...
Jan 26th
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The Syrian Bride →
It’s יום שלישי סרט - movie day! Today we watched The Syrian Bride, a movie focusing on the family dynamics of a Druze family living in the Golan Heights.
Jan 26th
Law & Order: Division of Field Investigation
Molly’s highlight of the day was definitely watching Law & Order: Division of Field Investigation (that’s the Russian version of SVU) in Russian with Hebrew subtitles. If we’re going to go to the trouble to learn Hebrew, we might as well collect some information about the Russian justice system while we’re at it…you never know when that will come in handy.
Jan 24th
“Happy 3rd Birthday to Bess’s niece, Emma! (And to Emma’s Uncle...”
Jan 23rd
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A Lovely Shabbos Day
Even though Molly is sick, she didn’t let that stop her from enjoying the beautiful sunshine on this lovely Shabbos day. Here is Molly’s Top 5 of the day: 1. Visiting the Mayer Institute for Islamic Art, which was interesting on the whole, but had two captivating collections (see below). 2. German photographer Helmut R. Schulze’s exhibit, “Afghanistan - Travel’s...
Jan 23rd
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HUC-JIR Integration Shabbat
To welcome us back to our second semester at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem, we were all invited to spend Shabbat with HUC faculty or HUC students in the Israeli Rabbinic Program (IRP). Molly had the pleasure of attending Shabbat dinner at IRP student Josh Weinberg’s house. Here is Molly’s Top 5 of the evening: 1. Services at Kol Haneshema were…..(deep breath)...
Jan 21st
“Tuvia = love”
Jan 20th
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Gender and Sexual Identity in Israeli Society
Welcome back to Israel Seminar! It’s been a long month without our boys (Dave, Paul, and Jeremy) but we’re back to business here at HUC. This week’s topic for Israel Seminar was “Gender and Sexual Identity in Israeli Society”, and here is Molly’s Top 5 for the day: 1. Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center and former Jerusalem...
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Second Semester Highlights
We’re back in the swing of things, and the homework is already piling up! Here are our Top 5 Highlights of the First “Official” Day Back to School: 1. Learning Torah with Gingy, who kindly reminded us that we only have four months left in Israel! 2. Studying proverbs with Yoshi - love those chaplets. 3. Being Sima’s Korban (sacrificial victim). 4. Inviting Michael...
Jan 17th
“First day of our second semester!”
Jan 17th
“Best Wishes to David Berkman and Keely on their wedding day!”
Jan 17th
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Jan 15th
A Shabbos Riddle
Please enjoy this Shabbos riddle inspired by Little Britain…. I’m joyous and jolly, I’m important and irrelevant, I’m shallow and pedantic, Jonathan Rothstein-Fisch refuses to celebrate me, but he’s been duped into commemorating this momentous occasion, I’m Molly’s 1/2 birthday, what am I?
Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Greek Synagogue Damaged in Arson Attack →
This synagogue, Eitz Hayyim, is the synagogue we visited in Crete over Sukkot break…very sad…
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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“Happy Birthday to our Professor, Dave Mendelsson!”
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
“It’s much more liquidy than I was expecting…”
–  Megan’s reaction to the Dead Sea
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
“Molly heads back to Israel…to meet up with Megan!”
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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It's the Hard-Knock Life for Molly
Being in America is tough. Here is Molly’s Top 5 List of Strenuous Activities She Had to Suffer Through Today: 1. Getting a mani/pedi with mom 2. Lunch at Panera 3. Getting a serenity massage at Gene Juarez 4. Eating Mexican food at El Toreadors 5. Staying awake through Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rough day.
Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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Dec 31st