tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132012852024-03-13T17:57:05.994+02:00Wilderness CityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-7931315987037271682008-12-19T12:46:00.003+02:002008-12-19T12:51:58.364+02:00The Action has MovedI'm blogging at Sowing Light these days. Topics include Teaching, New Media, Energy Independence, and Brilliant People. This space is left largely for people searching for things like Karliner Chasid Sukkah.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-68686184497344671062008-03-11T21:02:00.004+02:002008-03-11T21:17:44.044+02:00A Little Bit CrazyBetter if she thinks I'm a little bit crazyand loves me anyway.otherwisehow can I start singing and dancingwith no explanation?I don't give an explanation to my self.otherwisehow can I follow my soul's direction,in to infinite vistas or holocaust ovens?These things come to me, I can't ignore them.Better if she thinks I'm a little bit crazyand loves me anyway.otherwisehow can I ever really laugh, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-30342626463611348412008-03-04T17:26:00.001+02:002008-03-04T17:26:58.588+02:00The Pattern for PeaceMel Alexenberg has a great idea for how to come to peace in the Middle East.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-56353644213119835722008-03-04T17:16:00.003+02:002008-03-04T17:26:37.701+02:00Spring returns to IsraelSpring Returns!A few weeks back I wrote this:The hawks are back!I just saw two of them flying up the wadijumped out of my seat and leaned over my desklooking out my window as they sailed pastbrown, motionless wingsdrawn on by unseen windsdrawing my heart after themToday I went for a walk on the wild side of Jerusalem's Sachar Park - the wild rakafot (cyclamens), kolaniot (poppies), and skediot (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-48345985268107597622007-12-09T13:51:00.001+02:002008-12-19T12:46:40.353+02:00On FarmingIt's Shmittah over here in Israel, so I'm taking my farming online. I'm starting to write a technical blog. It's called Sowing Light (nice name, huh?) and you can find it wherever the Internet is...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-15898210013101768462007-10-19T10:06:00.000+02:002008-12-10T17:39:10.512+02:00What I learnedWell, the adventure of being Executive Director of a small yeshiva is coming to a close. I thought I'd last more than 8 months, but I have been disproved. Don't ask me where I'm going, I haven't figured it all out yet. I'm staying on the board of the yeshiva and helping to find a replacement for me, cooking up some projects with the Creative Zionists (come visit us at the GA!), looking for a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-18698791334364252572007-10-11T12:00:00.000+02:002007-10-11T12:15:03.492+02:00The Faces we WearLooking at how I wote myself up on a dating site, and then looking at how I wrote myself up on Myspace... Interesting to see the different tones. I'm sure someone's done research on how people put on different faces for different crowds. The whole online world collects all the data in a nice neat pile.I'm posting this because I think it's fun writing. No dating inquires please. ;)Myspace:Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-80137960607630172102007-08-26T18:14:00.000+03:002008-12-10T17:39:10.688+02:00Inspired by HafizI looked in the course catalogof life,and I signed upfor Love.Now the whole universeis my teacher.Let's play hooky,you and I,from all these othercrazy classes.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-79725926567881429632007-08-17T10:58:00.000+03:002008-12-10T17:39:10.992+02:00A Man HomelessI sat down with an old journal yesterday, thumbing through and looking for some insights and openings to teshuvah. This page was tucked away under the cover, dated 23 June 2003. It's still all sorts of relevant. Presented here slightly updated.I am searching for a wife, and I am searching for a place to live. There can not be too much noise. I am all for birds chirping, and the sound of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-20666975611342153682007-08-12T19:44:00.000+03:002007-08-13T22:22:30.156+03:00Statistics : Holiness Up 2 PointsIt seems that I'm just here to report on what Josh at BlogsofZion says...Life expectancy of countries around the world - Israel comes out near the top, all things included... This rubbed up against both my love of numbers and my love of Israel, what can I say.(I've been delaying writing, because subconsciously I knew it was the 100th post, and well, it's the 100th post, and the 100th post has Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-81232250532486149992007-08-01T20:48:00.000+03:002007-08-01T21:00:36.479+03:00The Greening of IsraelJosh at Blogs of Zion reports that Israel does in fact have a green building code (for a year now), and that the Bank Leumi building in Tel Aviv is the first building to meet code. Good to see! Lots of work to do, but good to see.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-1017514433498183622007-07-28T22:11:00.000+03:002007-07-28T22:30:13.833+03:00Heartless State ReligionA cousin of a friend was killed in Lebanon last year. Went up to Har Hertzl where those who die for us are buried. The last time I was up there was last year, for Michael Levin's funeral. Michael died 6 Av. This boy, 23 years old, died on 13 Av. There were rows of graves in between them - everyone who died that week.For all those boys dying and being remembered, the Army has professional Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-64043262683386958992007-07-24T16:29:00.001+03:002007-07-24T16:36:21.735+03:00And for my Friends from the Beach......nothing.It's been two years since we forcibly moved 8000 people from Gush Katif. Most of them are still living in temporary situations. Financial problems abound. Psychological hardship. Not much movement on the government's side. Not much attention in the media. Mainstream media seems to be silent. Only Artuz 7 is still paying attention.I don't think the disengagement was a smart move,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-28389504312262311412007-07-22T00:49:00.000+03:002007-07-22T00:54:45.120+03:00The Jewels of Web 2.0 Spell with Flickr, copped from Lotus on an Internet wander.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-39022143392011819862007-07-19T20:48:00.000+03:002007-07-19T21:11:51.279+03:00HorsesComing up from the spring, where I had searched for clarity, and found a heart of nameless ache, I saw three horses running across half-built house lots, up onto the street. The brown one, from a distance, was perfect - a regal majesty trapped in this world and echoing into the infinite. The white one was imperfect, spotted, and beautiful. A foal ran between them. I was arrested. I stood Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-62324180130214863722007-07-19T15:34:00.000+03:002007-07-19T15:44:03.779+03:00What did they get Right in Mexico?Esther posted an interesting statistic in the context of an argument for Jewish Education. Here's the relevant piece - from HaaretzIn contrast, history teaches that the most salient factor in preserving Jewish identity is an old, unfashionable method: intensive (not necessarily Orthodox) Jewish education, specifically elementary and high-school education. Figures from last year show that in the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-15828417921979497232007-07-13T13:42:00.000+03:002007-08-03T00:19:12.318+03:00Light in the DesertRollin' down to the desert with the PICZ crew, connecting with a reborn elemental Zionism beautiful. Young people looking to settle the outlying areas in the south and north, and moving thousands of people. Students building desert towns with eyes environmental and sentimental to the building that their grandparents did. They set the bar high, these guys. Real investment...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-25785724424423706922007-07-08T23:06:00.000+03:002007-07-08T23:13:26.384+03:00On Doing Something WorthwhileI never would have thought that I would have so little time for my own life. I feel like I've been overtaken. How can I tear myself away when there's so much to be done? Since I started learning Torah, I've never been learning less than I am right now - and I'm working for a Yeshiva! In high-tech, I closed the door to the office, and I was gone. Free to be, and all that. Now - I dream Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-15812674055370331172007-07-02T16:40:00.000+03:002007-07-02T16:41:43.830+03:00AllergicI broke out in hives while in America. Never happened before. The MIA-MCA thinks I'm allergic to New York.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-52706199050846138662007-07-02T16:29:00.000+03:002007-07-02T23:16:52.750+03:00Creative ZionismBeen hanging out at PICZ - The PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism these days. Actually, I've been hanging out in New York, meeting with supporters and alumni, but my heart has been at PICZ. I'm back on home turf now, and should be back in the swing of Creative Zionism soon.Had an interesting thought on what Creative Zionism is, based on the first passage in Rav Kook's Orot. He writes Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-7934514326000722682007-05-20T23:32:00.000+03:002007-06-26T16:31:05.076+03:00On issues, opinions, and the creative spiritI had written up the below almost a month back. It's a reflection on turbulence experienced in blogland. I felt like I wasn't really standing in the piece, like I was still hiding something from myself, so I put it on the back burner. I had the opportunity to speak with Esther Kustanowitz at PICZ about blogging, it's ways and means, and its discontents. The lady's got wisdom, and the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-24864110614980456332007-04-26T22:31:00.000+03:002007-04-26T22:34:10.185+03:00I've been sucked in......to facebook. They got it right, this site. Done well. It's way more fun and addictive than linkedin, much easier to use than myspace. I'm trying to figure out what the magic sauce is that makes it so terribly inviting...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-82405368166244002802007-04-19T00:24:00.000+03:002007-04-19T00:39:08.112+03:00A Manifesto for SummerThe Chassidic RevolutionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-3506975833420984512007-03-29T16:21:00.002+02:002007-03-29T19:40:51.588+02:00Redemption SongSmilin' Reb Baruch unearthed this magical unplanned chassidic story jam from last year's freedom season. Some sort of grace came down that night.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13201285.post-32787508047945719482007-03-25T17:25:00.000+02:002007-03-25T18:12:50.938+02:00A Strong Move to the HeartAnd from here where do I begin?I was feeling tired.Quite tired in fact.Come 6 o'clock on some days, and I'd be gone-but-gone - I had a certain motion of imagination where I would curl up on a shelf right about shoulder height and go to sleep. That's where my soul slept, and my body suffered through until it could find a place to shut on down - dead and away bone tired.So I got the number for a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454399936336486229noreply@blogger.com0