August 2009

Guest Post: Jew Tattoos and Piercings, Too

August 31, 2009

Note: While I remain in the Land of Falafel, this is a guest post from my fabulous friend Average Jane, or @awapy on Twitter, who’s bailed me out before. Via Zeeveez on Flickr I started working at my campus’ Hillel at 8 – piercing number 8. I was a good, smart kid, active in Hillel, with a stellar resume, they couldn’t really say “no.” I was working for the regional director (a rabbi) and his Frummie assistant doing fundraising. There ...

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Friday Links 8.28.09

August 28, 2009

I am in Israel! But the links are still here.  And they are sad. Hey, links, you should have booked your ticket on El Al, too. 1.  Russian Jews ponder the age-old question: America or Israel. Unfortunately a question too close to my heart.  (Thanks, Sarah!) 2.  Hillary Clinton’s relevant again.  Or something. 3.  Locks of love in Russia (real locks, not hair.) 4.  Jewish classics set to Latin beats.  This is so cool. 5.  Orchids: the whores of the ...

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Guest Post: Russian Protocol for Safe Travel

August 27, 2009

Note: If you are reading this post, then we are in Israel and I am definitely not posting anytime soon because I am too busy eating falafel/singlehandedly fighting Hamas.    Today’s guest post is from Marinka, who is also a Russian Jew, and therefore also inherently awesome.  Except, she also has kids AND a cat named Nicki, all of which she deals with deftly and with a sharp wit, so she might just be more awesome than me.  Maybe. The first ...

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Leavin’ on a Jet Plane…

August 26, 2009

My heart is in the East, and I am at the ends of the West; How can I taste what I eat and how could it be pleasing to me? How shall I render my vows and my bonds, while yet Zion lies beneath the fetter of Edom, and I am in the chains of Arabia? It would be easy for me to leave all the bounty of Spain – As it is precious for me to behold the dust ...

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Me Elsewhere

August 25, 2009

No post today, but two quick things: My first book review for Interfaithfamily.com is for Sana Krasikov’s One More Year. And my first attempts at Uzbek cooking for neweurasia.net:

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