November 2009

Dr. Maina Singh and the Indian Jews of Israel

November 30, 2009

Every time I find out about another ethnic Jewish minority, it blows my mind.  How many permutations of us are there? Of course you have your garden variety North American Jews, then you have us Russian Jews who are apprently invading everything, and then there are the Ethiopians, the cool kids of the 1990s.  But Indian Jews?  Really? A couple weeks ago, at American University, Dr. Maina Chawla Singh delivered a lecture on Being Indian, Being Israeli. Dr. Singh  is ...

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The Boykis New Year Tree in Force

November 30, 2009

Since last week’s post on New Year trees, I’ve put up our own. Since I currently have no post of substance to offer you (I am working on one for this evening/night,) I figure I can distract you with our tree for now. If you’re wondering why a bird is our tree topper, that would be because doves stand for the universal message of peace and love. Also because I was too cheap to buy a star tree topper for ...

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Comic: Black Friday

November 27, 2009
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Comic: The Jews of the Mayflower

November 26, 2009
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I am thankful for…

November 25, 2009

being done with my novel! I closed in yesterday with 50,035 words and am taking a major break. Towards the end, it was really bad.  But your support helped me out so much, and I want to thank you for answering my questions and commenting on my blog posts, which is part of what kept me going and kept me semi-sane. All’s well that ends well in the novel.  But now comes the hard part-editing.  Anyone know any literary agents ...

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