April 21, 2009
My mom calls me. “Do you have a candle,” she asks. “No..” I think of all the Glade scented candles I have. She can’t mean those. Her voice sounds serious. “Why not? Don’t you know what day it is?” I start to panic. I didn’t know. I felt like I failed some sort of Jew test. “No. What day is it?” “It’s Holocaust Memorial Day. Go light a candle.” Oh, I had candles. But,I wasn’t going to light a ...
April 20, 2009
Last night, Mr. B and I went to go see A.B. Yehoshua at Sixth and I. I can’t believe how much they’ve completely renovated what was a stale building and community somewhere on the outskirts of Chinatown to a vibrant focal meeting point for all kinds of DC Jews and at the caliber of speakers they tend to garner. I am constantly impressed at the amount of work they do on their brand, especially to engage people in their 20s-30s ...