Author Archives: Mike Kessler

September 11, Take Two

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Mike Kessler

It’s an interesting 9/11. For me, today is Shabbat, the sabbath. Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, has just ended, and Yom Kippur is approaching. This ten day period is called the Days of Awe or the High Holy Days. … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Be kind, or be gone

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Mike Kessler

If you haven’t read it yet, we have a comment policy on this blog. I’ve reposted it below. Bottom line: Abusive comments, bullying, or comments said in a manner perceived by us to provoke anger or ill feelings will almost … Continue reading →

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Drash: Shoftim

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Mike Kessler

The entire Torah (Five Books of Moses) is read from beginning to end each year in synagogues around the world. In order to do so, the Torah is divided up into portions. On virtually every Jewish calendar, you will see a notation on … Continue reading →

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So here we go

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Mike Kessler

Buck will write more later, but I thought I’d write a quick note. We’d been using a very old version of WordPress for our blog (“old” for blogs is sort of like dog years). I hadn’t backed up our blog … Continue reading →

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We’re still trying to restore the blog

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Mike Kessler

Please bear with us as we work on getting all of our old posts back online. It’s proving harder to do than we thought.

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