Reading My Way into Why
(Photo: San Francisco’s little bookstore with a big effect.) It’s been three years since I came to Chicago and I still haven’t figured out why I did it. I know the factors that pushed me away from New...
View ArticleFear of Falling
(Photo: You never know where life will take you. Credit: Looper.) Walking out my front door and into the remains of a bank robbery this evening brought to mind the absurdity of life. Never knowing...
View ArticleMy New Huffington Post Chicago Byline
(Photo: You never know where life will take you. Credit: Devyn Caldwell.) The new Huffington Post Chicago page debuts today. And guess which Windy City carless blogger has got a byline there? Last...
View ArticleBuzzle the Wuzzle
(Photo: Wuzzles in the wild...Wall art inside Cincinnati’s Museum Center at Union Terminal.) On a walk along Wabash one bone-chilling day My suburban friend, Val, had something say: “You can’t tell...
View ArticleBecome a Jew in 28 Easy Books: My Conversion Reading List
Update (4/4/11): You can now explore my annotated conversion reading list and find out what post-conversion Judaica I’m reading now by visiting my Goodreads profile. When you’re done here, I invite...
View ArticleAmidah Project: Everything Is Holy
This post is part of my Amidah Project series–an attempt to examine my personal experience of the core prayers of the normative Reform Jewish liturgy. For more, please browse my Amidah Project...
View ArticleThe Amidah Project: Kol Nidre
This post is part of my Amidah Project series–an attempt to examine my personal experience of the core prayers of the normative Reform Jewish liturgy. For more, please browse my Amidah Project...
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