Orthodox Jew, father of 4, Hirschian/ Soloveitchikian, die-hard Mets fan, talmud & jazz dilettante, straight musical theatre queen, proponent of “whom”

Joined August 2007
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Jun 15
Your periodic reminder that Israel is not the 51st state of the US, and that America is not the West West Bank...
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Jun 14
Read (much too little) of these over Shabbat…
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Jun 14
Glinert’s work is remarkably ambitious: introduce, teach, and promote understanding of Leshon Kodesh to a wide audience, with hundreds of carefully curated examples across scripture & rabbinic texts. Learning a ton, but it’s a work to dip into, not consumed in a few sittings…
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Jun 14
Kreitner’s work is excellent and a much faster read. Not always a pleasant one, but a necessary corrective to the messy historical reality of Jewish involvement and non-involvement in the American slave system…
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Jun 12
Over/under on percentage of MO rabbis quoting Jalen Brunson in this week's drasha?
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Jun 1
In a sane world, this would be all that anyone would talk about for a week at least....
Cheers, chills, and a standing ovation when RASolute 302 showed unprecedented survival on daraxonrasib for patients with progressive pancreatic cancer Seldom do you sense you’re witnessing a historic moment in cancer care but this feels like ras targeting has arrived #ASCO26
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May 24
Great overview of several personalities I’ve been interested in for some time now. @JYuter — I think we discussed some of this a number of years back; might be worth checking out…
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May 19
Note to my coreligionists: if you’re going to (admirably!) call out someone’s racism by name, don’t preface that call-out with “let’s call a spade a spade,” ok? 🤦‍♂️
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May 8
Terrific interview of @KassyAkiva on the Tikvah podcast. Worth a listen and reflection, even (or perhaps especially) if your politics don’t align with either… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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May 7
Am I the only person who thinks that AI-enhanced profile pictures are both obvious and hideous? Seeing more & more of them at work, and feeling like my audiophile friends who want to vomit when they hear any autotuning...
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May 4
At a Certain Age, your "enemies" become as dear to you as your friends. John Sterling was the enemy: an announcer for the hated Yankees, a complete cheeseball, and (for me) boring as all get-out. Doesn't matter now; I'll miss him more than he missed that non-homer call. RIP.
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Apr 30
Was glad to hear so many of my concerns, fears, and criticisms validated by this conversation. Less glad to hear how few practical solutions we have for them...
Replying to @18_forty
Rabbi Michael Olshin asks: what should this year actually accomplish? From Hebrew fluency to rethinking the balance between learning and contributing to Israel—he challenges us to raise our expectations. Watch here: 18forty.org/podcast/michael-…
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Apr 22
In a sane world, we'd have bipartisan appreciation of journalists like Kliff, and bipartisan action to address the issues they bring up. C'mon, folks!
The big surprise of the No Surprises Act: Doctors are cashing in on the consumer protection law, getting paid $440,000 for breast reductions and $14,000 for steroid injections. Latest investigation with @sangerkatz: nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/po…
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Apr 19
Questions for my people in Jewish education. Here are two words from last week’s torah portion. At what age do you think a student should know enough Hebrew to be able to accurately translate each of them, and what percentage of students of that age do you think can?
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Apr 17
Happiest of birthdays to the great @stevesomerswfan ! Biz a hundert un tvansik in health, happiness, and shmoozing a little s-p-o-r-t-s….
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Apr 16
Haven't gotten through every detail yet, but the Samis Foundation put out what seems like a pretty good overview report on what it would take for Jewish day schools to have comparable tuitions as Catholic schools (cc @DBashIdeas @KassyKosher ): samisfoundation.org/day-scho…
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Apr 16
Not much that I didn't know/think already (which, TBH, is concerning to me), but this looks like a really good springboard for meaningful conversation on what our communal values are and should be when it comes to religious education...
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Apr 10
LET’s GET READY TO RUMMMMPLE!
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Mar 22
A little time spent with these over Shabbat:
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Mar 22
Enjoying the Glinert book in small doses. Really something to dip into and skip the footnotes for a second read, methinks.
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