New details on Kol Nidrei at Occupy Wall Street
As I said yesterday, there will be Kol Nidrei at Zuccotti Park among the Occupy Wall Street folks tomorrow night. By way of an update on the logistics, here is a message that went out to everyone who...
View ArticleRosh Hashanah notes, part I
Hineni. More on that below. English I was surprised by how much English we did. I’m used to the idea that Reform congregations amp up the English for the High Holidays, but I was surprised by how much...
View ArticleRosh Hashanah notes, part II: Miriam and imahot
Some stuff I noticed during RH this year: I was surprised to find Miriam appearing along with Moses here in the lead-up to Mi Chamocha. I must have noticed her lurking in here last year, but she still...
View ArticleMy post about Occupy Kol Nidrei at the Forward! (And more….)
My photos from Occupy Kol Nidrei, posted with vodpod. I’ll have a traditional me-style play-by-play of the service itself up soon. For now, here’s some stuff about the service that’s appeared...
View ArticleOccupy Chag: A sukkah pops up in Zuccotti Park
Occupy Judaism pushes forward. After Kol Nidrei services in New York, Philly, DC, Chicago and Boston, Sukkot has come to the Wall Street protests of those cities as well as the protests of Atlanta and...
View ArticleAn egalitarian, Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Ugandan service? Sign. Me. Up.
I just posted this on the New Voices Magazine blog and I thought y’all might be interested too: Today, in New Voices Magazine, Carly Silver writes about Sephardic student life, or lack thereof, at...
View ArticlePocket-size weekday Eit Ratzon!
A magical email just arrived in my inbox from Joe Rosenstein, the creator of Siddur Eit Ratzon and Machzor Eit Ratzon: Friends, I am pleased to announce that, in response to many of your suggestions, I...
View ArticleOccupy Kol Nidrei: Paperback Lev Shalem; a new-found appreciation for the...
If you’ve come here from the Jewniverse email that went out on 9.27.12, welcome! Though the Jewniverse thing directed you here, I highly recommend just going straight over to my new blog,...
View ArticleMy first observations about the Koren Mesorat HaRav Siddur
If you’ve come here from the Jewniverse email that went out on 9.27.12, welcome! Though the Jewniverse thing directed you here, I highly recommend just going straight over to my new blog,...
View ArticleI HAVE RELOCATED
Join me now at davidamwilensky.com. The first post of this brave new world begins like this: I have no clever name for the blog this time. But welcome, all the same. It’s been about five months since I...
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