The Reading List: Sukkot Travel Fun!

By Ben Sales September 22, 2010

Part of the reason this Reading list is so late today is that I departed New York this morning for my hometown of Northbrook, IL–and I flew holding my lulav and etrog. Luch to my surprise, the traditional four species did not delay me at all in the security check, and no one commented on…

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Jewish Spirituality Course–first reflection paper–identity and lifestyle

By David A.M. Wilensky September 22, 2010

As previously mentioned at my person blog, The Reform Shuckle, I’m taking a Jewish Spirituality course this semester. This post, crossposted to The Shuckle here, is actually just the first of four two-page reflection papers that I’ll do for this course over the course of the semester. There a few ideas in here that I…

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Love in a Strange Land

By Rachel Trager September 22, 2010

When they go abroad, students often feel lost and confused in a new country. And some find romance with a local resident overseas to ease the culture shock. But does the new relationship add familiarity to the experience, or make it even more foreign?

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eTorah

By akinman September 22, 2010

Compiled of 304,805 letters, 42 lines on each page, and parchment sewn together, a Torah is born (Chabad). But what if that Torah could be created and shipped to you in a matter of minutes. Enter the Kindle. With four weeks into school, I’ve seen JanSport backpacks look lighter, and paperbacks become obsolete. Inevitably, Amazon’s…

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