April 4, 2006 Web Wire Editor’s Note Print E-mail
Written by Josh Nathan-Kazis   

The Cruelest Month
The other morning, I woke up around ten, took a shower, and proceeded to sit in my darkened room for three hours making a list of reasons why I shouldn’t do my Kierkegaard reading. Finally it was time for class. Getting up from my desk, I parted the slats of my shades, just to see how many layers of jackets I needed to wear. At once, a ray of brilliant sunlight shattered the musty gloom of my cramped apartment. In one swift motion I hurled open the blinds and – behold! The first day of spring! The sun was shining, the robins were flitting from tree to tree, and skirts seemed to have shrunk overnight by factors approaching zero.

There’s nothing like April in New England. People you haven’t seen since November emerge from hibernation, shedding layers of bulky parkas. The Frisbees start flying, the bees start stinging, and the grassy hill in the center of campus proves to be irresistibly attractive to even the most dedicated students.

All this is to say: stand up. Go outside. Play on the grass. Roll around a bit. Then, come back inside, read the Web Wire, have some water and maybe a cookie, and get back out there.

In this issue of the Web Wire: Rabbinical students protest the barring of gays from the Conservative Movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary. Kids on Spring Break help clean up in New Orleans, and participate in a bit of civil disobedience while they’re at it. Plus, Jewlicious.com challenges the definition of a blog.

Special thanks this week to talent wrangler Pesha Black
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