Birthright and Alcohol
The Golan winery serves free alcohol. Since that appeals to both demographic constituencies of this trip – ‘young adult’ and ‘Jewish’ – there was no way we weren’t going…
An important correction (and an endorsement?)
In my recent post re: Joshua Goldman’s guest column in the DP, “My ‘Birthwrong’ experience”, I referred to DP columnist Ernest Owens as “the venerable Ernest T. Owens.” It has recently been drawn to my attention that this appellation was mistaken: Those of you who are literate can see that his middle initial is, in fact, ‘L.’, and … Read more
re: Joshua Goldman’s guest column in the DP, “My ‘Birthwrong’ experience”
The venerable Ernest T. Owens opined yesterday against The Daily Pennsylvanian’s practice of publishing “a string of guest columns and letters to the editor” – so I can think of no better occasion to dredge up an article probably best left buried in the paper’s archives. There is obviously no shortage of columns that match … Read more
Attack of the Snails!
A few people have asked me to write about Birthright. The recent ארץ נהדרת skit severely tempted me, and I might choose to do so in a more substantive way at some point, but in the meantime, I prefer to focus on the highlight of my trip to Israel: snails. It all began with my introduction … Read more
I’m basically the Invisible Man
In 2008, I ‘ran’ for a position on the inaugural OCP Advisory Board. The process involved sending an email to a few friends and asking them to nominate me. My email began as follows: As the only radical environmentalist Orthodox Jew from Seattle who loves The Office and really likes orange on campus, I sometimes feel like … Read more
Alcohol.edu short enough for you to pay attention to
As has been related elsewhere, the frequency with which I post is directly proportionate to the degree to which I have nothing better to do. While staffing My Bus (/Best Bus/Drunk Bus) for Birthright over the past few weeks, I’ve had many better things to do. Lucky for you (not so much for me), that … Read more
