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On becoming a temporary regular.

Tuesday, 24 November 2009 4:48 A GMT-06
My time in Tel Aviv is almost up. Not really, I'm in my third week of three full weeks, but it feels like my time here is drawing to an end. One of the things that I've done on this trip is become a regular at three different places. I think
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The Shidduch Crisis for Liberal Jews

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 4:54 A GMT-06
I was on instant messenger with a good friend this morning and we were lamenting the state of dating for liberal Jews in Chicago. I commented that the shidduch crisis in the Reform movement is that nobody is doing any matchmaking. We're left to o
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Did I mention that I'm in Israel?

Monday, 9 November 2009 12:32 A GMT-06
After I got home from Israel this summer, I had it in my head that I would return in November. Not for any particular reason, just that I would return. I started keeping my schedule clear and talking to friends about planning a trip. Finally a friend
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We Live In Public

Sunday, 25 October 2009 12:14 A GMT-06
"About two years ago, I looked around and realized that what I had documented back then was a physical metaphor of how people would react to the Internet, which Josh predicted would eventually take over our lives." Ondi Timoner, Director, W
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Trip Number Five, Chapter Number One

Thursday, 22 October 2009 10:28 P GMT-06
While I was at The Conversation in Baltimore, I read the few existing chapters from the novel I hope to write. The feed back was very encouraging, so I'm planning on working on it while I'm in Israel. Yep, I'm going back. I have a few web

"I'm nobody special."

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 11:46 P GMT-06
"Please don't blog about this." I said it or he said it or we both said it to each other. We agreed and then went to our blogs and made obtuse references to what we'd promised each other we wouldn't blog. As I tweeted to my frie
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Guest Post: Lech Lecha d'var Torah by Jill Gardner

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 11:21 A GMT-06
My friend Jill Gardner gave this d'var on Lech Lecha in 2006 and offered to let me share it with you here. She's giving a new d'var on the same portion this month and exploring how her life has changed and how this Torah portion now is so

It is past time for the release of Gilad Shalit

Friday, 2 October 2009 12:14 P GMT-06

Chicago is...

Friday, 2 October 2009 11:12 A GMT-06
I moved to Chicago in May 2002 and it remains my favorite city in the world. Yes, it's true, Tel Aviv competes for my heart and I have a soft spot for La Plata in Argentina, but Chicago is the love of my life... even if we break up and I move awa
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Race, wrestling and an elaborate entrance

Sunday, 27 September 2009 12:01 P GMT-06
Last night I got an invitation to head to Victory Garden's to see the newest play on the stage there . I said yes before I even knew what the play was and after I realized it was a play about professional wrestling, I still went. The Elaborate En
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Very delayed reviews

Friday, 25 September 2009 10:13 A GMT-06
Back in January, I was sent two books to review and I just realized I never told you about them. Thankfully this isn't a book review blog or I'd be in big trouble. I'm always honest with publicists that I may or may not review the book an

Growing up

Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:41 P GMT-06
Five years. That's how long I've been going to my synagogue. I started on Christmas Eve in 2004. A week later, at a Shabbat/New Year's Eve service, my friend Judy and her recently bat mitzvahed daughter Rosie read from Torah and gave the
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Natiiv meet Dig

Friday, 18 September 2009 12:26 P GMT-06
Towards the end of the summer, a professor from Loyola invited a small group of communications professors and social media practitioners to a brainstorm. The subject: how to best teach college students about social media as part of their master's

Moving into 5770 (the year, not the address)

Thursday, 17 September 2009 9:57 A GMT-06
Flew into DC on September 11. Worked my way from Baltimore aiport to DuPont Circle. Caught up with Avi Kaplan, aka Meshugavi, to drop off my bags and go shopping for food to prepare for various shabbat meals. Walked across DC, spied the White House f
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Dream Fridge

Friday, 4 September 2009 12:20 P GMT-06
A couple weeks ago (yes, weeks) I came home from a long day of teaching at a rock n roll school and found out that my fridge was kaput. Everything had melted and spoiled. The fridge was running hot air. So I cleaned it out, cleaned the coils and let
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A short thank you video

Thursday, 13 August 2009 11:23 A GMT-06
Thank you for donating and for sharing names of people that I could walk for. 

The Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 2:25 P GMT-06
Every once and awhile, a publicist sends me a book to review on my blog. I don't remember when I was offered The Impostor's Daughter, but it showed up last week and I looked at the hefty hardback book and knew I wouldn't have the energy t

Lessons Learned on a 60 mile walk

Monday, 10 August 2009 10:17 A GMT-06
After the Atlanta Breast Cancer 3-Day in 2008, I limped for a month. I wore my walking shoes every day to try and get to a place where I wasn't hobbling and popping pain pills. I finally saw a chiropractor about my back and my legs, spent months
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Thank you, ECRA

Monday, 3 August 2009 3:58 P GMT-06
This morning I woke up to the sound of rain and was certain that I would be one of the few people standing with my synagogue. As you know, we organized a counter-protest with the Edgewater Community Religious Association against the Westboro Baptist
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Get the door, it's Domino's! No, it's @leahjones!

Monday, 3 August 2009 3:54 P GMT-06
Did you know that eating pizza can reduce the risk of breast cancer?Okay, maybe not, but for two hours tomorrow night, ordering pizza from Domino's in Chicago will help Team Titterati raise funds for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day. Why Do

Can you cheer on Team Titterati?

Saturday, 1 August 2009 11:57 A GMT-06
There was a lot I didn't know before I did the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day last year. Top on the list is that I didn't expect I would do the walk this year, but a close second was how meaningful the cheering stations would be for me. Th
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First they came for the Jews

Friday, 31 July 2009 11:17 P GMT-06
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a
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Own It

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:08 A GMT-06
In seventh grade, I tried out for the cheerleading squad. If anyone was born to be a cheerleader, she is not me. Halfway through a cheer, maybe the solo cheer or maybe during a group cheer, I ran off from the center and sat down against the wall. I w
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Things I Might Have Said

Sunday, 26 July 2009 12:18 P GMT-06
"I like to pretend I have boundaries." via Danticoa "No blog is better than an abandoned blog" via GwynneMurphy"Anything you want from a relationship you want from a blog!" via MOgulnick"What I love about social me

On the 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

Wednesday, 22 July 2009 2:39 P GMT-06
From my dad to the Tribune Star. Hopefully they publish it and perhaps other outlets will pick up the story as well.With the recent interest in the 40th anniversary of man's landing on the moon, I would like to offer a never published fact. This
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