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Bringing History To Life
Every year, our fourth graders participate in the Wax Museum project. Students research a famous person that has made a positive difference in the world, write a speech, dress up as that person and stand frozen as if they were wax statues. This year students added another visual and informative element with trifolds. The trifolds displayed interesting facts, pictures, poems, and quotes about their famous person. Other students from our school are invited to meander through the Wax Museum and trigger the statues to come to life. Once triggered, the student wax statues begin spouting his or her biographical information. To practice for this event, students in various classes used the apps FaceTalk, and Mad Lips to help students memorize and listen to their speeches. After using the apps to create videos, students could listen to the speeches over and over again, make corrections, and re-record as needed to help them prepare for the live event. Students created Trading Cards for their famous person using the Trading Cards App. The 4th graders also created iMovie trailers to get students excited to come "see" their famous person at the Wax Museum. Great work 4th grade!
A Walk Through History
First graders in Ms. Tremel's class took a walk through history and emerged as published writers of their very own hardbound book all about famous citizens. Their beautiful book is a result of a biography genre study. Ms. Tremel's first grade class learned that biography books are nonfiction and have identifiable features. Each student read a picture book biography with a family member, recorded notes, and sited where facts were located in their books using colorful flags and a guiding worksheet. They studied other biographies in class and noticed that this genre usually includes a Table of Contents, chapter titles and subtitles, real photos and paintings, captions, labels, timelines, maps with keys, bolded vocabulary, and a Glossary.
Using their notes, students summarized the life of their famous citizen on the word processing app Pages. They also learned editing techniques, like capitalization, spellcheck, bolding text, aligning text, inserting graphics, adding captions, and saving text. Fourth graders from Mrs. Schatz's class swooped in as peer mentors to help their first grade friends create timelines from their notes on a mind-mapping app called Popplet. Then students learned how to use the Map app to locate Austin, Texas and the birthplace of their famous citizen. They connected these two points on their maps and were amazed to see the distance in miles and in hours. The timelines and maps were saved to their camera rolls and uploaded into their saved work on Pages where they learned to layer images with text.
Meanwhile, teaming up with Ms. Lee, the art teacher, students learned how to draw portraits while referencing pictures they had saved on their iPad camera rolls. They used pencils, Sharpies, crayons and watercolors to create portrait masterpieces of their famous citizens. All student work was uploaded to Student Treasures Online Publishing site to create this incredible printed bound collection of biographies. What an amazing journey these first graders undertook! You, too, can join us on a walk through history through the point of view of a first grader by taking a look at the PDF version of their book or ordering a hardbound copy for yourself. Go to the Student Treasures website, use the PIN 5053136 and enter the teacher's name as Tremel. Absolutely amazing work!
May Madness!
Bridge Point's May Madness is MADDER than ever this year! Ms. Rose and Ms. Dean (BPE's CRAZY PE teachers) and our Specials Teachers kicked off today's field day MADNESS event by dancing around as Minions to Happy by Pharrell Williams. Be sure to check out the Leader of the Minions dance moves!
hAPPy Friday with Timeline
Today's hAPPy Friday comes from Debbie Smith at Eanes Elementary. Timeline is an easy to use app that helps students organize events using labels and photos. Click here for the App Integration Snapshot.
Earth Day Music Share
Direct from the innovative minds of our magically talented music teachers, Ms. Hatch and Ms. Revering, we celebrated Earth Day this morning at Bridge Point Elementary. The performers included two talented 4th grade boys on drums and guitar, and a sweet singing and stomping crew of 120 Kindergartners and 140 4th graders sporting instruments made out of recycled items! Happy Earth Day, ya'll!
hAPPy Friday with Trading Cards
The Trading Cards app is a great FREE app for the iPad. Student can create cards to help them study, summarize books, follow characters in a book study, and so much more. Check out the App Integration Snapshot for more great ideas and quick video tutorial to get you started. hAPPy Friday!
Scribble Maps
Students in Mr. Root's 4th grade interact with geography in science, social studies and language arts using the website, Scribble Maps. Scribble Maps is an iPad friendly website that works a lot like Google Earth or Google Maps. You can draw by hand, create labels, place markers, circles or boxes and even add images. Scribble Maps can be used in all different ways to represent content knowledge and information through geography. And, it works GREAT on the Smartboard! Want to learn more? Check out this guide to using Scribble Maps in the classroom written by Taylor, a 4th grader in Mr. Root's class. Thanks, Taylor!!
hAPPy Friday with Weebly
This week's hAPPy Friday is brought to you by Jolie Jennings, Ed Tech at Cedar Creek Elementary. The Weebly app works in conjunction with the Weebly website creation tool to edit blog pages from the iPad. Weebly is a great way to get kids blogging with Weebly student accounts. It's great for writing blog posts from the perspective of someone living in the past, blogging reading responses, and publishing projects on explorers. To learn more, check out the App Integration Snapshot created by Ms. Jennings!
Kindergarten Roundup 2014
Well, it's that time of year again! Gather all your kids who turn five before September 1, 2014 and tell them to head on over to register for Kindergarten at our beautiful school! Want to see just how awesome Kindergarten is a Bridge Point? View our our teacher and student created Kinder Round Up video for 2014 featuring these songs: Everything is Awesome by Tegan, Sara and The Lonely Island, Best Day of My Life by American Authors, We're Going to be Friends by Jack Johnson and Count on Me by Bruno Mars. Kindergarten at Bridge Point is Awesome!
Enchanted Poetry
Merging Texas History, Language Arts, pictures and videos, Ms. Cook's 4th graders created living historical poetry that literally pops off the page! Using the Pages App, students authored poems based on historical events. They then took photos collected by Ms. Cook, and created a visual poem with the iMovie App, adding their voice and music. To top that off, her students used a printed picture to trigger an Aura using the Aurasma app that made their visual poem pop right off of the page. Texas History has never been so very magical!
In an effort to better protect our students from inappropriate content we are now requiring ALL devices connected to our network to utilize the EISD SSL decryption certificate. This allows the district to better filter both content and enforce safe search browsing. If you are visiting our schools and want to use your own device, please follow the directions posted here: http://www.eanesisd.net/cert
Super Readers
Super readers have Super Powers! First graders in Ms. Guthrie's class honed their Reading Super Powers in class today. Using Reading Street's leveled readers, iFiles, and the Explain Everything app, students practiced pacing, self-correction, using context clues, decoding skills, and reading with expression. To do this, students opened a PDF version of a leveled reader in Explain Everything and used the pointer tool (there are several options including a Light Saber!) to track what they were reading (see student directions). Students were able to record and listen to themselves reading. They could then apply their Reading Super Powers to become more fluent readers. Ms. Guthrie can now listen with her students to set individual goals, students can work in partners to review each other's reading powers and students can load the book a second time to re-record so they can hear their super reading powers improve! Go Super Readers!
Alphabet Book Fever
Letters lurk everywhere! Kindergartners in Ms. Krost, Ms. Plevich and Miss Hester's classes have alphabet book fever! Inspired by the original BPE ABC book project, these 5 and 6 year olds studied the genre of ABC books and noted how authors use text, font, color, alliteration, quotation marks and big vocabulary to write an ABC book. Using their iPads to capture hidden letters, our students hunted down very sneaky letters hiding in the halls, walls, and play spaces of Bridge Point. Check out their adventures by viewing the Animoto Videos and see their photos and writing in their beautiful ABC books below!
Bobcat Bingo Night
Bingo! Hundreds of Bobcat families attended a fun-filled night of family bingo on February 26th. Thanks to BPE parent, Ms. Dennis for creating this slideshow to showcase Bobcat Bingo Night.
hAPPy Friday with Videolicious
This week's hAPPy Friday App SnAPPshot is Videolicious.
Videolicious is a free iOS app for creating videos on the go. The concept behind Videolicious is similar to that used by services like Animoto. With Videolicious on your iPhone or iPad, you can mix together images, video clips, music and your voice to create a short video. Check out the App Integration Snapshot for a quick how-to. Thanks Margie Brown!
Plagiarism is really bad, it can get the teachers really mad! Ms. Mojica's 5th grade language arts students are delving deep into the process creating a quality research paper which includes understanding plagiarism, copyright, and paraphrasing. To learn more about how to avoid common pitfalls in the research process, check out the videos above and this presentation by our talented 5th graders.
hAPPy Friday-WWF Together
hAPPy Friday! This World Wildlife Federation app brings you in-depth, interactive stories of endangered animals, including giant pandas, tigers, monarch butterflies, marine turtles and polar bears. It includes printable origami directions for each animal, an interactive 3D globe, includes adventures like tiger vision and showcases unique facts about endangered animals. Learn more with the video tutorial: http://youtu.be/JGNafvYqr9s?t=18s and check out the App Integration Snapshot.
Digital Parent Gazette
Are you a Digital Parent? Learn how to stay connected to the digital learners in your household through EISD's Digital Parent Gazette. This month's topics include an adventure with an iTunes U Digital Parenting course, information on gaming addiction and how to handle distractions in this hyper-connected world.
Making Learning Stick
hAPPy Friday with Animoto
Create short and snazzy professional-looking videos for free with the Animoto App for the iPad. Check out the App Integration Snapshot from Jolie Jennings, Ed Tech at Cedar Creek for a tutorial and ideas about how to use it in your classroom.
iPad Learning Revolution
Ms. Husain (Educational Technology Coach) and Ms. McLaughlin (Instructional Coach) had the pleasure of sharing Bridge Point's awesome learning experiences with an international crowd at Ed Tech Teacher's iPad Summit in San Diego, California on February 4th.
We met and learned from educators from Canada, Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, England, Australia, Hawaii and California about best practices when implementing technology into the curriculum. Check out some of the resources we learned about here: http://list.ly/l/ESI
With a Beatles' 50th anniversary theme, we shared how curriculum and technology can COME TOGETHER with A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS and how we TWIST AND SHOUT about how our awesome teachers and students use iPads in their daily learning adventures.
Interested in our presentation? Using an iOS device, go to our iTunes U course: iPad Learning Revolution. And while you are at it, check out Ms. Fiske's presentation, From Luddite to Leader as well as Mr. Yenca's presentation on iTunes University Course Manager.
hAPPy Friday with Numbers
Today's hAPPy Friday is brought to you by Debbie Smith, Ed Tech at Eanes Elementary. Create powerful spreadsheets with your fingers with the Numbers App for the iPad! Check out the Numbers App Integration Snapshot so you can start using this powerful tool in your classroom.
Meet Our New Tech
Please meet the newest member of our Bridge Point Tech team, Andrew Boyd. Mr. Boyd joins our Bridge Point team as a Support Specialist (a.k.a Tech Ninja) from the Tech Services department of EISD. Mr. Boyd is a native of Georgetown, Texas and has his degree in Information Systems from Tarleton State University. He is an avid backpacker and has lead troops of kids ages 14-21 across Texas and New Mexico. We look forward to his expertise with our iPads, computers, sound systems, document cameras and all things tech at Bridge Point. Welcome!
hAPPy Friday with Aurasma
Looking for an alternative to QR codes? Check out Aurasma! Aurasma is an augmented reality app that uses a trigger image (like a book cover) to show a picture or video. Check out the App Integration Snapshot from Jolie Jennings from Cedar Creek Elementary.


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Friday, November 30, 2012
November Foodie Penpal Revel
Where has the time gone, it is the last day of November and time to do the Foodie Penpal Revel. This month my package came from Nae Carter who blogs at I Choose the Sun.
In our communication, I told Nae that I had a real sweet tooth. Boy did she hear that! My package was crammed with all sorts of goodies to take care of that sweet tooth. Nae sent so many wonderful treats that I have not yet finished them all.
First there was this little bag of Moose Munch (what a cute name). I love glazed popcorn, and this one had cashews in it, one of my favorite nuts.
I think I am going to use these dried pears in a snack mix. Interesting, I live where pears are grown, but I've never eaten dried ones that I know of.
This bag of trail mix was delicious.
Of course, a sweet tooth needs candy, and Nae took good care of it with these. I have been a good girl and restrained myself so there is some left.
Thanks Nae for sending me a great package to finish out the year.
Foodie Penpals was started by Lindsay over at the Lean Green Bean in September 2011. There is now an exchange in Canada and in Europe. For the month of December, we are making a contribution to charity, but the exchange will get rolling again in January. If you would like more information on how to join in the fun, drop by Lindsay's blog toward the end of December. She will have all the information up for getting started in the new year.
My package went to Barbara Geeco in Virginia who does not have a blog.
I am linking to to Foodie Penpal Reveal Day
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Study: Teens are drinking less, texting more
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I don't know if she was related to them or not but I have heard that her dads name was Willie Lee Mofield from around Benton or Hardin Kentucky.
Thanks for your response Ricky.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Coast Guard says one sailor is dead and four are missing after their yacht ran aground during a race off San Francisco.
Eight people were aboard the 38-foot sailing vessel when it struck rocks near the Farallon Islands Saturday.
Petty Officer Levi Read says helicopters and boats rescued three people and recovered the body of a fourth, but four others were still missing and a search was under way late Saturday night.
He says the accident occurred when waves were running 10-12 feet and a large wave swept four people off the boat. The boat ran aground as it turned around to rescue the four.
The yacht was taking part in a race around the islands, located about 30 miles west of San Francisco.
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In the clip below, Simien and the band stop by CBS's backstage "Thank You Cam" shorty after receiving their award.
A new draft of a proposed noise ordinance for New Orleans will be introduced at the Health and Human Needs Committee meeting on Monday, January 27 at 10am in City Council Chambers.
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Our favorite public station in Seattle posted this video the other day: Hurray for the Riff Raff performing live in the KEXP studio, recorded last October. It's a four-song set ("Look Out Mama", "The Body Electric", "Crash On The Highway", and "The New San Francisco Bay Blues"), including tunes from the new album Small Town Heroes.
Glen David Andrews reworks Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" with Paul Sanchez on guitar.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Apple Adds SSD Options to iMac All-In-One Desktops.
Apple Expands Storage Options for iMacs
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Nvidia May Introduce GeForce GTX 700-Series Line in May – Market Rumours.
Nvidia Reportedly Plans to Introduce New Product Lineup Based on Old Chips
Monday, April 22, 2013
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Ultra in Development – Rumours.
Nvidia Readies High-End Graphics Card with Fully-Fledged GK110 Chip
Thursday, April 18, 2013
MSI Debuts World's First and Only 27" All-in-One Gaming System.
MSI Unleashes 27" AIO System for Gamers
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Nvidia Sees the Last Light: Set to Bundle New Metro 2033 Video Game with Graphics Cards .
Nvidia to Respond to AMD's Never Settle Bundle with Metro Last Light
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Nvidia: Next-Generation Maxwell Architecture Will Break New Grounds.
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AMD and Adobe Team Up for GPGPU-Accelerated Premiere Pro Software.
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Nvidia Begins to Refresh Kepler Product Family with GeForce 700M Family Launch.
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A client of mine uses javascript banners, and would like to be able to add them manually in the CMS, however SilverStripe always strips out all the " & 's. So it never works. have tried lots all the different data types, but it always escapes the special characters.
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LONDON — Misty May-Treanor danced on the sand and then off it, leaving Horse Guards Parade with Kerri Walsh Jennings and a third gold medal.
Playing in the Summer Games together for the last time, the twice-defending champions extended their unbeaten streak to 21 in a row — through Athens, Beijing and now London — by defeating Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16 in an all-American final on Wednesday night.
The match started with nearby Big Ben pealing the hour and ended with the "Star-Spangled Banner" rising from the iconic venue in the Prime Minister's backyard, just down the Mall from the royal residence at Buckingham Palace. Playing on Henry VIII's former jousting tiltyard, with the current Prince Harry in the crowd, Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor continued their reign as champions of the beach.
"It's insane. It doesn't feel like it's real," Walsh Jennings said. "I told Misty when we were getting our medals: 'If I wake up tomorrow and we have to replay this match, I'm going to be furious.' Because it feels like I'm in a dream.
"It truly feels surreal and it didn't feel like that the first two times for whatever reason. But this, it's almost too good to be true."
Dominating the sport for three Olympiads, Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor have won every match they've ever played at the Summer Games and lost just one of 43 sets.
No one had ever won even two beach volleyball gold medals before the Americans won their second straight in Beijing.
No woman had ever won three Olympic beach volleyball medals of any kind.
"I know how hard it is to win one tournament. And the amount of tournaments they've won is crazy," said Kessy, who jumped for joy on the medal podium after she and Ross won silver in their Olympic debuts. "For them to do it for years and years and to be on top is just really impressive. We learn a lot from them."
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Submitted by marc.battyani 3114 days 10 hours 38 min ago
unicode possibilities
It would be nice if cl-user would display unicode input for CJK text. With PCL and On Lisp getting new printings in Japan, it might be beneficial to attract more brain-share from that side of the world. Would this be considered out of cl-user.net's scope?
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Perhaps it would be interesting to open up a "universities" category (or subcategory of Organization) to list universities that teach lisp?
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re: universities
This is a good idea. Done.
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re: unicode possibilities
I have to think about it.
The use of English as the standard language is prefered so that the information is useable by most lispers.
I don't mind some other language content though.
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Repository access
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LAS VEGAS -- A Clark County Grand Jury indicted 31-year-old Darius Sorrells on two counts of murder with use of deadly weapon for the murders of his mother and sister in their North Las Vegas home in late March.
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Prosecutors said that Sorrells killed his mother, Jan Burden, and sister, Natasha Sorrells, by hitting them in the head, and he dismembered his sister using a chain saw.
Family members, who live out of state, were concerned about Burden and Sorrells and contacted a friend who happened to be an airman at Nellis Air Force Base.
The airman kicked in the door when there was no response at the home and didn't find any bodies. When police returned to the home, they found the bodies. One was wrapped in plastic and the other was found in a bathtub.
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One smile can't change the world, but your smile changes mine.
Keep smiling… It makes people wonder what you've been up to. :)
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Smile cuz its easier than explaining whats wrong.
One of the most rewarding things in life is to always put a smile on your face.
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Smiles can mend a broken heart and fill an empty soul.
Successful or powerful people smile more often than average people, because of their competence, confidence and success.
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A smile happens in a flash but its memory can last for a lifetime.
Modest, kind or optimistic people often smile more than snobbish, unkind or pessimistic people.
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I'm a very simple person who hides thousands of feelings behind a smile.
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Does anyone know of a source other than LV or Lie Nielsen to buy a router plane blade? Every plane/router blade on Stanley's site is no longer available, and I can't find anything on Amazon or eBay that is a better option than Lee Valley. It doesn't have to fit any specific router plane, as I am planning on building a shop-made one. I think that eventually I will buy this set of Veritas blades for $62 and hopefully the Veritas Router plane itself, but I've bought so many tools lately my budget has worn thin (aka the wifey is watching me), so rather than buying one for $14 plus whatever shipping is I would rather wait until I can grab the whole set, and I wanted to explore another method.
I've come across a couple blogs where people mentioned making a router plane blade out of an allen wrench, have any of you guys tried this method? I've got one nice set of allen wrenches at home that I won't mess with, but I've also got a little box full of miscellaneous wrenches I've come across over the years. Obviously many of the loose allen wrenches I have are made out of crap material, half them are probably from Ikea, but several are steel, so I thought maybe if I find a couple they would be worth grinding to make a blade with? How do I tell if an allen wrench is worth taking the time to grind into a blade or not?
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A Story of Fatherhood
Growing up Colin Weil never doubted that he'd have the family he wanted—a husband and kids.
When I called Colin last week, I explained to him that Keshet was looking to celebrate gay, Jewish dads for Father's Day. "Great!" was his animated response. "I love celebrating, and I love being celebrated!" His enthusiasm didn't dwindle as we chatted away about how he became a father, his co-parenting story, and how he has begun showing Jewish values and LGBT pride to his young daughter.
Colin's story of fatherhood is rooted in a pride of his own LGBT identity—and he appreciates how lucky he is. Coming out to his family in the late 1980's could have gone poorly, but his family and friends have always accepted him. Colin joked that his mom, Sonya Michel, a women and gender historian who co-wrote The Jewish Woman in America alongside Paula Hyman and Charlotte Baum, would have been disappointed if she didn't have a gay son.
When Colin hit 40, he was single and ready to seriously think about kids. Over the next few years he considered surrogacy, but found it wouldn't be the right fit for him. Three years later a mutual family friend introduced Colin to a single, straight woman who was also contemplating having children. They were set up on, what Colin called, a "blind co-parenting date." Over the next few months they emailed, called, met, and even went to couples counseling as they thought about becoming co-parents. Their daughter Stella was born in February of 2011.
Colin shares custody of his daughter. He lives in New York City's West Village, which he calls "pretty much a Nirvana" for being a gay, Jewish parent. He's spent the past few years exposing his daughter to aspects of LGBT culture, while also immersing her in Jewish traditions. His lullabies for Stella have ranged from rock n' roll, to children's songs, to traditional Jewish melodies. Every Shabbat they light the candles together. Stella's mom comes from an interfaith background herself—so Stella is immersed in aspects of Jewish traditions, celebrates Easter and Christmas, and benefits from having a mother who identifies as a bit of a Jew-bu.
Colin's co-parenting situation might seem unique—it did to me. Well, until he put it in terms that are really quite easy to understand, "it's as if we got divorced before ever getting married." When I asked Colin if his family had been accepting of his parenting choices he told me that they very quickly accepted his decision. After all, parenting was always part of his plan. "I never stopped assuming that just because I was gay that I wouldn't have what the rest of my family has—kids."
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Why I'm Proud, but Wary
In June of 2001, when I was 16 years old, I went to my very first New York City Pride Parade.
Having just come out less than year earlier, I was equal parts excited and anxious about the spectacle that I was about to be a part of. Excited because this would mark my first foray into one of the most seminal events on the gay calendar, but anxious because I had no idea what it meant to participate in it.
I was so new to the community, and so very, very young that I really did not have any concept of what it meant to be proud. I mean, I had slowly developed a community of friends through this incredible organization called Pride for Youth, which hosted a weekly coffeehouse for LGBT teens every Friday evening, and which I credit sincerely with helping me to develop and cultivate my own identity. Without Pride for Youth, I would not be anywhere near able to have any pride in who I am, let alone be able to write about it in a national blog. So I saw the Parade sort of as an opportunity to show off this new, still very fresh identity, and to share in a day of celebration with other people of that same—or similar—identity.
Truth be told, however, save for getting a bit…closer with a friend of a friend (sorry mom!) I don't remember much about that parade, except feeling…overwhelmed.
So many scantily clad, unbelievably beautiful bodies gyrating to ever-pulsating music, balloons and rainbows as far as the eye could see, cheering, clapping, and dancing. I certainly felt swept up in the extreme joy that pervaded all of lower Manhattan, but I'm not sure if I felt pride. It all just seemed so…surface, as if the ecstasy of the moment betrayed a sense of apprehension underneath; dancing because as gay individuals, we didn't have the rights to do much else.
And, in the summer of 2001, we very much did not. There was scant representation of LGBT characters in media, if at all, hate crimes legislation had just stalled in the US Congress, as the specter of Matthew Shepherd's gruesome death still loomed large, and marriage equality was prohibitively, if not laughably, far into the future. We needed the exuberance of the Pride Parades to remind ourselves just how fabulous we were, since the rest of society didn't quite get it yet.
13 years later, and our communal status has grown exponentially. Our rights as US citizens are at an all-time high, with 19 states—and the incredible District of Columbia—giving full equality in marriage to LGB citizens, states like Maryland signing unprecedented anti-discrimination legislation into law, and signs that gay is fast becoming "the new normal." With every passing year, we have more to celebrate, as the rest of society catches up with our own community's realization of how awesome we are.
Certainly this is reason enough to be proud. To that, I would respond with a very qualified yes. Just as many in society recently—and spectacularly—instructed a certain Princeton undergrad to check his privilege, I urge us all to check our pride. Not because it may lead to arrogance, or haughtiness—we're not doing quite that well yet—but lest it lead to complacency. Our accomplishments are great, and ever-growing. Gay representatives, judges, senators, and football players are amazing, as are bearded Eurovision winners, and they will help round out models of all shapes, sizes, and genders for LGBT youth. But the recent Supreme Court rulings leave me hesitant at best for the Hobby Lobby case, and what will amount to legally sanctioned LGBT discrimination if the Court rules for Hobby Lobby. Do we run the risk of being too busy celebrating, and not fighting?
With each step forward we take as a community, society seems to mandate that we take about a half step back. This is of course a vast improvement from my first parade in 2001, when any small inch forward resulted in blocks of pushback, but we must forever pepper our pride with action. We need pride, it fuels us forward, ever closer to each other, and to the rest of the world. May our pride remind us that our work is never done.
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Why We March
This year will mark the 9th year that I have been marching in the Cadillac Barbie Indy Pride Parade in Indianapolis. My son had been out a few years and I took the plunge by joining other members of my PFLAG chapter to march in the parade. I have to say that I was not prepared for what I would witness that morning.
But as I marched in Pride that first year, I learned that not all LGBT people are as fortunate as Matthew. Before the parade started, people began lining the sidewalks along the parade route. At the appointed time, my group began marching. One of the women walking with me was another Jewish mom. She was an "old-timer" and I was a novice.
We walked very slowly down the street behind our PFLAG banner. I was smiling and waving, and then I heard a roaring sound. As the crowd noticed our banner, they began cheering and shouting—"We love you PFLAG—thank you—thank you!" I looked around and realized that it was LGBT adults who were doing the yelling and cheering. I looked at the woman I was marching with and even though she was smiling, she had tears streaming down her face.
I knew that too many LGBT young people faced scorn and isolation from their parents, and were bullied by their classmates. But until that moment, I hadn't understood that the LGBT adults who lined the sidewalks were still suffering from the pain of rejection from their parents—many of whom were not alive anymore. That pain never went away.
And then I realized that we—the supportive parents of LGBT children—represented the parents that these people never had.
I kept waving and smiling, but now I, too, had tears running down my face.
Annette Gross has continued to support her son and her community by founding the Indianapolis chapter of Keshet Parent & Family Connection program. The Keshet Parent and Family Connection is a diverse network of parents and family members of LGBTQ Jews across the country who are available to offer support to other parents dealing with any stage of their child's coming out process. Anyone can join or start their own chapter – visit our website to see more!
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How Will You Mark Pride Month?
Every June people across the world celebrate LGBTQ Pride. Take a look at some of our resources and prepare for a fantastic June!
Visit Keshet's Pride Events page for a list of Jewish LGBTQ Pride events happening across the United States this June. Be sure to add your organization's event to our listing!
Download your own Pride posters, stickers, and a graphic to help you celebrate and show your pride!
III. Sermons and D'vrei Torah
Looking for some words of inspiration? Check out these sermons and d'vrei Torah.
- Pride! by Kadin Henningsen
- Gay Pride, Red Cows, and the Cleansing Power of Ritual (Parashat Chukat and Parashat Balak) by Caryn Aviv
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Parashat Korach) by Rabbi Karen Perolman
- And a sweet article about a family outing to NYC Pride, Parade Queen: The Day My Niece Marched for Gay Pride by Marjorie Ingall
- This week's Torah Portion, Parashat Be'Ha'alotecha, examines the Israelites' struggles with their "coming out" experiences. Take a look at Rabbi Karen Perolman's interpretation.
- What is Jewish About Gay Pride? by David Levy
IV. Stories from the Community
This month we will be sharing stories from our community of moments of Pride. Keep an eye out on our blog, as we'll be updating and adding stories throughout the month. And, if you're interested in sharing your own story, email Jordyn to set something up!
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I'm Proud because Being Different is Not Just OK – It's Incredible
At the young age of 5, I started what would be a decade of denial. I should've known I was gay when I was in preschool, and I asked my mom if there was a country where I could marry my best friend, Rachel.
I should've known I was gay when I put it on my calendar every Monday for five years to "Pick A New Crush." Every other girl in my class had a crush on a boy, so I would take a look around a classroom and pick the boy that wasn't picking his nose. I didn't have high standards.
I should've known I was gay when I watched the movie Stranger Than Fiction over and over again just for the one scene when Maggie Gyllenhaal danced in the bakery.
I should've known I was gay, and deep down I did know I was gay, but society told me I had to be something I'm not, and I obeyed.
I came out for the first time to one of my closest friends at a convention for my youth group, United Synagogue Youth (USY). She immediately accepted me but I was still slapping myself in the face when I saw a cute girl and constantly praying to G-d to please, Hashem, help me be "normal."
I came out to a group of peers on April 4th, 2014 at the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton. I drove up from my New York suburb to Middle Of Nowhere, Connecticut (Falls Village) with my best friend from USY to the Isabella Freedman Center.
With shaking hands, I grabbed my suitcase and walked into a room with around 50 Jewish teens. Some draped rainbow flags over their shoulders and others chatted about the best challah recipe for Shabbat dinner. From learning about the hardships that other LGBT Jewish teens have endured to doing services on a mountain top, I felt the largest connection to Judaism I have ever experienced and my hatred for myself transformed into an overwhelming sense of pride. April 4th to 6th is the weekend that changed my life for the better.
I came out publicly to the world through a video of me being honored at the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network Awards and am now one of the first "out" people in my grade at school.
Walking into my suburban public school the next day was a nightmare. I feared being taunted, judged, losing the friends I had just finally made.
But it was exactly the opposite.
My day started with a phone call from another Keshet Teen LGBTQ Shabbaton attendee, congratulating me and wishing me luck. I only met that teen a few months ago, but they are now not only a friend, but family. I got messages of support from people in school and people in my synagogue, people who live next door to me, and people who practice Judaism in Africa.
Especially this month, I'm so incredibly thankful for the Jewish community for teaching me that different is not just "ok," but incredible.
We Jews are all over the place and the sense of family—whether the conversation is about coming out or what horseradish brand is on your seder plate—is so immense and welcoming. No matter what, I know that I am branded with the imprint of my grandmother's matzo ball recipe and that my rainbow flag is proudly stained with grape juice from my Shabbat dinner.
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What Does It Mean to Have Pride in One's Identities?
It is September 5, 2010. I am in my dorm room at Tufts University, having just arrived to campus a couple weeks earlier for Pre-Orientation. My heart is racing. I am staring at my computer screen, full of white and blue pixels, as my hand hovers over my laptop's touchpad. It feels like the last few weeks have all been leading up to this moment. Yet, I have no idea if people will even notice this moment, if they'll even talk about it. I hesitate, yet I make my decision. I click the appropriate button to save the changes. My Facebook now lists me as interested in men.
What does it mean to have pride in one's identities? Can we trace our pride? Figure out when we first acquired it? Measure it? Is our pride indicated by a facebook "interested in" section? A picture? A status?
As a queer person living in a heteronormative world, I was taught not to take pride in my identity before I even knew what that identity was. I still remember when I first began feeling attracted towards the same sex and was disgusted by myself. I still remember when I used to try my hardest to change my identity. I still remember when I vowed to myself that I would never reveal my same-sex attractions.
And yet, things change. I cannot pinpoint when exactly I began to be proud of my identity. It was definitely some time during freshman year, after I had already come out of the closet. But was it when I changed my Facebook "interested in" to men that I was truly prideful? I don't think so.
For me, coming out of the closet was a necessary step before I could be proud to be queer. Being proud means not just accepting one's identity but rejoicing in it. Embracing it. Loving it. Knowing that despite the pain and hardships it has caused you, you will not reject it. That you will own it. Taking pride in your identity is when you no longer only reveal that identity when it is unavoidable but freely offer up that information because you have nothing to be ashamed of. Because you don't.
For me, having pride in my queer identity is also about having pride in my Jewish queer identity. For too long, I thought that my queer identity and Jewish identity were in conflict. For too long, I thought that I would have to choose one over the other.
Coming to Tufts Hillel changed that thought process. At Tufts Hillel, it became clear that not only were those two identities not in conflict but they could even complement each other.
Yet, during my first couple of years at Tufts, I could not get a worrisome thought out of my head. What if my Jewish community here does not reflect the real world? Will I be able to find communities outside of a liberal University's college campus where both my queer and Jewish identities will be welcome?
Interning at Keshet my junior year taught me that I should not be worried. At Keshet, not only did I learn about some of the amazing Jewish communities and organizations across the country that are not only accepting but embracing queer Jews, I also saw firsthand the work that Keshet's employees were doing nationally to make sure even more Jewish institutions were actively embracing queer Jews. I saw what it meant to work in an office full of many people who were proud to be both Jewish and queer. For me, having pride in my queer identity meant I also had to have pride in my Jewish queer identity.
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Bringing a Rainbow (Cheesecake) to the Holiday Table
Next week marks the holiday of Shavuot. This holiday, which is celebrated seven weeks after Passover, marks the giving of the Torah. For a wide variety of reasons, Shavuot is celebrated by eating dairy. One reason I've heard is because having the Torah is as sweet as milk and honey. I've also heard that upon receiving the Torah the dietary laws of kosher became immediately clear –and the only dishes around were dairy dishes.
Regardless of the rational behind it, eating a whole lot of dairy has become the common practice for celebrating Shavuot. To celebrate the occasion I gathered a group of friends to try baking a rainbow cheesecake. Too often the LGBT experience isn't accounted for in the Jewish community so what better way to introduce the idea of inclusion than by bringing some literal rainbows to the table?
To start things off we found a recipe for tie-dye cheesecake from the Disney Chef. Here's what you'll need to get started:
- 1 package red velvet cake mix (plus ingredients to make it)
- 1 1/2 lb. cream cheese
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 16 oz sour cream
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- food coloring in primary colors to make red, orange, yellow, green, teal, and purple.
Start by preparing the red velvet cake. You'll find the directions on the package of cake mix.
After it's mixed, pour 1/3 of the red velvet cake batter into a 9 inch springform pan. Then, go ahead and bake it according to the directions on the box. You can also make cupcakes with the rest of the batter, so nothing goes to waste.
Next comes more mixing. Set your electronic mixer to low and beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy.
Add sugar, a little at a time, and beat until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
Add flour, vanilla, lemon juice, and sour cream and mix.
Next divide the batter evenly into 6 bowls. Use food coloring to create your colors of the rainbow.
Next, spoon the colored batter over the red velvet cake (which should still be in the springform.) You can either try to layer the colors, or create a mosaic of colors when you spoon the batter onto the cake. Leave 3/4 inch of space (at least) between the top of the batter and the top of the pan.
If you've gone with the mosaic pattern (like we did) and you want to create a tie-dye effect (like we wanted to), use a toothpick to slightly swirl the batter.
Place in the middle of the top rack of the oven and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
An important thing to know about the baking process — it will take a while. After the initial baking time of an hour and 15 minutes has passed, prop open the oven door and leave the cake in the warmed oven for an additional hour. After that hour has passed, remove from the oven and allow it to cool to room temperature. After that, you're still not ready to eat it. Refrigerate the creation for at least 12, but ideally 24, hours. Then…. enjoy!
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Life After Love: Cher & Jewish Mourning Rituals
In October 2013, when I bought my tickets to see Cher's Dressed to Kill tour, which would be playing down the street from my house in the then-distant future of May 2014, my mother asked with mock hurt in her voice why I hadn't invited her to see the show with me.
At the time, I thought it was a bit of a ridiculous request. Although my mother had taken me to my earliest concerts in my pre-teen days, I couldn't really envision her enjoying a stadium show at age 67. I imagined the show would be unbearably loud for her, and over the last couple of years, her health had slipped, and she just seemed too frail for that kind of environment. Plus, what interest did my mom have in the electronic dance diva that Cher has become in the most recent evolution of her career?
At the same time, I remembered a long-forgotten moment my mother and I had shared when I was in high school. My mother had been my synagogue's youth director, and USY was my number one activity, so we spent a lot of time together. While most teenagers might have bristled at having their mothers present in these settings, I never let the presence of my mother get in the way of my teenage shenanigans, whether that meant sneaking out of my room at a convention to surreptitiously hook up, dressing in a costume that was little more than underwear for a trip to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show, or, as I just remembered—playing Cher to my mother's Sonny Bono for a lip sync contest in the basement of my synagogue. (Our "I Got You Babe" brought the house down. Sadly, this predated the YouTube era, and I'm not even sure if photographs were taken.) This same comfort and closeness served us well in my adulthood, and many of my friends from Keshet remember my parents marching with us in the Pride Parade in matching Keshet t-shirts.
My mom passed away at the end of December, and although she had been in declining health, her death was a shock. Judaism's mourning rituals provide a gradual plan for coping, setting out an eleven-month process for children who've lost a parent that balances the need for solitude and grief with the need to stay connected to community.
One profound way our tradition makes this period distinct is by removing the mourner from "public joy," meaning someone who has suffered a loss typically avoids parties (including weddings and b'nai mitzvah), theaters and cinemas, and concerts. As with many Jewish customs, there are loopholes, particularly if your line of work requires you to participate in these kinds of events: a wedding photographer, for example, isn't expected to stop working for the year. As someone who's semi-professionally involved in the theater, I knew I'd need to figure out what felt right in that arena for me. I gave away some tickets, made an extra effort to ensure that shows I saw were directly related to projects I was working on, and so forth.
The Cher concert was months away. I had time to figure it out. But I knew that I couldn't miss it—not because I cared so much about Cher, but because it was one of the few things coming up in my life that I had shared with my mom in the last months of hers.
Going to the concert wasn't the easiest choice I've made. My section was filled with women who reminded me of my mother, and the number of times Cher herself mentioned her age—one year older than my mom—kept bringing my mom to the forefront of my mind. But at the same time, enjoying the songs that had been part of the bond between my mother and me reinforced in a visceral way how I remain connected to my mother even though she's gone. And of course, Cher's stock in trade is songs about surviving and moving forward despite loss. And even thought I know she meant it in a different way than I heard it that night, Cher helped me believe in life after love.
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Honor Harvey Milk
Support LGBT civil rights and celebrate the legacy of Harvey Milk by stocking up on the new Harvey Milk Forever Stamp. Learn more about Harvey Milk here!
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40 Years in the Wilderness
We're incredibly grateful to Yiscah for sharing this excerpt from her forthcoming book, 40 Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living. She describes her book as her "memoir of the joys and struggles with my own spirituality, gender identity, and commitment to living true to myself." You can learn more about Yishcah here and learn more about the book here.
July 1981 – 30 years old – Long Island, New York
On July 3, 1981, I wake up to my thirtieth birthday stressed, exhausted, deflated. I wake up to this nightmare of reality every day. I ask myself, "Why is this day different than any other day?" I answer, "It isn't." I ask myself, "Am I really in Patchogue? Why am I not waking up in Israel? Is this really my life?" I recall how ten years earlier I celebrated my twentieth birthday on my first visit to Israel. Why is this day different than any other day? Today, on my thirtieth birthday, I am more aware than ever before of my own suffering.
Each morning when I realize I am awake, as I observe the Jewish tradition, I utter a statement of thanksgiving to God for the blessing of waking up to another day of life. The very first words a Jew utters, while still in bed, are "modeh ahni"—I thank you. Each morning I somehow muster up the wherewithal to utter modeh ahni. The very first two-syllable word that my breath releases into the world each morning belies the truth. My life is a curse. Even grammar betrays me. The Hebrew language is gender defined. So, not only am I saying "modeh," thank you, and not meaning it, I am using the masculine form of the verb, and not "modah," in the feminine. Even my lie is lying. While my lack of thankfulness is the essence of the lie, even the way I express it is not in truth.
I imagine what my life would be like if I could say modah ahni and mean it. I imagine what miracle it would take for me to wake up feeling grateful for the blessing of life, rather than cursed. I imagine waking up so grateful that my very first words would be to simply say to my Creator, "thank You," and to really mean it! Impossible!
And I know. I know exactly what my life would have to be like for that to happen, and I also know that I might as well dream to sprout wings and soar upward into the sky. In those years, the reality that my body could actually become that of a woman, literally, totally evaded me. I had no idea that as a caterpillar, entrapped in my own skin, I could indeed undergo a metamorphosis and emerge into a butterfly.
So, I wake up in hiding, I go through the motions of the day in hiding, and I go to sleep in hiding. I am petrified that someone will find out who I really am. After all, I myself am petrified of who I really am!
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Give Back a Smile
Susan Kauffman has a beautiful smile, but it wasn't always that way.   She says she endured decades of physical abuse growing up and later in life.  Â
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Jean B., the narrator of Patrick Modiano's Honeymoon, is submerged in a world where day and night, past and present, have no demarcations. Having spent his adult life making documentary films about lost explorers, Jean suddenly decides to abandon his wife and career, and takes what seems to be a journey to nowhere. He pretends to fly to Rio to make another film, but instead returns to his own Parisian suburb to spend his solitary days recounting or imagining the lives of Ingrid and Rigaud, a refugee couple he had met twenty years before, and in whom he had recognized a spiritual anomie that seemed to reflect and justify his own. Little by little, their story takes on more reality than Jean's daily existence, as his excavation of the past slowly becomes an all-encompassing obsession.
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