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Reading Esther and Coming of Age
The story of Esther teaches us many things, amongst them, that timing is everything.
This year, the women's Megillat Esther reading in Sydney, Australia marks its fifteenth year! We began in a private home with about thirty women. As the years went on and our numbers grew, we read the Megillah each year in various communal halls in Sydney. In 2013, for the very first time, we held our women's Megillah reading in the main sanctuary of a Modern Orthodox synagogue! Over 25 women read from the Megillah for a total of 110 women in attendance.
This year we will have more women reading than ever before and, please God, a record number of women attending in celebration.
What can we, a group of women who have been gathering to read the Megillah for fifteen years, learn from the story of Esther? When we are looking for Hashem's hand in Jewish history, we must take a long-term perspective.
The story of Esther seems like an unlikely, outrageous chain of events that follow one after another. During the course of the hour-long reading, the Jews go from the verge of annihilation to miraculous redemption. The events seem to occur in immediate succession, but actually Achashverosh ascended the throne a full twelve years before Mordechai and Esther step up and consolidate their political power.
In our twelfth year of reading Megillah – our "Bat Mitzvah" year – we gathered in a hall at the oldest and largest Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School in Sydney. It took some discussion, but we successfully gained permission from the rabbi of the school to hold the reading on the premises.
A young woman's Bat Mitzvah is the point in her life when she enters adulthood and assumes responsibility for her own spirituality. As a consequence, the community takes her seriously. And so it was with our women's Megillah reading. Our Bat Mitzvah year was a turning point – it was the year that the mainstream Orthodox community began to "take us seriously."
We were excited to be in this new phase. Since then, we have gone from strength to strength. In year thirteen, we held two readings: The first was in the Jewish Day School, at which some of the readers were students of the school and the attendees included female students and teachers. For many women, this was the first time they had even heard of a women's Megillah reading. The second reading that morning was held in the hall of a Modern Orthodox synagogue. Last year, we read the Megillah inside the sanctuary of that same synagogue. We are grateful to be meeting in the main sanctuary again this year.
We have followed the example of Queen Esther in working with some of the Modern Orthodox rabbis in our city: we ask for what we want, respectfully, assertively, and persistently. In this way, we have been able to grow and inspire more women to become involved.
A women's Megillah reading celebrates Jewish women as the source of redemption and continuity. We hope that through our reading we can pass on to our daughters and to the next generation, our passion and enthusiasm for the story of Esther, our enhanced connection with the festival of Purim and the text of the Megillah and our love for and commitment to Judaism.
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A New Purim Hero?
This year on Purim, several minyanim in the U.S. and in Israel will be reading the Megillah with a twist. The congregations will recite aloud communally, not only the traditional sentences about Mordechai, but an additional sentence about Esther as well. If that doesn't sound radical to you, you haven't been around an Orthodox synagogue lately.
Carol Newman, JOFA's past president, has long been amazed and frustrated at how women have been taken out of everything in Orthodox Judaism. When she talks about the absence of mothers' names in ketubot, on gravestones, and during aliyot, she can get pretty "fahitzed" (worked up). But until this year, she couldn't figure out how to put Esther back in the Book of Esther (waving fabric flags with Esther's likeness on them when Esther's name was mentioned didn't really do it for her). Until she saw a source sheet identifying verses about Esther that are parallel to those we read aloud about Mordecai. And so a personal campaign was born.
After many passionate phone calls and email chains over the past few weeks, two partnership minyanim have decided to recite a verse about Esther aloud during their megillah reading this year. According to Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat and Chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone, "There is absolutely no halakhic problem for the congregation to pre-read a verse which will then be repeated by the megillah reader. Therefore all the verses about Esther can be read in that way."
Darkhei Noam, a partnership minyan in New York, will repeat the verse introducing Esther, "He was foster father to Hadassah – that is, Esther – his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was striking and beautiful; and when her father and mother died, Mordechai adopted her as his own daughter" (Esther 2:7).
Shira Hadasha, a partnership minyan in Jerusalem, will repeat the verse where Esther establishes Purim as a holiday for the Jewish people, "And Esther's ordinance validating these observances of Purim was recorded in a scroll" (Esther 9:32).
Mordy Hurwich-Kehat, a member of Shira Hadasha who was instrumental in creating this change, says, "I like Darkhei Noam's practice, as it parallels Mordechai's dramatic introduction, and Shira Hadasha's too–as we learn in the Talmud tractate Megillah that Esther pushed for 'her' megillah's inclusion within the Biblical Canon. Maybe, next year each of the two congregations will adopt the other's practice."
You might think it would be easy to convince people to repeat these little sentences but most rabbis and most synagogues, no matter how well intentioned, are not comfortable with change even when, as in this case, there is good support for it.
After all, who wouldn't want to viscerally celebrate with Esther when she finally takes matters into her own hands and musters up her courage to save her people? So, this year, we take one small step for womankind… Next Sukkot maybe Miriam will show up in the prayer for rain!
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Fasting for Two: Who Makes the Call?
This Thursday (March 13) many Jews will fast from sunrise to sunset in commemoration of Esther's fast before she approached the king, unbidden, to ask for compassion on her people. The Fast of Esther is one of the four minor fast days in the Jewish calendar. At the JOFA conference in December, Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold presented a session called Fasting for Two: Who Makes the Call? in which she contributed a much-needed woman's voice to the conversation.
For centuries, halakhic questions around pregnant and nursing women fasting have been asked by women and answered by men. This session will explore the sources surrounding fasting from the female perspective. What does it mean to study these sources with a woman who is a halakhically knowledgeable member of the clergy who has actually experienced pregnancy and nursing? The answers may surprise you.
Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold recently joined Montreal's Congregation Shaar Hashomayim as the Director of Education and Spiritual Enrichment. Previously, she served for six years as the Education and Ritual Director at Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation in Chicago. Rachel (pronounced "Rakhel") is a founding member of the Orthodox Leadership Project, serves on the editorial board of the JOFA Journal, and was recognized as one of Chicago JUF 's "36 Under 36." Rachel received her B.A. in Religion from Boston University and completed the Drisha Scholars Circle. She recently graduated as part of the inaugural class of Yeshivat Maharat. Rachel lives in Montreal with her husband, Rabbi Avi Finegold, and their three young daughters.
Session handout available here.
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Including Agunot on Purim in Montreal
Every year costumed women and children arrive from communities across the island, all aglow and abuzz with great anticipation. Purim with the MWTG is truly a happening here in Montreal. The Montreal Women's Tefillah Group (MWTG) was founded in 1982 under the direction and leadership of Dr. Norma Baumel Joseph and our halakhic advisor, Rabbi Howard S. Joseph of Canada's oldest congregation (1768), the Spanish and Portuguese. At the time our mandate was to provide a venue wherein women, citywide, could gather in prayer, complete with Torah service on Rosh Chodesh. Years later we were able to realize Norma's goal of conducting our very own reading of Megillat Esther by and for women. I believe we may now claim to be another of the treasured fixtures on the Montreal Jewish scene.
Montreal is also home to the Coalition of Jewish Women for the Get, a body created to advocate on behalf of the agunot in our midst. The Coalition deals with agunot, rabbis, and government. In 1990, the Coalition succeeded in having Bill 21.1 amended to the Canadian Divorce Act, which removed any barriers to religious remarriage.
The Coalition had held its first Vigil for Agunot on the evening before Ta'anit Esther. After another year with a small turnout, the vigil was moved to Purim day, just before Megillah reading. It was quite a success! As Purim is our most well-attended event of the year, averaging one hundred participants, it is our best opportunity to inform and update our community on this most shameful and deplorable status.
We have led workshops on agunot, held art displays, watched Israel's Savta Bikorta videos followed by group discussion, and listened to a
very moving address and plea from a local agunah of six years now. Last year seven women scattered and seated throughout the chapel read brief, scripted accounts of local agunot. This action had quite an impact on attendees, as a voice was suddenly heard from one side of the room, followed by another from the opposite side and so on. These added activities have fostered much creativity in our community and I heartily suggest that other groups follow suit.
Click here to read more about International Agunah Day, which is on Ta'anit Esther (March 13, 2014).
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Purim Picks for Feminists of All Ages
There's a serious side to Purim costumes and masquerades: Who do we want to be? Who do we want our children to be? With these questions in mind we've assembled some of our choices for costumes and other Purim fun. Hope you enjoy!
Purim is the perfect holiday to encourage girls to dress up as (and grow up to be) something other than a princess. Why not an engineer? Get them started early with this Goldie Blox game.
Girls might get so excited by creating and building, that they'll want to dress up in a construction worker costume! It's definitely a nice break from all the fairy princesses.
Send your friends some delicious treats this holiday with a "Mini Megillah" Purim box, with all the necessities for a Purim celebration. (Use code AFPUR14 for 10% off orders over $50, before 3/16.)
But Purim's not just costumes and games! Learn to leyn (chant) Megillat Esther by using JOFA's Megillah leyning app. And find out where women's and mixed Megillah readings are happening around the globe with the Project Esther Megillah Reading Directory!
P.S.: Check out Goldie Block's awesome video for more inspiration.
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Megillah on the Run
Purim for Jews is a public riot, but in our family we celebrate Purim quietly. My brother Daniel can't hear and our parents bought him a beautiful megillah so he could read it to himself. I volunteer to listen to his perfect tuneless reading, thrilled to skip the chaos in shul.
I try to stay home from work on Purim, but one year I was the lead lawyer in a litigation, and I had to be at our Manhattan offices by 9:00am on Purim morning. We brainstormed and decided my brother could read the megillah on the road between our Brooklyn home and my Manhattan office.
I dressed for work, davened, and watched for Daniel to come from shul. He arrived, we jumped into a black limousine, and Daniel unfurled the scroll to begin the story of Esther.
I get dizzy in cars, but not that morning. Holding the megillah in my hands, I thought only of black ink on white parchment. We meandered through the narrow streets of Sheepshead Bay through Ahasuerus's party, and as he called for his wife Vashti to dance before him, we spun into Ocean Parkway, jugular of Flatbush, Babylon of the Diaspora. The road was clear, and we sailed through the execution of Vashti, the search for her successor, and Esther's coronation. At a red light, Mordecai's denunciation of the murderous stewards was recorded in the king's archives.
Ocean Parkway merged with the Belt Parkway when Haman appeared, grinding his teeth over Mordecai's refusal to bow to him. Traffic is always heavy there because many roads join, and perennial construction puts several lanes out of use. We were grateful for the time. Haman cooked up his evil plot, chose the day to annihilate the Jews, and made his case to the king. We moved at a snail's pace, Mordecai tore his clothes, and Esther ordered her people to fast three days.
At the end of the Belt Parkway we had to make a choice: to enter Manhattan from the bridge or through the tunnel. The bridge is free but takes forever; the tunnel is fast and smooth and quiet, but dark. The driver turned to ask, and Daniel and I looked at each other. Would we make it in time if we took the bridge? Would we be able to continue in the dark?
We handed over the tunnel fee and entered a darkness strobing with orange lights. Our queen weighed her options and was convinced that Haman's decree of death would condemn her too. Approaching Ahasuerus uninvited would be less dangerous than sitting still. Daniel kept his face close to the parchment through the pulsing light; we were feasting at Esther's first party. By the time we reached daylight, Haman had built the gallows for Mordecai and the king was disturbed in his sleep.
Out of the tunnel, the limo made a parabolic turn toward the West Side Highway. The route is clogged with traffic lights but has a majestic view of New Jersey and the waterfront. As we lurched along the highway, the king was reminded of Mordecai's loyalty in the matter of the treasonous stewards. Dressed in royal robes, Mordecai was led through the streets of Shushan by the man who had authored a death warrant against him and his people. Haman's wife knew her mate was doomed. We passed the museum-battleship Intrepid, anchored at the pier on 46th Street.
My office was between 45th and 46th Streets on Sixth Avenue. To get there from the West Side Highway, we had to drive through Hell's Kitchen, filled with elegant restaurants and catchy awnings. The drive is at walking pace when all the lights are against you, but once we turned onto 46th Street my stomach unknotted: the final stretch.
Passing Manhattanites brunching outside in early Spring, we launched into Esther's second party, with the risky revelation she made to Ahasuerus of the decree against the Jews and her inclusion in it. The king was inflamed; Haman & Sons were hanged. We reached Times Square. The assault on the senses is extreme, with flashing lights, gigantic images of naked humans, steam floating from a hot cocoa ad, whole movies running atop buildings. We sped through the multimedia into the block that housed my office. Almost done.
Esther and Mordecai reversed Haman's decree, and the Jews were given the green light to murder their murderous neighbors. A feast was declared for all generations, friends gave gifts to friends, and Mordecai wrote the story we held in our hands. Our driver found a spot outside my building for the brief last chapter. The king levied a tax, and Mordecai became the prime minister, spokesman for the peace of his people.
I rewound the scroll back to the days of Vashti, ready for next year. Our driver turned and grasped my brother's hands between his.
"Purim sameah!" he said. "I am Jewish also, from Persia. We sing a different megillah tune. Thank you so much, I am so happy you sang it for me too."
I stepped out, smoothed my skirt, and adjusted my thoughts. Ready for business.
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Leyning In
Two summers ago I was having a relaxed conversation with Judy Heicklen, the president of JOFA. She mentioned to me that JOFA decided to upgrade its old Megillat Esther CD to a user-friendly, interactive smartphone app. I particularly liked that they wanted to use a single voice for all the chapters and that it would be built as a tool for learning how to leyn.
"Of course," she said, "we'll need someone whose voice is easy to follow and who will be precise and consistent in her recordings."
"Yup, I agree."
Then the kicker: "So we thought of asking you."
I was blown away. Me? JOFA was asking me to record the whole Megillah? Wow!
I learned to leyn over ten years ago. Previously, in my secular, hi-tech world I found moments of spirituality in Shabbat and chagim (holidays), and in taking an active role in my synagogue, going to shiurim (classes), and giving divrei Torah. But when I learned how to leyn, it filled empty spaces in my soul.
After months of practicing every night and loving the involvement in something so intensely Jewish, the leyning course ended. But I didn't want to step away from this spiritual experience!
I had heard stories about Esther Farber A"H who taught many, many girls to read for their Bat Mitzvah. Her sons Steven and Seth told me they couldn't remember a Shabbat without a girl coming to practice her leyning. Stories about Esther shone a light on the path I wanted to take: sharing my passion by teaching others.
In an incredible twist of events, my first student was Esther's granddaughter Eliana. Sadly, Esther passed away only a few months before Eliana's Bat Mitzvah. They had been studying together in the pre-Skype era through video-conferencing and they hadn't quite finished. When Eliana heard my story, she chose to finish her learning with me. Although I had never met Esther, it somehow felt like she was giving me her blessing by passing the baton on to me.
Slowly I became identified as a "go-to" woman for issues connected with leyning, davening (praying) and Bat Mitzvah celebrations. I felt my involvement deepen and broaden: I ran a weekly Torah leyning class for women at my dining room table. I learned the trop for megillot Ruth, Eicha (Lamentations), and Esther. One exhilarating Purim I read Esther in front of five hundred women and girls! I thought that I had reached my personal pinnacle, and yet, to my delight, there was even more waiting just around the corner.
So here was Judy's offer and my heart was beating fast as I considered it. Did I have time to record the whole thing? No! Could I possibly turn it down? No way! God gives each of us special gifts. It is our responsibility to use these gifts to give back to the world and make it a better place.
I turned my study into a mini-recording studio, lining the walls with cardboard and packing material to absorb the echo. I upgraded my microphone and created a makeshift stand on a tissue box – just the right height and distance from my mouth. The app required countless hours of recording, listening, re-recording. My gentle yet exacting editors taught me to be extremely consistent and did not allow for any sloppiness in the pronunciation or the tune. My husband said that he heard more Megillat Esther during those months than he ever wanted to hear in his entire life!
The app is truly an all-in-one guide. Its interface is so easy to follow that I continue to use it myself when I practice (think: follow the bouncing ball). It's also great when listening to the Megillah – just make sure the voice is turned off! I was delighted to find JOFA hadn't stopped there. There are extra articles on the app about Halakha, tips on how to organize a reading, and more.
Recording the app required a lot of time and hard work. Yet the memory of all that melted away when men and women excitedly told me how they learned to leyn the Megillah using only the app! How amazing for me to go from teaching one-on-one to touching the souls of so many. Countless people have said to me: "I've been listening to your voice for the last two months. This app enabled me to realize my dream to read the Megillah on Purim."
This past December I was honored to lead an introductory leyning workshop at the international JOFA conference. Leyning In has been an extraordinary journey of passion and connection with my Jewish roots and my soul. I invite you to come along with me.
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Challenge: Give Voice to Esther
I've always really liked Purim. When I was younger, my main interest in the holiday was dressing up in fun costumes and eating hamentaschen. Although I still enjoy those aspects, I now appreciate Purim because it brings two independent women, Vashti and Esther, into focus. I'm certainly not the only one who has noticed Purim's feminist quality; for decades, Orthodox women and men who are sensitive to gender issues have rallied around the holiday, taking Ta'anit Esther as an opportunity to talk about agunah and using Esther as an example of why Jewish women's voices must be heard.
Although Mordecai is an integral part of the Purim story, Esther is undoubtedly the main character. However, based on the communal recitation of pesukim (verses) during the Megillah reading, one might think that Mordecai is the more important figure: of the four verses recited aloud by the congregation, three are specifically about Mordecai, and none invoke Esther. This erasure of Esther's contributions to the story seems oddly dissonant with the overall feminist slant of the holiday. Consequently, some Orthodox feminists have begun to right this wrong and recite pesukim about Esther aloud as well.
Reciting pesukim out loud during Megillah reading is a minhag (practice) that dates back to the Gaonic period, although the verses of choice were not settled upon for another few centuries. Because the practice is purely minhag, there is no halakhic reason congregations can't say additional pesukim about Esther out loud. Although reciting the four traditional pesukim has been part of the mesorah (tradition) for centuries, Judaism is a living religion that can and should be tweaked within the framework of halakha to remain contemporary.
For communities interested in introducing more gender parity to their Megillah readings, Kehillat Hadar has identified pesukim about Esther that are roughly parallel to those recited aloud about Mordecai. The first pasuk that we recite aloud, "In the fortress Shushan lived a Jew by the name of Mordecai, son of Yair son of Shimi son of Kish, a Benjaminite" (2:5), can be accompanied by, "He was foster father to Hadassah – that is, Esther – his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was striking and beautiful; and when her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter" (2:7).
As a parallel to 8:15, "Mordecai left the king's presence in royal robes of blue and white, with a magnificent crown of gold and a mantle of fine linen and purple wool. And the city of Shushan rang with joyous cries," perhaps recite Esther's petition to Mordecai in 4:16, "'Go, assemble all the Jews who live in Shushan, and fast on my behalf; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will observe the same fast. Then I shall go to the king, though it is contrary to the law; and if I am to perish, I shall perish!'"
In connection to "For Mordecai the Jew ranked next to King Ahaseurus and was highly regarded by the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brethren; he sought the good of his people and interceded for the welfare of all his kindred" (10:3) can come "And Esther's ordinance validating these observances of Purim was recorded in a scroll" (9:32).
If you would like to recite pesukim about Esther aloud, but you can't find a Megillah reading in your area that does, you should organize your own! You can register your reading on JOFA's Project Esther directory. If you've never leyned before, you can also learn how to do so by using JOFA's Megillah leyning app. Whatever sort of reading you end up attending or organizing, the important thing to remember is to enjoy it! Purim is a time of unadulterated simcha, and we can't let anything – even frustrating little bits of perceived sexism – to take away from our joy.
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The Unexpected Gems I Found in Megillat Esther
I could never have anticipated the impact that reading Perek Daled (chapter four) of Megillat Esther would have on my life. In 2008, I was a student at Cambridge University, and what had started as a shyly mooted idea to organise a women's megillah reading had been taken up enthusiastically. After some reluctance, our student chaplain acquiesced, and even beneath the boys' standard jokes was an undeniable note of respect.
With last-minute timing typical of students, we split up the ten chapters, found recordings to learn from, and learnt our parts. I don't think I realised at the time that learning leyn Megillat Esther would transform my understanding of the book, and deepen my relationship with Judaism.
Applying notes to the text has been a key part of this experience – the leyning trop (cantillation) really does mirror the mood and pace of the story. I had always loved the bits of Megillat Esther which were sung to the Eicha (Lamentations) tune: remembering the exile of Mordechai's family from Jerusalem, and as Esther prepares to approach the King uninvited, and face the same fate as Vashti. Until I learnt to read them myself, I hadn't appreciated the depths of the words beneath them.
Each time I've leyned the megillah since then, and there have been five occasions (and counting!), I have felt my bond grow with these ancient, beloved words. Esther's story has come alive in new and astounding – and sometimes disturbing – ways. I've discovered new characters I never realised were there (they never mentioned Hatach or Hegai in cheder [Jewish elementary school]) and I've noticed nuances in the narrative. The words and phrases and their tunes have stayed with me, popping up at surprising times. They inform my study of other parts of the Tanakh, enabling
new cross-readings and echoes between stories. (And I felt rather smug on one occasion when a rabbi quoted a phrase from "my perek," and I noticed that he missed out a word!)
Reading Megillat Esther has been an enriching experience in so many other ways. In the community where I live now, it has brought together a wonderful group of like-minded friends with a variety of ages and backgrounds – some of whom I may never have spoken to otherwise. While some are deeply involved in our community, others feel alienated by Judaism, and yet reading the megillah has been a source of connection and meaning for them. To anybody who says that women's megillah readings are a "slippery slope" away from "authentic Judaism," I would encourage them to consider the women whom it has inspired to greater levels of Jewish knowledge, spirituality, and engagement. In addition to my feelings of connection with the text, my Hebrew skills have improved significantly, and I am finally mastering the difference between pronouncing a heh and a chet, something, embarrassingly, that I never properly achieved in cheder or even in seminary.
The readings themselves have always been memorable, both for their good decorum and clarity of reading – and simply for being fun occasions. It is incredibly refreshing to be a part of a reading where you can hear every word, when each leyner brings a unique voice to her section, and when you can feel the hours of work, effort, and worry that has gone into preparing each chapter. And we have fun! Each year, our group has picked a dressing up theme, from wigs and wings to silly hats. We also give tzedakah as a group each year, picking both a local cause and one further away.
Reading megillah has changed and enriched my Jewish life. I hope that both women who choose to leyn and those who don't have only respect for one another. Ultimately, I see participation in reading the megillah as taking one of the many opportunities that life throws at us to bless God – to do something positive, active and public that connects us with our spiritual heritage. It makes me proud to know that I have been part of the growing movement of women's megillah readings, and that the young girls – and boys – in our community will grow up seeing it as a normal and beautiful part of the Jewish year.
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This blog post was written shortly after Purim 2013. If you're reading megillah this year and need help learning the tune, check out JOFA's Megillat Esther App. To catch up on last Purim's other blog posts, follow these links: A Visit to Shushan, Purim in Hollywood, St. Louis Women Write a Megillat Esther, and An Adar of Anticipation.
I took a deep breath and looked around the room. There were more faces looking back at me than I had ever seen in my living room previously. Bodies overflowed into the dining room, kitchen, and hallway. Many of the people were familiar, but many were new; friends and family who heard about our megillah reading.
I felt my stomach knot up. This was the sixth year that we were hosting a Megillat Esther reading, and no matter how many times I have done this and how much time I spent preparing the first chapter, I always forgot the nusach (tune) of the brachot (blessings) said before the reading. Each year I would run over to someone and have them sing the blessings to me before beginning. This year had been no different.
With my friend's voice fresh in my mind, I opened my mouth and began, making sure to be loud enough to be heard in the other rooms. I said the first bracha (blessing)–al mikrah megillah (on the reading of the megillah)– and heard a resounding amen. "Close enough," I thought of my rendition. I took a breath and began again, the second bracha– she'asa nissim l'avoteinu (who performed miracles for our ancestors)– rushing through the myriad of words in the hopes of masking the fact that I did not know the tune. The blessing was met with another loud amen. I thought to myself, "two down, one to go" and I began the third bracha– the shehechiyanu (who has given us life). Somewhere in the midst of saying the blessing, my tune began to change. As I sang the final words, I realized that I was singing them to the tune traditionally used on Hanukkah.
I listened to the final amen resonate throughout the rooms of my home, and I laughed quietly to myself. I immediately felt my stomach unknot and my shoulders relax. I smiled. I had done it. I had made the first mistake of the evening. And with it out of the way, we were now ready for any mistakes that might follow. And thus I began leyning (reading) the first chapter of Megillat Esther.
To be sure, the goal of our megillah reading is not to make mistakes. Everyone who leyns practices long and hard to try to avoid errors as much as possible. But we all do make mistakes. And for me, that is the beauty of our megillah reading. It is about creating a warm, welcoming, safe space for anyone who wants to read from the megillah– male or female, young or old, experienced or novice. It is about a space where anyone is welcome and everyone can participate. It is about individuals being empowered in their own Judaism, to engage with the faith and ritual directly and make it personal and meaningful for them.
As I finish the final words of my chapter, "umedaber k'lishon amo," I reflect on the meaning of the words, "and speak the language of his own people." In the context of the story of the megillah, these words are not favorable– they reflect a policy in which men are given supreme authority over their wives and can speak a language that might be foreign to their partners. But as I step aside to allow the next reader to begin his chapter, the words take on different meaning for me. I watch reader after reader step forward to leyn the chapters they had prepared. I listen to ancient words chanted b'khol lashon– not in every language, but in every voice. The lilt of each voice is different, the tunes of the trop (cantillation) change slightly, pronunciations vary. But the words are the same as they have always been. In this moment, they are ours; truly ours. It is powerful. And it is beautiful.
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Unpopular Programming Languages That Are Still Lucrative
Re:COBOL and FORTRAN (387 comments)
Is it ever chosen for new projects though? Would there ever be a reason to?
I can't speak for COBOL, but Fortran (with the 1990/95 language standard, not the ancient 1966/77 versions) is still being used in astronomy for new projects - the MESA stellar evolution project, for example, is completely written in Fortran (it launched in 2007, so isn't exactly a legacy project either). There's also a lot of supercomputer code still written in Fortran for the same reason: the language makes it easier to do the things I need to do.
I wouldn't do a webpage with it, but when you're doing heavy-duty mathematical calculation, Fortran is breeze to work in compared to lower-level languages like C.


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Re: G3 - LIBYA/US-General: US may consider sending troops into Libya
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2 Cabinet Officials Say U.S. Isn't Likely to Arm Libyans
Published: March 31, 2011
WASHINGTON - President Obama's top two national security officials
signaled on Thursday that the United States was unlikely to arm the Libyan
rebels, raising the possibility that the French alone among the Western
allies would provide weapons and training for the poorly organized forces
fighting Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's government.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates made his views known for the first time
on Thursday in a marathon day of testimony to members of Congress. He said
the United States should stick to offering communications, surveillance
and other support, but suggested that the administration had no problem
with other countries sending weapons to help the rebels, who in recent
days have been retreating under attack from pro-Qaddafi forces.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who pushed the president to
intervene in Libya, was described by an administration official on
Thursday as supremely cautious about arming the rebels "because of the
unknowns" about who they were and whether they might have links to Al
Earlier Thursday, the secretary general of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
told reporters in Stockholm that he believed that the United Nations
Security Council resolution authorizing the air campaign in Libya did not
even permit individual countries to arm the rebels. But there was
considerable disagreement within the military alliance, including from the
United States, which has taken the position that the resolution does in
fact allow arming them.
In Libya, as the opposition forces began a cautious regrouping after a
panicked retreat on Wednesday, an atmosphere of paranoia descended on the
capital, Tripoli, after the defection of the foreign minister, Moussa
Fears that the government could be cracking were deepened further when a
second top Libyan official, Ali Abdussalam el-Treki, defected Thursday to
In Washington, the unified position of Mr. Gates and Mrs. Clinton appeared
to dull a debate within the administration about the merits of the United
States' supplying weapons to the rebels, a disparate, little-known group.
Publicly, Mr. Obama has said only that he is still weighing what to do.
France is the only nation that has said it intends to supply arms to the
anti-Qaddafi forces.
"What the opposition needs as much as anything right now is some training,
some command and control, and some organization," Mr. Gates told members
of the House Armed Services Committee in a morning session. "It's pretty
much a pickup ballgame at this point."
But, he said, providing training and weapons is "not a unique capability
for the United States, and as far as I'm concerned, somebody else can do
Mr. Gates told Congress that he strongly opposed putting any United States
forces in Libya. Asked if there would be American "boots on the ground" -
uniformed members of the military - Mr. Gates swiftly replied, "Not as
long as I'm in this job." He refused to address reports that the Central
Intelligence Agency had sent clandestine operatives to Libya to gather
intelligence for military airstrikes and to contact and vet the rebels.
Mr. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
were summoned to testify in a highly politicized atmosphere on Capitol
Hill, where members of both parties charged them with either "mission
creep" in Libya or with not doing enough.
Many demanded to know how the conflict would end, and others admonished
the administration, saying it had gone to war without seeking
Congressional authorization.
Still others said the president had not told the public the truth about
the operation. The White House describes it as a humanitarian mission to
protect Libyan civilians, but it has involved more than 200 Tomahawk
cruise missiles fired at Libya and the bombing and strafing by American
and allied planes of Colonel Qaddafi's ground forces.
"These are combat operations," said Representative Mike Coffman,
Republican of Colorado, during the morning session. "I don't know why this
administration has not been honest with the American people that this is
about regime change."
He concluded, "This is just the most muddled definition of an operation
probably in U.S. military history."
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, was first on the offensive in
the afternoon, charging the administration with walking away from the
conflict now that the United States has said it will be in a military
support role behind NATO.
What that means, Admiral Mullen told Mr. McCain and the rest of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, is that the United States will no longer conduct
airstrikes in Libya unless requested by NATO.
"This would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous
consequences," Mr. McCain said. He said that withdrawing the muscle of the
American military was out of alignment with Mr. Obama's policy goal of
ousting Colonel Qaddafi.
"Hope is not a strategy," Mr. McCain said, "and it certainly does not
degrade armored units."
Mr. Gates, stony-faced throughout the day, found himself in the awkward
position of having to defend a military action that he had been reluctant
to get into in the first place.
Marko Papic wrote:
Well isnt he retiring soon?
On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Michael Walsh <email@example.com>
Just remember that Gates, when questioned by the Senate and House
about American "boots on the ground," he responded: "Not as long as
I'm in this job."
Reginald Thompson wrote:
He's making statements on Libya policy to the senate. If he's an
outlier, he may have some explainin' to do about those comments.
Makes me think this is actually pretty common.
Reginald Thompson
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Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2011 2:32:50 PM
Subject: Re: G3 - LIBYA/US-General: US may consider sending troops
into Libya
I wonder how broad this thought is in the current leadership of the
Libya mission, or if this guy is just an outlier.
Bayless Parsley wrote:
here we go.
On 4/7/11 3:24 PM, Reginald Thompson wrote:
General: US may consider sending troops into Libya
WASHINGTON aEUR" The U.S. may consider sending troops into Libya
with a possible international ground force that could aid the
rebels, the former U.S. commander of the military mission said
Thursday, describing the ongoing operation as a stalemate that
is more likely to go on now that America has handed control to
But Army Gen. Carter Ham also told lawmakers that American
participation in a ground force would not be ideal, since it
could erode the international coalition attacking Moammar
Gadhafi's forces and make it more difficult to get Arab support
for operations in Libya.
He said NATO has done an effective job in an increasingly
complex combat situation. But he noted that, in a new tactic,
Gadhafi's forces are making airstrikes more difficult by staging
their fighters and vehicles near civilian areas such as schools
and mosques.
The use of an international ground force is a possible plan to
bolster the Libyan rebels, Ham said at a Senate Armed Services
Committee hearing.
Asked whether the U.S. would provide troops, Ham said, "I
suspect there might be some consideration of that. My personal
view at this point would be that that's probably not the ideal
circumstance, again for the regional reaction that having
American boots on the ground would entail."
President Barack Obama has said repeatedly there will be no U.S.
troops on the ground in Libya, although there are reports of
small CIA teams in the country.
Pressed by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., about the situation in
Libya, Ham agreed that a stalemate "is now more likely" since
NATO took command.
Ham also disclosed that the U.S. is providing some strike
aircraft to the NATO operation that do not need to go through
the special approval process recently established. The powerful
side-firing AC-130 gunship is available to NATO commanders, he
His answer countered earlier claims by the Pentagon that all
strike aircraft must be requested through U.S. European Command
and approved by top U.S. leaders, including Defense Secretary
Robert Gates.
Ham said that process still applies to other fighters and the
A-10 Thunderbolt, which can provide close air support for ground
forces, He said that process is quick, and other defense
officials have said it can take about a day for the U.S. to
approve the request and move the aircraft in from bases in
Overall, he said the U.S. is providing less than 15 percent of
the airstrikes and between 60 percent and 70 percent of the
support effort, which includes intelligence gathering,
surveillance, electronic warfare and refueling.
Recent bad weather and threats from Gadhafi's mobile
surface-to-air missile systems have hampered efforts to use the
AC-130 and A-10 aircraft for close air support for friendly
ground forces. Ham said those conditions, which include as many
as 20,000 shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, contributed to
the stalemate.
Ham said he believes some Arab nations are starting to provide
training or weapons to the rebels. And he repeated assertions
that the U.S. needs to know more about the opposition forces
before it would get more deeply involved in assisting them.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, complained that the lack of knowledge
about the rebels is a U.S. intelligence failure.
"It strikes me as unusual and maybe something that Congress
needs to look at further, that our intelligence capabilities are
so limited that we don't even know the composition of the
opposition force in Libya, " Cornyn said.
Ham said it was important for the U.S. to turn control over to
NATO because many of the troops involved in the Libya strikes
are preparing to go to Iran or Afghanistan or have just recently
returned from the warfront.
"While we can certainly surge to meet operational needs," Ham
said, "there is a longer-term effect if greater numbers of U.S.
forces had been committed for a longer period of time in Libya
and it would have had downstream operational effects in other
Separately, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said U.S.
envoy Chris Stevens' talks continue with the Libyan opposition
in Benghazi.
"He is going to stay there for several more days at least,"
Toner said. "He is working with the opposition members to try to
get a good sense of what kind of practical assistance we can
provide them, what are their needs and how we can help then
moving forward. There is a sense of urgency here."
He said Stevens is also getting a better assessment of who the
rebels are.
The Armed Services Committee's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin,
D-Mich., said he remains concerned about increasing activity by
al-Qaida-linked militants in Africa, and said the military must
make sure the terror group does not "take advantage of the fog
of war in Libya."
Ham said al-Qaida extremists have said they intend to partner
with the Libyan rebels, which increases worries about arming the
Reginald Thompson
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Michael Walsh
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Everyone's current favourite French fancy, the interview is soooo good, she is charmingly blunt in the way that only Parisienne women seem to be able to get away with. And of course, she looks imperfectly-perfect in Boo George's pictures (styled by Verity Parker). Here she is in Marques'Almeida (above), Preen and Isabel Marant… Continue reading
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London Fashion Week kicked off with two buzzy new names. Faustine Steinmetz showed as part of New Gen with her first presentation, a clever exploration of couture and branding, set in the suitably arty ICA.
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New to the space is Clique, a free print magazine mailed to its target audience, with every item shoppable, sharable and watchable by smartphone. Continue reading
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The new autumn issues are out and not only are we gifted doorstop sized Vogues, but also the free zines from the high street. I have a four-page story in H&M magazine on the silhouette that I believe will define this decade. That is, the new body conscious silhouette that's the opposite of clingy WAG frocks and all about confident anti-fit shapes…
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Banksy "Fallen Soldier" Sculpture
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, December 20, 2011
What we have always enjoyed about Banksy is that over the years he tends to release work in waves, and we are definitely on major workflow wave with the British artist. After his Cardinal Sin sculpture was exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool last week, Banksy just updated his site with this new work, the Fallen Soldier.
Banksy Cardinal Sin Sculpture @ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Juxtapoz // Thursday, December 15, 2011
The news keeps coming; Banksy just placed a new sculpture, Cardinal Sin, at Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England. The piece, made in response to the child abuse scandals that the church seems to be known for these days, features a face taken off and replaced by blank bathroom tiles. Banksy noted in a statement, ":I'm never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one."
Banksy: Two More In London
Juxtapoz // Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Maybe Banksy has been Christmas shopping and just out and about? Whatever the case, he has been quite busy, with pieces in London and Liverpool popping up over the past few weeks. He just did an ostrich head at the National Gallery and a nice comment about castles in the sky. Not really nice, but true.
Banksy: Even More New Work in London
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sometimes, we need to wait to see if Banksy posts his work on his site in order to confirm the authenticity. Although it would be a lot more fun if he posted imposters' work on his site to throw us all off. Wait, maybe he did? Two new Banksy pieces just popped up in London. Check them after the jump . . .
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Street Art // Monday, December 12, 2011
New Banksy's continue to pop up around London. One can assume deliberately and strategically during the biggest consumer period of the year. Lifestyle on backorder please.
Skywriter Plane by Banksy
Juxtapoz // Monday, December 12, 2011
Been a while since we seen any new Banksy work pop up. This new skywriter plane making a heart was spotted in Liverpool recently.
New Skywriter Plane by Banksy
Street Art // Saturday, December 10, 2011
Been a while since we seen any new Banksy work pop up. This new skywriter plane making a heart was spotted in Liverpool recently.
New Banksy in London
Juxtapoz // Sunday, November 13, 2011
Our London correspondent, Butterfly, just sent us a few images of a new Banksy piece that went up where the famed King Robbo mural once stood in Camden. Butterfly told us, "Banksy drew the outline like King Robbo did back in 1985, and added a 'spray can' candle, as a well wisher to Robbo, currently in induced coma."
Banksy: Myth & Legends Book
Juxtapoz // Thursday, October 27, 2011
As things with Banksy go, there is a little bit of legend and myth involved with almost every piece of art and story you hear. Therefore, it makes sense that there is a new book out (published by Carpet Bombing Culture) called Banksy Myth & Legends that dissects and examines the various unsolved mysterious surrounding the UK-artist.
Banksy vs King Robbo Documentary on UK Channel 4
Juxtapoz // Friday, September 16, 2011
If you have 45 minutes today, and you probably do because it is a Friday and most people we know are in full online video sharing mode, you can watch this Banksy vs King Robbo street art "battle," the most mainstream street art battle you can think of, documented on UK's Channel 4.


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I've read many times that Axe can solo Roshan and I've been wondering...how do you people do this? I tried a few times to beat him, but in vain...
I've read many times that Axe can solo Roshan and I've been wondering...how do you people do this? I tried a few times to beat him, but in vain...
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^it's been fixed
So, before it was fixed, how could someone do this?
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Well, i never beat roshan alone..... as it is a multi game.
Erm, what the latest news about this game.
I have probs with my pc..... so can't play dota again. pif
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What items would you suggest for the Soul Keeper?
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Uhm..... soul keeper eh? The one which can change his life with other enemy right?
I never miss using the buriza, it's good especially when you make a clone/shadow of yourself.
So i think it should be
buriza, battle fury, heart of tarasque, glove+boot=thingamajig, if the enemy have stunner use this thingamajig ( i mean the item that can dispell -ve spell), and many more, depend on your enemy, if the have deadly attack especially magic attack, you can use the shield(which can revive u three time).
Sorry because i cannot remember the name because i left dota for a long time.
Have they make new heroes?
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Thanks a lot! ^^ Yes, they have made some new heroes, just browse the last pages of this thread.
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You know Eota is more complicated than Dota. Alot of people i play and got feedbak from eota say its TOO complicated and i sigh. I play both.(tho dota more cuz no one joins eota). My friend likes Eota but the graphics for som reason are more intense. I think its cuz of the map size. How its 3 maps in 1. He likes it but no one plays it cuz it TAKES FOREVER TO LOAD. and most of the dota fans that paly eota leave in the first few mins. I like dota and its recipe ideas but if u cna control the creeps that spawn like Eota it would be more fun. Esp wen like wen enemy beats ur base ur base unharmed. Their creeps do like 50 dmg and urs do like 20 im like WTF. And their creeps giv u less money too wich makes ur comebak even harder.
To answer the Axe bug. Its walk to roshan. make him chase u a bit. Right before he turns bak beserkers call. make him chase u and i believe he chases til the tower. THen u call again. return to fountain. Run around it a bit. Call b4 he turns bak. THen u got it. But this is INSANELY HARD TO PULL OFF. Ive tried it witout opposing team and it took me like 15 tries before he died and like 7 deaths.


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Subject: Re: Palestinians halt push on war report--URGENT
also, it doesn't look like all this is happening as a 'slap' to the Obama
admin. the US was key in staving of the Goldstone report
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Reva Bhalla wrote:
OK, so this is referring to the Goldstone report which Netanyahu railed
against while at the UNGA, asserting Israels' right to protect itself.
Sounds like the US intervened to keep this report from going to the UNSC
are there more substantial concessions being made behind the scenes to
further the negotiations and also allow Obama to score some diplomatic
points in the mideast?
On Oct 2, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Reva Bhalla wrote:
on it... someone pls post that article. im having trouble finding it
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June 25, 2014 Oculus fights back against ZeniMax lawsuit
Back in May, virtual reality pioneer Oculus was served with a scathing lawsuit over accusations that it stole technology from ZeniMax Media, the parent company of gaming powerhouse, Bethesda.
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June 13, 2014 VR at E3: The best of Oculus and Morpheus
While it's still anyone's guess as to when the Oculus Rift or Sony's Project Morpheus will be commercially available, this year's E3 made one thing clear: there's nothing virtual about the fun these devices deliver.
VR may not have been front and center at this year's show, but it certainly created a lot of buzz. Sony saw huge crowds queing up for Morpheus. The line stretching around the Oculus booth was several hours long.
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May 23, 2014 Samsung is reportedly working on its own VR headset
The world of virtual reality, essentially barren three years ago, is suddenly the Hot New Thing.
Samsung is reportedly working on its own VR headset, which would compete against the Oculus Rift and Sony's "Project Morpheus." Even crazier? It could ship sometime this year.
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May 21, 2014 Oculus accused of stealing tech that powers its VR headset
One of the video game industry's highest profile publishers is accusing Oculus of stealing its intellectual property to create the Rift virtual reality headset.
ZeniMax Media filed suit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Dallas, saying Oculus and founder Palmer Luckey "commercially exploited" ZeniMax computer code and trade secrets for their own gain. And it was that software that led to the $2 billion purchase of Oculus by Facebook in March.
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May 21, 2014 ZeniMax sues Oculus over their virtual reality headset
The battle over VR is getting ugly.
After making legal threats earlier this month, ZeniMax Media — the parent company of game publisher Bethesda — has filed suit against Oculus, saying the maker of the anticipated virtual reality Rift headset illegally used software developed by the game maker to create the device.
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The parting of the ways between rock star developer John Carmack and Bethesda Games parent company ZeniMax Media has gone sour.
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While the Internet of Everything is relatively new to many, the video game industry has been dabbling in it for nearly a decade.
In 1995, developer Namco began using motion capture to create more lifelike movements in its game Soul Edge. Then, in 2009, Microsoft unveiled the system we know today as the Kinect peripheral for the Xbox 360. The motion sensing camera introduced a new way for people to interact with games, movies and their consoles.
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- The new controller slightly resembles a Gamecube controller with a large LCD screen in the middle of it. The controller is light for its size and looks like a tablet with Gamecube-like prongs to the side. It has dual analogue sticks, face buttons, d-pad and shoulder buttons. No triggers were on the device.
- Nintendo have told developers that their online system will be 'the best online experience' that's available on consoles. The whole idea of the machine is to be connected to the internet 24/7. It's being targeted as an online/social console. Friend codes are gone, but no word on whether the online service will be subscription based.
All of our great favourites...are just rumours right now. I'm not going to be excited until I see some proof.
bcb, I hope you realize how proud I am of you right now!
Anyways, I'm glad that my bcb's starting to do really good now on this Forum!
3: Make all of the characters balanced so that way Kirby can beat Snake, Pit could be MK, etc. If they do all of this I'd say my chances of getting it are good.
New console, awesome. Not gonna get excited about the games til i see some real proof but yea.... better internet is an up... but it wouldn't take much to improve the net from the wii lol...Controller sounds... weird
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Blog | April 28, 2012 -
Nothing better than the rest?
ESPNBoston.comESPN Boston's Peter May sets the table for Boston's final two games of the regular season: CELTICS COASTING DOWN STRETCH RUN So what, precisely, can we expect this week? The Celtics pretty much need to win the two games to have any hope of...
Blog | April 23, 2012 -
Hot Button: Deal or no deal?
ESPNBoston.comIn the latest ESPN Boston Hot Button, Peter May (deal!) and Chris Forsberg (no deal!) debate whether the Boston Celtics need to make a big move before Thursday's trade deadline:...
Blog | March 13, 2012 -
Hot Button: Trade Rondo?
ESPNBoston.comDavid Richard/US PresswireShould the C's consider dealing Rajon Rondo?In this week's ESPN Boston Hot Button, Chris Forsberg and Peter May debate whether the Celtics should truly consider trading Rajon Rondo. A sample of the arguments: FORSBERG: C'...
Blog | March 02, 2012 -
May: Here's the deal
ESPNBoston.comESPN Boston's Peter May wonders if Deron Williams becomes available at the deadline, shouldn't the Celtics dust off the Chris Paul trade folder and go hard for him?...
Blog | February 21, 2012 -
Rondo shows his better side
ESPNBoston.comBOSTON -- ESPN Boston headlines after the Boston Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 95-91 Sunday at TD Garden, including Peter May's look at Rajon Rondo's 15th career triple-double:...
Blog | February 13, 2012 -
Will same old be enough for C's?
ESPNBoston.comWALTHAM, Mas.s -- A look at our Celtics coverage from Tuesday, including Peter May examining Boston's roster and Chris Forsberg looking at newcomer Brandon Bass:...
Blog | December 13, 2011 -
Don't cry for Big Baby
ESPNBoston.comGreg M. Cooper/US PresswireGlen Davis' act was always a lot of fun to watch, but it has run its course in Boston.Mercurial forward Glen Davis will be missed, but more for his entertainment value than his play writes ESPN Boston's Peter May: And now ...
Blog | December 10, 2011


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Reviewed Tuna Salad
Sep 16, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"This is an amazing recipe. I totally agree about the lemon being just fine, in fact I would prefer it with lemon. Definitely cut back on the salt. I put 1 1/2 tsp. and thought it was perfect. I also cut back a bit on the hot sauce (5-7 drops) and added some chili oil. The other changes I made that I would suggest to make it is to add some garlic..."


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