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VH1 Classic and MHD to Premiere 'Hard Rock Calling Festival' on Friday, August 1 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ — VH1 Classic and MHD will exclusively broadcast the U.S. 2-hour premiere of the "Hard Rock Calling Festival" on Friday, August 1 beginning at 9:00PM ET/PT. The two-day festival which was filmed live on June 28 and 29 in London's legendary Hyde Park served as the setting of The Police's final UK performance. The festival also featured headliner Eric Clapton, along with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, The Bangles, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Jason Mraz, and KT Tunstall.
The "Hard Rock Calling Festival" featured two top musical icons, The Police along with blues legend Eric Clapton. Festival goers were treated to the last UK performance of The Police, as the crowd sang along to their top hits, including, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic,""Message in a Bottle" and "I Can't Stop Losing You." Eric Clapton brought his blues rock guitar for the event and sent the crowd of 35,000 into a frenzy with highlights including, "Tell The Truth" and "Layla," while Sheryl Crow's country tinged pop songs and John Mayer's bluesy ballads roused fans. The festival saw classic 80′s rock band, The Bangles, reunite and welcomed a new wave of performers including: KT Tunstall, Jason Mraz, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. The finale brought one of the most magical moments of the evening as John Mayer, Robert Randolph, and Sheryl Crow joined Eric Clapton for a show stopping encore of "Crossroads."
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The Interfaith Couples of ConnectedBy Gerri Miller
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Talking Interfaith at TribeFest 2014
Lindsey Silken and I recently attended TribeFest which is a conference of the Jewish Federations of North America. It was an entertaining, interactive and educational celebration that drew around 1,500 Jewish young adults (ages 22-45) from across North America to the city of New Orleans. Some of the attendees are professionals at Federations, synagogues, Jewish Community Centers and other Jewish organizations and some are volunteer leaders or involved as young adults in the Jewish community. InterfaithFamily had the pleasure of co-leading two sessions.
Our first session was lead with HIAS. HIAS is an international Jewish non-profit that protects refugees. I am proud that the Jewish community keeps its ancient mandate to protect the vulnerable and the stranger in our midst in this way.
Why were IFF and HIAS paired to run a session? We share the mission of being welcoming and we spoke about what it means to welcome. Whether welcoming interfaith families to Jewish life or helping those fleeing persecution to get acclimated as our neighbors, we need to grapple with insider/outsider mentality, what it means to lower barriers to participation and how to quell assumptions we make about others.
Our second session involved several other organizations including JFNA and the LA Federation, Big Tent Judaism and Keshet, all working, again, to widen the doors of entry to Jewish life for the diverse range of people who may be interested. In the break-out part of the session, we lead a group which went deeper into the conversation of how to be welcoming. What does an organization have to do to be welcoming? Is there a standard formula that can be instituted across the board in Jewish life to yield welcoming success?
The people who joined our group said that in each denomination and in each circle of Jewish life, the institution would have to figure out what criteria they could uphold that would signal the most welcoming culture and climate they could. For some synagogues which are largely interfaith communities, the only way to truly be welcoming may be to have clergy available to officiate and even co-officiate weddings. If there are many in the community who aren't Jewish who are actively invested in supporting a Jewish partner or raising children with Judaism, it may be that the only way to be truly welcoming is to celebrate them when ushering in Shabbat by lighting the candles, for example (a ritual traditionally reserved for Jews because of the language of "being commanded"). In congregations made up of a community cognizant of Jewish law, there would be other examples of being inclusive and welcoming that they would want to specifically enumerate and articulate. (We'll share more specifics of what we came up with in a future blog post!)
It's not enough to say that a congregation is welcoming. The community has to be able to describe what welcoming means to them. When you think about how you welcome people to your home, you know what you do, how you do it, how you feel doing it, how hopefully your guest feels and what you show and teach your children about graciousness. And a congregational family should know how they welcome both newcomers and regulars to the building, to classes and to gatherings.
Although we could scarcely agree on which things a congregation could or should do to be welcoming, everyone thought that one action that indicated "welcome" was that any couple—interfaith couples included—should be greeted with "mazel tov" when they announce their engagement.
We also had an interesting conversation about the word "inclusive." What does it mean to include people in the life of the synagogue? By definition, does that act change the nature of the situation that existed before the person was included? Do we include people by having them join what we are doing or does adding someone to the mix necessitate being flexible and dynamic?
There were few easy answers but lots of good questions and discussion. The attendees care about their Jewish lives and the future of Judaism in America. It could have been because we were in New Orleans, but there was a palpable energy and harmony to the buzz of voices.
Rabbi Ari Moffic's Sermon on Today's Judaism
The following is my sermon given on March 7, 2014 at Temple Beth El in Munster, IN.
The weekly Torah portions now move into the book of Leviticus. The Five Books of Moses are referred to by Hebrew names which are the first main word in that section of Torah. Leviticus is known as Vayikra which in Hebrew means God called out. God calls out many things to the people throughout the long narrative. Sometimes the people heed God's call and sometimes they don't. Sometimes it is Moses or another leader who hears God's call and then instructs the people what to do or not to do.
Do we believe God is still calling out? What is God calling? How does the call sound? When and how can we hear it? Some say God calls out through nature saying to stop destroying the environment. Some would say God calls out through people doing social justice work and bringing to our attention the suffering and plight of the vulnerable in society who need more help. Some might say God calls out through our inner voice which helps us calibrate our moral compass. Some say God calls out over and over and in new ways through this sacred text—through this scroll—through this ever-new message and that is why we read it over and over and over, and read commentaries about it over and over and over and continue to think about our own responses to these words. Do we hear God in the shofar? In the upcoming graggers and laughter of our youth?
What would God call out if God could read this latest Pew study of American Jewry? Most American Jews are not members of a synagogue. Most American Jews marry someone not Jewish. Many liberal American Jews raise their children with another religious tradition in addition to some Judaism. Millennials by and large say they are Jewish of no religion? What is happening here? Where did everything go wrong? How do we get things back on track?
OK—as an aside—why must we personify God? It seems true, as Maimonides, the great Jewish, Spanish philosopher and writer in the 1100s thought, that we can only make negative statements about God—God is not human. The only positive statement we can make is that God is and even that limits God. So, I am of course speaking in metaphor.
But, there are those who would say that there is something fundamentally broken or off about American, liberal Judaism. Synagogues are outdated and cost too much money to maintain. Our liturgy does not resonate any more. We don't know Hebrew and so prayer in Hebrew does not "work" as it once did. Since Judaism is a religion of boundaries and distinctions—the difference between the holy and profane, between day and night, between Shabbat and the rest of the week—we cannot have a truly inclusive Jewish community.
The nature of the Jewish religion is that it is insular and exclusivist to some extent. Jews can do and say certain things and those not Jewish cannot. Those younger than 13 cannot do certain things. On Passover, we cannot eat certain things. We are a religion of rules and boundaries and these rules have kept us a distinct people for millennia. As Rabbi Mark Washofsky, the Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati, our rabbinical school, just said to me, "There are many in the Jewish community now who straddle the fence and straddling a fence hurts."
So, this is all bad news and negative. Goodbye American liberal Judaism as we know it. It's been a nice run, but it's over?
No way.
Things are better than ever. It is our diverse community that gives us new strength—new voices, new questions and new insights are good for Judaism. We are pushed to define ourselves, to understand who is a Jew and what makes something Jewish. We are forced to confront our own lack of literacy and to take ownership of our religion and our heritage. When we have a community made up of those who grew up with Judaism and those newer to it, we uncover what it really means to welcome the stranger and to believe in One God of all who is a God of peace and love. We are given the sacred opportunity to perform the mitzvah, the commandment, to love our neighbor as our self because we are our neighbor. We see the most often repeated commandment from the Torah come alive for us: Do not oppress the stranger because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Does this always make it easy? Should we have no ritual barriers to full participation in Jewish life? (I kind of think so, but not everyone agrees with this). Should all rabbis officiate at any wedding where a Jew requests Jewish clergy to be with them? Can we find room in our religious schools for children being raised to also learn about and appreciate Catholicism, for instance? There are no easy answers but lots of important questions.
What is God calling to us now? I believe one message that is blatantly obvious and which can bring us closer to one another and God is that we need to open up, not create more rules and tighten our limits. We are a tiny "in" group and we are, by the way, not a homogeneous group; we are not different from those not in these seats tonight. The majority of liberal Jews are somewhere else. It is not for us to call them in. It is for our Jewish expression, our synagogue structures, and our leaders to open up. We have to act with love, respect, with joy and optimism, humility and inspiration, to individualize, accommodate and include anyone who might come to see that living with Judaism is a rich, vibrant, accessible, authentic way to structure one's days.
Kayn Yihi Ratzon. May this be God's will.
BBYO Awards InterfaithFamily a Slingshot Grant
The staff at InterfaithFamily is feeling grateful, humbled and inspired by the recent grant we received from BBYO. At their International Convention in February, BBYO teens were given the option to participate in a Shabbat learning session hosted by the Slingshot Fund. In this session, they experienced an expedited (but real!) 90 minute grant giving process.
They were first given the Slingshot Guide, which includes 50 innovative up-and-coming Jewish organizations and 17 "standard bearer" organizations, of which InterfaithFamily is one. The Guide states: "InterfaithFamily leads the conversation and demands a place for interfaith families in Jewish communal life."
BBYOers were then split into groups and each group was assigned a handful of organizations from the Guide to research. After taking all 67 organizations in the Guide into consideration, each group got to pick their favorite and pitch it to the other groups. What a great exercise in philanthropy!
One of these groups chose InterfaithFamily as their grantee. The group members—one in particular who is in an interfaith family—found the work we do to be meaningful to them. When they pitched InterfaithFamily to the larger group, many other kids felt connected to our cause as well. Out of all of the organizations that they could have chosen to fund, the BBYOers chose one: InterfaithFamily!
Here at InterfaithFamily, we spend a lot of time working with parents and couples. We spend a lot of time thinking and talking about the children of intermarried parents, as does the greater Jewish community. But the minority voice in the equation is that of the children themselves. To know that our mission is important to them is extremely validating and adds a sense of responsibility to our daily work.
Going forward, look out for more essays and resources devoted to the children of interfaith families, because I plan to make sure we rise to the challenge of using the BBYO grant to help these kids feel welcomed and supported in the Jewish community.
Treat Others with Honor
"Ben Zoma asks, 'Who is worthy of honor?
My wife and I are always reminding our children that there is nothing more important than being kind. Hearing the "mean talk" of children's taunts or playground mishaps—which of course happens everywhere—makes our ears perk up. Mess up on your homework, that can be resolved pretty quickly, but if you treat another person with disrespect, the consequences can be devastating.
The Hebrew word for respect is kavod. It is also translated as honor, dignity, and even glory. Kavod is a cherished word in Judaism. The Hebrew root of the word, (KVD) likens itself to weight, importance and abundance. Simply stated, kavod is not something to be taken lightly. It is all about how one treats their fellow person. This is ascribed an indisputable holiness that is essential in Jewish philosophy. Right in the heart of the Torah, we are instructed to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18).
A psychologist studying the aftermath of a Golden Gate Bridge jumper in 2003 said, "I went to this guy's apartment afterward with the assistant medical examiner. The guy was in his thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. He'd written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, 'I'm going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.'" (New Yorker, 2003)
Apparently no one smiled at him and the rest is a tragic moment in the history of the Golden Gate Bridge, and suicide in general. Of course, there was a deep psychological imbalance in his life that led to such a horrific decision. Yet, the fact that people continue to regularly disregard each other is troubling. Admittedly, no one passing by this tortured soul could have known the level of despair he was in, but perhaps back then and even now, people could make an effort to show a stranger in our midst a little pre-emptive kavod. Surely all of us have felt uplifted by the gift of another's smile in passing. How much the more so for people we know!
So what are you doing to show honor and respect to the ones you love? How do you express dignity and kindness to the people you meet? The littlest gesture can make such a difference.
Interfaith relationships offer an incredible opportunity to contribute to Judaism's enduring strength and diversity. All people should be welcomed and included in Jewish rituals that are such an incredible source of value and meaning to all who participate in them. Perhaps the question when planning life cycle events should not be what are you going to get out of this moment or the person involved in the ritual, but rather, what can you give to the relationship? How can you help break down the barriers and include others?
I invite you to think about this as you peruse our interfaith forums and dialogues here at InterfaithFamily. Let's open our hearts and minds, for kavod is all around us and it all starts by recognizing the holiness inside you.
Pride Versus Prejudice
There are many things that I am proud of about my background. I am proud of my heritage, my hometown and my family. Being proud helps our self-esteem and drives us to reach for new goals. But from time to time, when speaking about my background, I want to be careful that I am not insulting another person's background. Sometimes I worry that pride can cross a line and become insulting or even prejudice. I'm going to put it out there: I am a conservative Jew who likes country music and cheers for Duke and the Phillies. But many people who I adore are Catholic, like heavy metal, are UNC fans and love the Red Sox. OK—I said it. We all make our own choices.
No one would argue that being proud of your family, school, city and heritage is a wonderful thing. Last year, after the Boston Marathon bombings, it was powerful to see the slogan "Boston Strong." The concept of uniting the city to find the bombers was a crucial first step in the healing process for a city that had suffered such a devastating event. Similarly, I greatly admire people who serve in our military because they love our country so very much that they put their lives on the line. There is nothing worse than the feeling of being attacked, so it makes sense to unify as a community or country to take back a feeling of control.
In the past 100 years there were two World Wars, the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan to name a few. During the Second World War, Jews were targeted and murdered. As a result, many Jews have had a strong sense of pride as a way of overcoming such a horrific event in history. After centuries of persecution, many Jewish people felt very protective of their religion and culture. Many people dedicated their lives to working for Jewish causes. That sentiment is weakening as younger generations feel a distant connection to the Holocaust. Currently, some Jews do not feel threatened by anti-Semitism and feel very welcomed into American culture.
Here's the problem. Pride is a wonderful motivator and generally exudes positive energy. However, sometimes pride comes at the expense of another city, town or culture or religion—and becomes prejudice. It is a very fine line between the two. The risk of misinterpretation or offending someone is constant. (And, there will always be people who are overly sensitive.) Yet, people don't want to have their thoughts censored in their effort to be politically correct. It's OK to have an opinion and to express it. But I think it is infinitely important to be aware that pride can easily step over the line and become prejudice.
Here is my recommendation: Think of pride versus prejudice like a sporting event. Everyone can and should cheer for their team. Competition is a great motivator and perseverance leads to wonderful self-esteem. Players and fans should exercise good sportsmanship. Occasionally there is a player or fan who steps out of line. Occasionally a player breaks a rule or there is even a flagrant violation. That doesn't indicate that every player on that team is vindictive. We should exercise good sportsmanship and sensitivity and maintain the balance between pride and prejudice.
What Does it Mean to Be Welcoming
The following is a guest post by Gina Hagler, reprinted from her blog, Musings of Ruth
I've been part of the interfaith community for many years. I've felt comfortable, uncomfortable, welcome, tolerated, and most points between on the spectrum. I can tell you which things left me feeling more or less comfortable. I can even give you a definition-in-progress of what I would consider a welcoming congregation. What I hadn't thought of before last night, is how many aspects of welcome are universal.
Why are we making it so complicated when we sit together as Jews to assess how welcoming our congregations are? Why are we trying to look at ourselves through the eyes of others – especially others who are coming to us from a world view we have not experienced firsthand? Why are we making this such a Herculean task?
Perhaps we should first think about what has made us feel welcome in new experiences. We've all been the fish out of water at one point or another. What made it less painful? What eased our introduction? What made us feel we could return? What made us want to return? Why isn't this our simple first step to understanding how to put "strangers" at ease.
While I was still shaky in my Jewish identity, I took my kids up to New York several years in a row for winter break. I wanted to take them to services but I certainly didn't know any synagogues in NYC. I wasn't that confident that I would know exactly what to do once I got into the synagogue, but I wanted my kids to see that the services they participated in at our temple had elements in common with services at all synagogues. I did a search on synagogues in Manhattan and found Central Synagogue.
From the moment the site opened, I knew this was where we would go. The tone of the site, the readily available information, the pride the synagogue had in its history — all lent itself to the implicit expectation that of course we would want to visit and of course we were welcome. We went and sat in the way back – clearly newcomers and clearly not your standard Jews since 2/3 of the kids were Asian. People turned around to smile at us. Someone approached us to ask if we needed a Siddur as he held one up for us to see. He told us we were welcome to join them downstairs after the service for an Oneg made up of simple food.
Within five minutes of entering the building, we had been informally welcomed, given what we needed to participate if we chose to in a way that did not assume we were familiar with the object, and invited to something we may not have known about in a way that explained all we needed to know to feel bold enough to check it out. My kids felt right at home. They were delighted to hear prayers they knew and to be able to join in. They were thrilled to hear tropes that were familiar. There was no way they were leaving without the Oneg. They met some other kids. Several adults made it clear I was welcome to join in their conversations. Ever since, we make it a point to attend services there whenever we are in New York.
This synagogue was not specifically trying to attract interfaith families, or even families from ambiguous or undecided Jewish backgrounds. They were trying to attract those interested in a Jewish life, without making a distinction between faith backgrounds. As strange as it may seem, I felt more immediately welcome at that temple than I have at any other temple I've visited. I'm convinced it is because they were genuinely proud of what they had to offer and genuinely happy to have us.
Maybe when we're trying to decide how to make someone comfortable at our temple, we should start by thinking about what makes us comfortable and ask ourselves if our congregation is welcoming anyone – Jewish or not – in such a way. Maybe the first step in making people feel welcome is to be welcoming.
Wrestling with the Ethics of the Sochi Olympics
The following is reprinted with permission from MyJewishLearning.org. We thank them for their words on this year's Olympics which we know is weighing heavily on our readers' minds.
By Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz
The more I read and learn about what has been happening in Russia, the more I am afraid for its citizens. The attention that the fairly recently implemented "anti-gay propaganda" law is getting is certainly high on the list of reasons to be concerned. What begins as fines quickly becomes imprisonment. There is already more than enough evidence that creating an environment of state-sponsored discrimination against a section of the population based on an essential part of their being leads to violence against those individuals. There are numerous accounts of LGBT Russians being attacked by vigilantes and thugs.
We should all be concerned by these stories. As a Jew, and as a lesbian, I cannot help but think about Germany in the 1930s. We teach that history precisely so that we might better recognize the early signs of state-sponsored prejudice that can quickly escalate into something more. I don't think I'm being reactionary. I'm truly and deeply concerned.
What does this mean for the Sochi Olympics, and beyond the events of the Olympics themselves. I admit, I find myself at a gut level drawn to the idea of boycott – of simply not watching. But I'm not convinced that this is an effective or meaningful response at this stage. I would have supported the International Olympics Committee if they had made a decision to relocate or cancel the games at an earlier juncture, and I also recognize the logistical, legal, and political complexities of making such a decision.
Learn About Your Partner's Heritage
Even if You Don't Plan To Convert, You Should Learn About Your Partner's Religious Heritage: The Value of Introduction to Judaism Classes
When I was in rabbinical school in the late 1990s and in the years following my ordination in 2000 I had the great pleasure of teaching the Reform movement's 16 week Introduction to Judaism class. I found it incredibly rewarding to have the privilege of exposing my students to the fundamentals of Jewish thought and practice. While a few of the students in my classes were Jews who wanted to learn more about their religious heritage, the vast majority of students were not Jewish but had Jewish partners and they registered for the class because they were considering becoming Jewish. In those days, like today, many Reform rabbis required that conversion students with whom they were working take the Intro class as one of the requirements for conversion.
At the first class session, I would always invite the students to introduce themselves and to share why they had signed up for the class. Often, after saying a few words about himself, a student would say: "And I plan to convert once I've completed this class." Sometimes, the student who said this had been married to a Jewish person for years, raised Jewish children, been a part of a synagogue community and already knew a lot about what it mean to be Jewish. In those cases, the Intro class was the final step in a long process, and the person speaking truly knew what was involved in choosing to become Jewish.
Other times, the student who said this was someone who was dating or perhaps was engaged to someone Jewish, but he admittedly knew very little about Judaism. In those cases, I would encourage him to have an open mind and to learn as much as possible about Judaism—both in and out of class—and to defer making any decision until he had a better sense of what it meant to be Jewish. Then, if living a Jewish life was truly compelling to him, conversion would be the right path for him to take.
As a rabbi—and as someone who loves being Jewish and believes that Judaism brings meaning to my life and to the world—I think it's wonderful when someone chooses to become Jewish. I have served on many b'tei din (rabbinic courts) for people becoming Jewish, and I have always found the experience to be incredibly powerful. It is truly an honor to be part of a person's process of becoming Jewish—as long as the person is becoming Jewish for the right reason—that is, because she truly wants to be Jewish…not because her partner, or partner's parents, want her to be Jewish. To me, serving on a bet din where someone is converting for the purpose of making a partner or other relative happy would be a mockery of the conversion process. Which is exactly why I would tell students in my Intro class who were just beginning to learn about Judaism: "Take your time, learn about Judaism and THEN decide if you want to convert." And even if the student who was dating, engaged or married to a Jewish person never made the decision to convert, they would have learned about—and presumably developed a greater respect for—their Jewish partner's religion in the process of taking the class.
Ten to 15 years ago, when I was teaching Introduction to Judaism classes, there were lots of students in the classes. I think that this was in part due to the fact that the liberal Jewish community put a lot of pressure on Jews marrying people of other faiths to convince their partners to convert to Judaism. For a number of reasons, this has changed. Thanks to the work of many individuals and of organizations like InterfaithFamily, the liberal Jewish community has become more welcoming to interfaith couples and families. Parents who aren't Jewish—even if they are actively practicing another religion—can be part of their Jewish child's religious upbringing…not just driving their children to and from Religious School, but learning alongside their children, participating in synagogue and Jewish communal activities and having a role in their Jewish children's lifecycle events. Perhaps that explains why some of the Introduction to Judaism classes near where I live in Philadelphia are having trouble attracting enough students these days. Conversion to Judaism, and the intro classes that are an essential part of the conversion process are no longer seen in many liberal Jewish circles as the "necessity" that they once were.
However, just because someone whose partner is Jewish does not intend to convert, and may intend to continue practicing his or her own religion, I don't think that they should refrain from enrolling in a class such as the Reform Movement's Introduction to Judaism or other similar class. In Philadelphia, for example, the Conservative Moment sponsors the Rabbi Morris Goodblatt Academy, which offers a 30-week Introduction to Judaism class twice yearly to learn about Judaism. There's tremendous value to learning about the history, beliefs and traditions of your partner's religious heritage. For example, in a recent blog, InterfaithFamily wedding blogger Anne Keefe writes about how she, a practicing Catholic, is taking an Introduction to Judaism class not because she is thinking about conversion, but to learn more about her fiancé Sam's religion.
I would encourage anyone who is seriously involved with a Jewish partner to consider learning more about Judaism. Similarly, I would encourage any Jewish person in an interfaith relationship to learn about their partner's religion. Regardless of your own religious beliefs or practices, it can only benefit your relationship to learn more about your partner's religious heritage.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you are in an interfaith relationship. If you are not Jewish but your partner is, have you taken an Introduction to Judaism or other similar class? If so, what was the experience like for you? If you are Jewish, have you taken a class to learn about your partner's religious heritage? What class did you take? What other steps have you taken to learn about your partner's religious beliefs and traditions?
Eyes on the Prize
I love when my kids come home from school with inspirational materials. This week, with MLK day on everyone's mind, it was to honor the great Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Found inside my 1st grader Eli's backpack was a scholastic news weekly reader called "Before and After Dr. King," emphasizing how MLK had helped change unfair laws in his lifetime. This little flyer highlighted three topics featuring before and after photos: Buses, schools and water fountains which clearly and visually showed the inequality and horrific level of prejudice in daily life in the south in the '50s and '60s.
So we had a kitchen table discussion, and I found myself getting teary-eyed, as I often do at the thought of being separated and judged for who you are by the color of your skin or boxed into feelings of shame for what you were born into. My kids are blown away that people were treated so unfairly. Eli found it fascinating that I was born in 1969, "way back then only one year after Martin Luther King died." We talked about how hard it is to believe that people couldn't sit together or learn together or share the same water fountain; things I did not have to witness in person, thank God, being way up north and born after the civil rights movement had a chance to flourish.
"Jews were treated unfairly too back then," I explained to Eli.
"Why does it always have to go back to the Jews?" my wife bemoaned, "Can't we just stick with MLK?" (It's got to be tough to be married to a Jewish educator with every topic coming back to Judaism at his kitchen table.)
"I'm just saying," pointing to the picture with the separate seating on the buses, "there were also signs back then that said, 'No Jews Allowed.' Of course, it was nothing compared to the horrors that faced the Southern black community at the time, but there are similarities. Deb gave me that "Lets not bring this back to the Holocaust" look, knowing all too well where it was heading. I got the message. "You will learn more details about this every year as you get older." I tried to conclude my digression before Shalom Bayit had been compromised—again.
Mavis Staples, created one of the best civil rights songs of all time (and albums for that matter titled We'll Never Turn Back in 2007), called "Eyes on the Prize," telling us to "hold on," and to keep our "eyes on the prize" of freedom.
We have come a long, long way as a more inclusive society (thank God) and prejudice needs to be fought wherever it strikes. There are many issues to hold on to as we keep our eyes on the prize. King's vision to change the world began with color (or rather I should say a dream of not judging people by the color of their skin) and continues to grab our hearts and attention on opening our minds to all people who suffer and have been marginalized by society, "still vastly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination." (MLK, I Have A Dream speech, April 28th, 1963)
As of this writing, 17 states have legalized same sex marriage (starting with my home state of Massachusetts in 2004). And intermarriage is a fascinating because it is not an issue of legality from state legislation, but rather in issue of relational acceptance by denominations or complex family dynamics.
Going through the list of rabbis who are willing to officiate marriages on this website, I am struck by their level of heroism to stand up for change and inclusiveness, despite the slowness of many congregations and some of their peers.
Things are evolving and getting better, no doubt. It is wonderful to see same sex marriages continuing to be recognized and officiated by rabbis in synagogues. But somehow, interfaith marriage has a bigger hurdle to overcome in acceptance on the institutional level. For example, the Conservative movement has a doctrine to not allow their rabbis to even attend an interfaith marriage, let alone officiate one.
You have probably heard about the small, but still existent, ultra-Orthodox factions that are pushing for separate buses for men and women. Oh Dr. King, how did some of us get so far off? It is deeply embarrassing to see people miss the mark in respecting others' differences.
In the meantime, this year I will be watching for more synagogues to be more inclusive and welcoming to more intermarried couples. I want my children to grow up witnessing synagogues and Jewish institutions working to make a stronger community of unity and respect.
It's OK to Go Alone
Yesterday my husband asked for my advice about how to help a friend of his. His friend wanted to know how he could motivate his wife to attend services and other Jewish events at our synagogue. They are empty nesters and he wants to grow their Jewish practice. My husband turned to me because I am the family psychologist, a.k.a., the in-house armchair analyst. While I am sympathetic to our friend's situation, my answer may not have been the one he was looking for: "He can't."
For most of my life, I engaged with Judaism to please my family, not because it was something that I wanted or because it was my idea. It was easier for me to participate than it would have been to explain why I did not "feel it." I always experienced a strong attachment to the music, the food and to Israel but these are not religious motivations, they are cultural. Sometimes I wonder where the line is between culture and religion.
Spirituality is personal. I am not sure how the flame gets going. Some have it from birth, others find it as a result of a life changing experience, and for me it appeared during my first visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem a few years ago. My internal flame was lit near midnight on a warm summer evening in Jerusalem.
When I returned home from Israel, I went looking for a Jewish community to join and I found one in San Francisco. From that first Shabbat morning, I always felt welcome and never self-conscious about showing up alone. There were always plenty of other people who came alone, just like me. Some were single, some with partners who chose not to go or who stayed home with their children or aging parents. We sat together at services and saved seats at the table for each other at events. Not once did I ever feel the awkward loneliness that can creep into one's consciousness while going solo in a group setting. The positive experience I had the first time motivated me to try it a second, and then a third, and so on, until I joined the community as an official member.
Since then, I have married and my husband and I go to synagogue together. I no longer go alone but I know that I can, any time I want or need to. A while ago I heard a fellow congregant speak at a panel discussion about how, as a divorced parent, she has found her village in our community. She no longer feels awkward about attending as a single parent and comes to temple events a lot now. She even comes alone when her children are with their father. I have another friend who is always at Shabbat morning services and is rarely accompanied by his partner who works too hard and desperately needs the "Day of Rest" for actual horizontal rest.
I suggested to my husband that his friend could try joining us once or twice without his wife to see how he feels about walking in alone. Once he is inside, he will be joined by friends, swept away by the gorgeous opening song, and carried through the morning by Rabbi's calm guidance of our prayers. Our friend may find out that his inner flame of spirituality can be nurtured through the warm and uplifting embrace of our community in San Francisco. He may also discover that the impression he walks away with is contagious.
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If you have a penchant for Caribbean cuisine, restaurants in St. John will not disappoint. Visitors will find plenty of St. John's restaurants at the island's many resorts, but there are also great options available in the residential areas of Cruz Bay and Coral Bay, which are located on the West and East ends of the island, respectively. Whatever your tastes, you'll find exactly what you're looking for somewhere on this tiny yet vibrant island.
For a taste of local fare, grab dinner at De' Coal Pot or Sweet Plantains Restaurant & Rum Bar. Both specialize in Caribbean food, offering classic dishes like coconut peas and rice, oxtail stew, curried goat and custard made with sweet plantains.
If international cuisine is what you're seeking, make reservations at The Terrace Restaurant, specializing in French food; La Tapa, a contemporary Mediterranean eatery; or Fatty Crab and Rhumb Lines, both specializing in Asian fusion. And, of course, don't miss out on the supremely fresh seafood at St. John restaurants like Lime Inn and The Fish Trap, both located in Cruz Bay.
Residents love Woody's Seafood Saloon, good for conch fritters and cold beer. There are often more patrons than can fit into the small space, so you can opt to take your drinks to the tables outside.
While the food at the Pan-Asian restaurant is good—dumplings, noodles, seared and grilled fish dishes—the main draw is the hilltop view of Cruz Bay, especially stunning as the sun sets over St. Thomas.


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Crater Chains
October 12, 2009
The large crater at the top of this THEMIS visible image has several other craters inside of it. Most noticeable are the craters that form a "chain" on the southern wall of the large crater. These craters are a wonderful example of secondary impacts. They were formed when large blocks of ejecta from an impact crashed back down onto the surface of Mars. Secondaries often form radial patterns around the impact crater that generated them, allowing researchers to trace them back to their origin.
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Facebook Donates $10,000 to Utah's Anti-gay Attorney General Sean Reyes
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes' re-election campaign got a healthy influx of cash from Facebook, Inc. back in May, according to disclosures filed with the Utah Lieutenant Governor's office.
The company, which is usually a strong corporate backer of LGBT equality, donated $10,000 to the man who vowed late last year to 'spend whatever it takes' to prevent gay couples from obtaining marriage licenses in his state.
QSalt Lake reports:
When asked about the donation to the person who has arguably become the face of legal opposition to marriage equality in America, a Facebook spokesperson responded with:
"Facebook has a strong record on LGBT issues and that will not change, but we make decisions about which candidates to support based on the entire portfolio of issues important to our business, not just one. A contribution to a candidate does not mean that we agree with every policy or position that candidate takes. We made this donation for the same reason we've donated to Attorneys General on the opposite side of this issue – because they are committed to fostering innovation and an open Internet."
LGBT supporters unsatisfied with Facebook's response have launched an online petition calling for the company to "publicly decry this bigotry and make an equal or greater contribution to the campaign of Charles Stormont who is also seeking the office of Utah Attorney General."
Earlier this month, we reported that Reyes had appealed a Tenth Circuit's decision striking down the state's gay marriage ban directly to the U.S. Supreme court
Time for a re-brand :
"Two Facedbook".
Posted by: JackFknTwist | Aug 14, 2014 12:57:52 PM
I get that supporting a candidate doesn't equate with supporting every position a candidate espouses.
However, when homophobia is so central to a candidate and it is such a clear-cut moral issue, then you can't hide behind the "we don't support all his positions" crap. We aren't talking about some obscure policy position. This is a civil rights issue.
I understand that you prefer his position on internet issues that affect your bottom line, but what you are saying is that you making a few more million dollars is more important than my status as a second-class citizen.
Posted by: Bucky | Aug 14, 2014 1:21:28 PM
"the person who has arguably become the face of legal opposition to marriage equality in America"
Posted by: crispy | Aug 14, 2014 1:24:37 PM
I really have to cancel my FB account, I hate the thing. This is just one more reason to add to my list…
Jackfkntwist - well done, cheers.
Posted by: tinkerbelle | Aug 14, 2014 1:26:22 PM
Facebook's priority is its own bottom line, and nothing else. As if its bottom line wouldn't be healthy enough without supporting backward thinking creeps like this.
Posted by: ScottCA | Aug 14, 2014 1:31:54 PM
One obvious question - is Reyes intrinsically anti gay or does he figure that, in a state dominated by the Mormon Church, an attorney general who did not try to block same-sex marriages would be unelectable?
There's one way to tell: check Sayes' record on other issues affecting Utah's LGBT citizens.
Posted by: Bill | Aug 14, 2014 1:32:19 PM
So it appears facebook is willing to compromise the LGBT community in the name of profits. Too bad for them.
Posted by: ToThePoint | Aug 14, 2014 1:54:46 PM
He gets 10,000, but hey we got pride stickers.
Posted by: Jay | Aug 14, 2014 2:12:02 PM
Does Mark Zuckerberg feel this way? We will support the gays when it is convenient?
Posted by: ToThePoint | Aug 14, 2014 2:15:10 PM
Facebook sucks. So Draconian. Social media is overrated.
Posted by: Sean Maloney | Aug 14, 2014 2:16:25 PM
I have been skeptical of Facebook for years; I loathe the very premise of 'sharing' & 'friending' and 'update status'......as an electronic substitute for reality .
It has turned navel gazing into a full time occupation. It is awash with ego-obsessed, indiscreet, gossip mongers and celebrity seekers.
It has dumbed down the laudable characteristic of privacy and personal space.
It is a tool to put everyone's "Circus Animals are all on Show."
The very concept of 'Facebook' is despicable.
But this rant is only my personal point of view !
Posted by: JackFknTwist | Aug 14, 2014 2:19:11 PM
I've done Facebook twice, and both times I have abandoned it due to utter boredom. They will very shortly be irrelevant.
Posted by: Jack M | Aug 14, 2014 2:46:23 PM
You are completely delusional and out of touch with the technology sector if you think Facebook will soon be irrelevant.
Posted by: crispy | Aug 14, 2014 2:50:21 PM
Bad corporate person is bad.
What a shock.
Posted by: Randy | Aug 14, 2014 3:17:32 PM
This story should get more traction. Fewer than 300 people have signed their petition.
Posted by: Joe in Ct | Aug 14, 2014 5:40:54 PM
You are always screwing our sites up that we use, then you fake the reports for certain pictures and now you are supporting homophobic asshats.......You show hate.......can't wait for a better site to open up because once they do your site should desolve real fast.........stupid idiots supporting other stupid idiots
Posted by: Lisa Parker | Aug 14, 2014 5:51:11 PM
I'm not on Facebook, and every time I feel perhaps I should create an account, as I was contemplating just this week, something is revealed about Facebook that dissuades me from doing so. I find emailing, texting and calling my friends is just as good a way to maintain contact, when not actually spending time together, as ever.
Posted by: IPW | Aug 14, 2014 8:13:22 PM
@Crispy: there is nothing preventing users from abandoning their facebook accounts, so it could fade into technological irrelevance very quickly.
The assets that will keep it from fading into oblivious overnight even if users abandon ship are (a) a lot of money in the bank, (b) a huge database on people that it can sell in some form to marketers, and (c) all those 'like' buttons and facebook scripts that get loaded on many other web sites (when you load a facebook script, facebook gets data on what page you were visiting, your IP address, browswer type, and some other similar data, plus more if you are actually logged into facebook).
Posted by: Bill | Aug 14, 2014 8:23:50 PM
'Donates' is another word for a bribe
Posted by: Putney | Aug 14, 2014 10:53:33 PM
Absurd! FB - absolutely ridiculous logic and position.
Posted by: R. Lukas | Aug 14, 2014 11:05:29 PM
Facebook does not care about LGB issues. It pays lip service to the idea of equality but Mark Zuckerberg and his cronies would whore out their grandmothers for profit.
Posted by: MaryM | Aug 15, 2014 4:07:30 AM
Silly article -- makes Gay people look brainless.
Reyes is a lacky of the lds church, as is every other Utah official. Facebook has business reasons to support him. It's not like someone who is good for Gay rights would EVER get elected to the job -- and he was appointed to replace a crook.
There is NO way that Reyes' opponent is better than he is, in Utah, but the article does not even bother to go into that.
Reyes will be re-elected NO MATTER WHAT, so why shouldn't a business give his campaign money in order to keep influence over him, and MAYBE even get a little help for Gay people in Utah?
Posted by: Bob K | Aug 15, 2014 4:30:56 AM
"@Crispy: there is nothing preventing users from abandoning their facebook accounts, so it could fade into technological irrelevance very quickly."
You couldn't be more wrong. Millions of people have uploaded billions of photos to Facebook (it is the largest photo-sharing site by far), and people aren't just going to abandon their images. Facebook, by design, doesn't make it easy to retrieve all your data.
But even if it were possible, users aren't leaving. Facebook traffic is growing on mobile as more and more people switch from desktops to mobile devices, and they're still adding new users in emerging markets like India, Brazil and Mexico.
It's not a perfect company. The recent launch of a messenger client has been a disaster.
But anyone suggesting that Facebook could crumble overnight doesn't have the slightest idea what they're talking about.
Posted by: crispy | Aug 15, 2014 6:44:15 AM
I'm not buying it. Would Facebook support a candidate that had excellent Internet policies, but supported racial segregation? I don't think so. Then again, maybe they would if they thought they could survive the backlash, and still make a buck. Despicable. You can't "sort of" support civil rights, you either do or you don't.
Posted by: Writeguy | Aug 15, 2014 7:25:21 AM
Facebook account deactivated...
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Best External HDD
I need a External HDD for backup Mac and store videos onto it. I don't know what size I need and what kind is best? I have my iTunes Library on my Netgear Ready NAS Duo v1. I thinking of moving it over to external HDD. My Library is not so big it only under 40GB. I usually edit Holiday videos and learning After Effects from time to time. I am leaning towards WD passport just because they are cheaper I can get 2x1TB for £138.90 on Amazon. Will the time machine auto detect my external Hdd to use as Backup? I am curious about the size of videos and moving them between the external HDD and into Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Most of people recommend me to buy a thunderbolt version of HDD because it transfers faster. They are still expensive.
Recommend me guys.
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|Dec 7, 2012, 10:30 AM
What ports do you have on your Mac? Common transport protocols from fastest: thunderbolt, USB 3, FW 800, USB 2, FW 400. Then there is the networking protocol TCP/IP running over either net which can be 10/100/1000. You would use ethernet, or wifi, towards a Time Capsule or NAS.
Probably the best value (speed for the cost) is USB 3 or FW 800.
Personally I use thunderbolt drives for data storage and a Time Capsule via ethernet for backups.
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|Dec 7, 2012, 11:31 AM
I am getting the new 27 iMac. I already have a router so don't need a time capsule. Just for router and backup just want portable harddrives. Can you partition the portable hard drive?
|Dec 7, 2012, 12:07 PM
never tried to partition a small portable HD. But I would think that is totally possible with disk utility. 1TB drives are so cheap these days...do you really need to partition one?
You tell Time Machine which connected drive is to be used for backups. Then make sure all of your internal drive and all of any regularly connected external drives are included in the backup. As I remember the Time Machine default is to backup everything that is not specifically excluded.
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The Buffalo Bison football team traveled to Worland Friday night to take on The Warriors in their opening game of the 2011 campaign.
The Bison got two rushing touchdowns from Dylan Marton and a third on a pass from quarterback Colin Rodriguez to Kalob Rodriguez.
The Bison offense took some time to gel but the defense seemed to be ready to go from the opening kick. After a scoreless first quarter, the offense finally got rolling in the second quarter when Marton scored on a five-yard run and kicker Wyatt Witty added the PAT to give Buffalo a 7-0 lead.
BRONC FOOTBALL - The Bronc football team dropped a tough hard fought game at Natrona county Friday night.
It was a great defensive battle most of the night with Natrona breaking through for two touchdowns in the 4th quarter to pull away and beat the broncs 20-6, Broncs Head coach Don Julian.
The game changer may have come late in the first half with Natrona up 3-0 the NC defense stopped the Broncs twice at the one yard line in the closing seconds of the half to keep the Broncs from taking the lead.
LARAMIE - Wyoming coach Dave Christensen is expecting more excitement from his team this season despite starting a true freshman quarterback.
Christensen says the Cowboys have more playmakers than they've had over the past two seasons.
Freshman Brett Smith, of Salem, Ore., will lead the offense after winning the starting quarterback job during training camp.
Smith is only the third true freshman since 1974 to start at quarterback for the Cowboys. He is one of nine true freshmen who are expected to see playing time on offense, defense and special teams.
The Sheridan Broncs face Natrona County Friday night.Natrona County wins 20-6.
Greybull wins big against Big Horn 38-6.
BRONC FOOTBALL - The Bronc football team will play at Natrona county tonight.
The Bronc defense will get a big test tonight that was one area Head coach Don Julian was pleased with in the victory over Cheyenne Central.
The Offensive line had some question marks coming into the season but Julian says the players have done a good job of getting themselves ready for the season.
As for tonight's opponent the Broncs know what to expect when they line up with Mustangs.
The Buffalo High School sports teams will all be in action.
The Bison football team will open their season at Worland tonight with kickoff set at 6pm. The JV team will play at home Saturday against Glenrock.
The girls' swim team was at Gillette Thursday to take on Gillette and Newcastle.
The girls' varsity volleyball team will be at the Gillette Invite today and Saturday. The freshman and JV girls played Clearmont on Thursday.
The Bison golf team is at the Worland Invite. Round One was Thursday and they'll wrap up the tournament today.
FOOTBALL - The Bronc football team will play at Natrona county tomorrow night and the Big Horn rams play their regular season opener tomorrow afternoon at home.
The Rams lost their zero week exhibition game at Thermopolis last Friday Head coach Bert Dow says the Rams showed their age in the 21-6 loss.
Several players from Tongue River high school have joined the Rams club this year after their season was called off two weeks ago and Dow says they are slowly getting up to speed with their new teammates and coaches.


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Cholera Threat In Haiti Larger Than Previous Estimates
Experts fear the cholera epidemic affecting Haiti may be worse than officials previously thought.
According to the latest estimates, the diarrheal disease could strike double the original prediction of 400,000 people.
Researchers wrote in The Lancet journal that aid efforts will need ramping up.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that everything possible is being done in order to contain the disease.
There were no cases of cholera reported on Haiti for over a century until last year's devastating earthquake.
The disease spreads person-to-person through contaminated food and water.
Cholera causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, which leads to dangerous dehydration.
About 150,000 people in Haiti contracted cholera between October and December 2010, and about 3,500 people died from it.
The United Nations projected that the total number of people infected would likely rise to 400,000, but researchers from the University of California – San Francisco said that this is a gross underestimate.
They believe that the toll could reach up to 779,000, with 11,100 deaths by the end of November 2011.
Dr. Sanjay Basu and colleagues used data from Haiti's ministry of health to determine their estimate.
The researchers said the U.N. estimates were "crude" and based on "a simple assumption" that the disease would infect a set portion of Haiti's 10 million population.
The team took into account factors like which water supplies have been contaminated and how much immunity the population has to the disease.
They believe that the number of cholera cases will be substantially higher than official estimates.
"The epidemic is not likely to be short-term," Basu wrote in The Lancet journal. "It is going to be larger than predicted in terms of sheer numbers and will last far longer than the initial projections."
However, researchers say that thousands of lives could be saved by provision of clean water, vaccination and expanded access to antibiotics.
A spokesman for the World Health Organization told BBC: "We have to be cautious because modeling does not necessarily reflect what's seen on the ground.
"Latest figures show there have been 252,640 cases and 4,672 deaths as of 10 March 2011.
"We really need to reconstruct water and sanitation systems for the cholera epidemic to go away completely.
"It's a long-term process and cholera is going to be around for a number of years yet."
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Ancient Rome Returns In 3D
Ancient Rome is being brought to life on the big screen in an effort to bring new understanding of the historic culture to tourists.
The visitor center, just off the Colosseum, is set to open its doors to tourists on November 20.
Visitors to the center will have the chance to witness a 3D rendering of ancient Roman life thanks to a collaboration of Hollywood animation and video-game technology.
The characters were brought to life using so-called "motion capture" technology, which utilizes body sensors to trace the movements of human models in order to make them more realistic.
Tourists will get a feel for ancient Rome during the 30-minute production that takes them through the streets, into the middle of a Senate debate, through the plebian district Suburra and eventually into a dramatic gladiator battle scene in the Colosseum.
A preview audience kitted out with 3-dimensional glasses leapt back when evil gladiator Bestia shoved his sword at them.
Commentators and trumpets bring it to a climax when the audience screams for a thumbs-up or thumbs-down from Maxentius with shouts of "Mitte!" (mercy!) or "Iugula!" (kill him!).
There is even a financial crisis that may ring a bell with modern viewers.
"Oh no! My life savings! I could have earned more by keeping my money under the mattress!" moans Sapientus, a toga-clad 3D guide to Rome.
"When the audience watches the show they get a really immersive feeling of how it was like to be in ancient Rome as if you were an actor on the stage of history," said Joel Myers, the managing director of the hi-tech entertainment firm Virtuality.


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Dell Optiplex 745 repair
We have noticed more and more Dell Optiplex 745 PCs coming into our shop for the same issue, no display at boot time. If you are having any of the following issues with your Dell Optiplex 745 PCs – no boot at all, no display or frequent lockups then this may be the cause of your problems.
To check your system motherboard for the faulty capacitors just remove the side panel so you can see the board. The motherboard part numbers supported by this guide are UY938, TY565, HH330.
The capacitors you need to look at are right next to the processor and fan assembly. This picture shows the faulty capacitors with the bulging tops. Three of the capacitors even have dried electrolytic solution on the top.
The capacitors that need to be replaced are shown here. Even though only 3 in this picture show signs of failure you should replace all 5 caps to insure proper operation of the system.
To repair the board it will need to be removed from the case. This involves removing all of the power, SATA and data cables. You will also need to remove the PS/2 port card and any other cards installed in the system. Now unscrew the board from the case and remove it.
The capacitors that need to be replaced are as follows:
Qty 4 2200uf 6.3v
Qty 1 1800uf 6.3v
You will need to use low ESR and high temp capacitors for the repair or they will fail again in a month or two. This page gives more details about the parts, why they fail and which ones to use for the repair. http://www.ccl-la.com/blog/index.php/capacitors/
We have a kit with the proper parts for this repair available for $12.00
Here is a video guide for this repair:
If you don't want to do the repair yourself, use the service request link above. This board repair run $35 (parts and labor) plus return shipping.
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This thing keeps freezing up like now its going half way thru opening to apps but is stuck on android,can anyone tell me what the problem may be?
i change the capacitors but dont display & eror yelo l e d bilink
plz replay me what wil i do
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By J3T
from Dannemora, New York
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Not bad
- Authentic Looking
- Unique
- Irregular Fit
- Costume Party
Not bad overall. It's fits a little off and may come with black rope instead of gold rope in the hat. Pretty decent prop though overall.BOTTOM LINE Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
By Party Host
from Massachusetts
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(1 of 1 customer found this review helpful)
Hat fine,service awful-arrived too late!
- Fits Well
- Costume Party
The hat was pretty standard - fine in all regards. Unfortunately, we were led to believe that if we paid for "expedited" shipping we would get it in time for our event. We ordered early on Weds, and rep said we should have no problems with Saturday delivery! It arrived MONDAY, long AFTER the party…BOTTOM LINE No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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BART Karma?
As I got on BART the other day to go to the City, a teenager slipped in and plopped down across from me, slouching into his hooded sweatshirt. A moment later an authoritative voice announced over the loudspeaker that our train would be holding in the station for a bit. And shortly after that, a sizeable BART cop strode into our car, pointed at the kid, and said, "You! Come with me." The young man's expression was a mixture of resignation and something else -- something not totally negative, as if being busted was at least making his day interesting.
As the youthful offender was joining the cop on the subway platform, a well-dressed woman ran into our car through the still-open doors. The doors shut, and the train departed. The woman looked stunned, as if she had just had a religious experience. "I can't believe I made this train -- I was so late, and I had to make this appointment!" she announced, to no one in particular. Someone explained to her how we'd been delayed by the police action, and the woman just kept shaking her head in amazed gratitude.
I wondered whether there was some sort of great, unknowable karmic circle among all of us BART riders: the boy giveth, the woman taketh, the cop busteth ...
Religion was on my mind, as I was just beginning to read a fascinating book that a viewer had sent me: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, by Stanford grad Sam Harris (not, by the way, the same "Sam Harris" as the belter who once won Star Search). It's a full-on attack against organized religion, mustering more fire and brimstone than you might expect from such a debunker.
Gripped by Harris's argument, I kept my nose in the book as we all BARTed under the Bay, vaguely aware that at a station in Oakland a woman had sat down across from me, in the exact spot where the youthful scofflaw had once slouched. As we pulled in to Embarcadero Station, I happened to look up, and noticed that this woman was also reading a book: Historical Drift: Must My Church Die?
I was struck by the image of our two books silently arguing with each other across the train car. Perhaps if we kept reading there, a consensus might be reached?
Sadly, there was no time to find out, as I had to get off at Montgomery. The woman with the very important appointment was getting off there, too. As the doors opened, I was seized with a blind hope that a rebellious teen, or a surly cop, or both, would take our places on the train car, somehow closing the circle -- but alas, this was apparently too much for a secular guy like me to pray for.
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