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Three-term incumbent Rep. Melissa Bean trailed newcomer Joe Walsh in a race that was far closer than expected - so close that it wasn't decided even by early Wednesday.
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Author Archives: Alana Suskin
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
A number of recent essays have been swimming their way across the blogosphere and seem to have serendipitously swirled together. The Conservative movement, even at its largest and healthiest, has always been, like the Jewish people itself, overly worried about its imminent destruction, so when a young woman asks why men raised in an egalitarian setting, who like her, care about halakha, leave for Orthodoxy, when she cannot do so, when the Pew report seems to indicate shrinkage in the stable Jewish middle, when the once-dean of a Conservative rabbinical seminary writes the movement's obituary, and when the smirky response to the woman asking how her friends could abandon her is responded to with the claim that it's her own fault for daring to be equal, cause ya know, men can't stand to have anyone be equal to them, it makes them expendable, one might expect a flurry of worry from the most worried of all Jewish movements. And there were.
Of course, there were also some very interesting discussions spawned from these articles ( by which, yes, I do mean to imply that I found most—except for the first of these—exercises silly). The one that I found myself most interested in was a discussion of when we lost the idea of obligation, and how important it is to get it back. Not simply for the idea of halakha—but also in terms of obligations to one another, and to our communities, and to God—rather than the pursuit of happiness, that goal that seems to take up so much of Americans' time, and yet be so fleeting.
And so I invited those people who, like me, are Conservative because we care about halakha, deeply and passionately, and we care about the idea of obligation, in all those ways, to have a conversation about how to revive it: To revive a sense of seriousness about halakha, about egalitarianism, and about obligation, together.
The Conservative movement is my home because these are all things that I cannot do without, and I'm ready to find that core of people—whom I know are there, because I've met them and davenned with them, and eaten with them—so that the Conservative movement knows they're there, too.And I invite you too. If you're interested, leave a message for me and let's start talking.
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The Thanksgiving Nakba
The confluence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah seems to have brought more than the usual rush of madness to Hanukkah, which has become a major holiday in the USA by virtue of its usual proximity to Christmas. Although most of the Thanksgivukkah posts have been at least a bit tongue-in-cheek (other than the ones with recipes, which all look either terrifyingly heavy, or not particularly appetizing), one article I saw recently castigated the Thanksgivukkah celebrants, pointing out that Thanksgiving was not, and is not, a celebration for Native Americans, who remember it a bit more as the beginning of the end of their cultures, a destruction of their peoples, and as the beginning of the theft of their land.
Dare I say it? It's something for us to consider that people at the borders of cultures can see the very same thing quite differently—and here's your dangerous aside: It's legitimate for Native Americans to mourn this day, just as we celebrate it, and it is legitimate for Palestinians to observe their Nakba, or catastrophe, rather than Israeli independence—without it meaning unending hatred of either side for the other—only history that must be understood and moved forward from.
Native Americans and non-Native America have a quieter, but no less fraught relationship. Native Americans still suffer from poverty, and violence. They will never, though, have full sovereignty of their original lands, which makes sympathy easier—at least in part because we have no expectation that we will ever have to give up anything. But there was a time when Native Americans were portrayed as dangerous savages, people who would rape or steal your women, scalp you in your sleep, or any number of other stereotypes—and everyone knew these things as truths.
Today, there are still plenty of places where stereotypes of Native Americans continue—not the least of which is the noble tribal elder, or primitive wisdom hawker, no less than the shiftless alcoholic, and there are places and people who know these to be "truths," as well.
In the Middle East, our "truths" are just as hard, our stereotypes just as firm, and we are just as distant from seeing one another as people. But we also should have hope. Perhaps someday, Thanksgiving will come to be a symbol of overcoming years of prejudice and wrongs. and perhaps someday, there will be a day that Palestinians and Israelis, too, can celebrate together, remembering a time when we were enemies, but were able to make peace, and eventually became neighbors, and who knows—maybe even allies.
We are in a moment now, when that could begin to happen—if. If we are willing to step out of the stories that we know to be true, and take a breath for a moment instead of repeating the histories that are our own perspective. Not because they are wrong, but because at this time, in this moment, they are not helpful. They will be, someday, something we can talk about together, but when we come together to discuss how to make peace, they turn into a whose-victimhood-is-more-important contest. If we stop insisting on the stories that we usually tell ourselves, and instead look toward the future we could build, then it could be no dream.
We can't be Pollyannas about it—it does mean that we—both—will have to give things up. Not least of which is the idea that the Palestinians have given nothing up. Not least of which is the idea that all descendants of the Palestinians will be able to return. But it will be worth it, because the foundation of the world is built on peace, truth, and justice, as Pirke Avot reminds us, and it is in our hands to make those foundations firmer.
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Why I Don't Let My Kids Trick-or-Treat
Below, Rabbi Alana Suskin explains why her family doesn't trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, check out: "Why I Let My Jewish Kids Trick or Treat"
I feel fairly ambivalent about Halloween. On the positive side: although winter in the DC metro area is an exercise in perfect misery of cold and drippy wet, the end of October is still decidedly fall and can still often be quite nice: not yet rainy, not terribly cold, sometimes there are still bright leaves on the trees. So there's the mid-autumn thing.
There's also the neighborhoodliness of all the folks putting on a show for the kids, an opportunity for people to meet and interact with their neighbors, which these days can be a rare exercise.
There's also a few pagan friends I have who look forward to their religious observance of Samhain (the pre-Christian, Celtic name for the holiday upon which the roman church based All Hallows' Eve when it couldn't rid the local populations of their age old observances). I'm pleased for them.
But most of all, with the more recent innovation of making a big deal out of what was a relatively small deal when I was little, I am Thrilled. To. Happiness. about the post Halloween sales of orange fairy lights and other useful sukkah items for the year to follow. (Yay!)
All that said, I don't trick or treat, and neither does my child. And because we've talked about it, and he understands "we don't observe that holiday," at least at this point (he's nine) he doesn't seem to mind, even though he does have friends—even Jewish friends—who do.
Right now, what we do is help other kids celebrate their holiday by giving out candy (and if he eats a few Snickers bars, that's fine, although he was sad when I explained to him that even though there are actually no authenticated cases of non-family members harming children with Halloween snacks, we can't make candy apples or other treats to give out because people are afraid that someone might hurt their kids by giving them something harmful) and if he wants to dress up for them in a costume, he can do that even though our dress up holiday is Purim.
We have also talked about whether the values of Halloween are Jewish values: whether demanding gifts from others is a Jewish value (we didn't get into the under threat of "trick" part), and we talked about how Judaism views death and dead bodies, and whether displaying "funny" skeletons and ghosts is in line with Jewish tradition, which views the human body, even after death, as holy, which is why Judaism forbids displaying corpses, even those of criminals after execution, and why it is considered a very holy mitzvah (obligation, and good deed) to be part of a chevreh kadishah l'metim (holy society for the care of the dead) in which one takes care, gently and with reverence for the soul which inhabited it, of the recently deceased corpse.
Which is why, when one is sitting with the body after death, making sure it is never left alone, one does not say certain prayers in the same room as the deceased's body, lest the soul feel mocked because it cannot engage in that mitzvah anymore.
And it is also why, when it was in town, we did not go see the museum exhibit in which the corpses of people who had been preserved were posed in all sorts of positions for display of their inner workings. We talked about how, although Jewish tradition believes that the soul separates from the body after death, the body is a gift to us from God, and is an important part of us, to be treated with respect during life as well as after death, which is why we do not tattoo it, or mutilate it for any reason other than medical necessity, or throw it away until we have fulfilled the missions that God assigned us and then we are taken from it.
For us, the whistling In the dark of Halloween in making light of skeletons and ghosts and displaying them is not in line with the love we should have for those who passed from this earth before us, and whose love sustains us—and are not a threat to us—even after they are gone.
Finally, I find myself enormously disturbed by the sexualization both of little girls in their purchased costumes, but also in the adult celebrations in urban gathering areas (etc). While I firmly hold that the value of tzniut (modesty) is far more about respectful speech, humility, non-conspicuous consumption both in dress and in possessions, and deportment in general, the overemphasis on sexuality for women, let alone little girls, is not a value I share or wish to.
Which is why, since so few people know or observe the pagan, or even Christian origins of the day, it could be reasonably considered an "American" holiday, (Thanksgiving's origins, on the other hand, are decidedly American, but its themes are religious in a way that is perfectly in line with Jewish values), we nevertheless do not celebrate Halloween.
One of my beliefs about Judaism is that as Jews we live and can model countercultural values, and it seems to me that, at least in my own home, Halloween is a time when we can model our difference—in a very quiet way.
I don't, of course, go around harshing everyone's mellow—I don't criticize those who find a bit of harmless fun in it, I don't even suggest that those Jews who enjoy it ought to refrain and I certainly don't have anything against cupcakes, chocolate, or little kids spending an evening outside int he dark. But it is an terrific opportunity to have a discussion with your family about Jewish values, about how we view death and life, sexuality (for older kids), and the difference between Purim's dress up where we are obligated to give food to others, and Halloween's where we demand it from others.
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Sex and violence
A friend of mine recently posted a link to this blog post about a screening of an Israeli film titled Six Acts. I found the post profoundly disturbing, not only because the facilitator of the discussion whose point was to reduce rape, apparently had very little awareness of the facts of sexual violence, or even because of the comments made by organizers and audience members. I felt disturbed as well because we see such a great deal of sexual violence in our society and we are inclined to write it off in various ways.
As a human being, and as a citizen, it should be enough to disturb me. But as a Jew, I feel that there is a great deal more to be said, and I fear that we are not having these conversations in our community at least in part because in the Jewish community, we struggle with modernity in more than one way:
First, because many liberal Jews wear our "Jewish lenses"—our framing of the world in Jewish terms- too lightly, and we don't take seriously the idea of sex as a form of intimacy and holiness, whose performance echoes the divine unification of God. And we do not teach sexuality as a sacred act, which is private and precious, rather than an act which is "for fun."
And second, we also struggle with the reality that in Jewish culture itself, there is a deep inequality between men and women built into our halachic (legal) system. Even though we in the liberal Jewish communities give lip service to egalitarianism, in reality we have not achieved it, neither in our institutions, nor in our personal lives. A cursory examination of the leadership of our institutions (overwhelmingly male at the top) inequality of pay among not only clergy but also the extreme levels of low pay for traditionally female jobs (including regular airing of news stories in various iterations of Jewish press showing preschool teachers and social workers on welfare).
While these items don't even begin to match the horror of the situation described in the blog post, they are reflections both of our schizophrenic attitudes towards women, and of the unresolved tensions in our two cultures in dealing with women.
Certainly, the secular culture, too, is deeply invested in not examining its attitudes towards sex and sexuality and women. However, as a Jew and a rabbi, I believe that we are failing our communities in not speaking—yes, explicitly speaking—about sex, violence, and sexism, and about how Jewish tradition talks about all of these matter—both for good and in ways that we should find disturbing- and in what ways Jewish tradition can offer a better way.
**In the DC area, the excellent organization JCADA offers resources for victims of domestic violence. Jewish family services also often offer counseling services. The (secular) organization RAINN can help the victims of sexual violence find a variety of support services, and all RAINN affiliates offer 24 hour crisis hotlines. If you or someone you love has been a victim of sexual or domestic violence, please contact someone who can help you.
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Baruch Dayan Emet
Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It's not really a holiday – it's the last day of Sukkot- but it has some peculiar rituals associated with it that we don't do for the rest of Sukkot. We have an all-night tikkun (study-session), like Shavuot. It's named for the fact that we say more hoshanot than on all the other days of Sukkot. Its main, distinctive feature is the beating of the aravot – the willows that are stuck into the arba minim — that leafy thing-lemon wanna-be combo- that we hold and shake throughout the week -but we don't say a brachah (blessing) on doing so.
There have been lots of proposed explanations of why we beat the aravot – some of which are quite lovely, and I hope that people will look them up and get a great deal of meaning from them. One of the most likely explanations, though, is rather prosaic: My teacher, Rabbi Brad Artson, writes elsewhere on MJL, that the mishnah explains that the destruction of the aravot is actually because, since the festival is ending, we render the aravot unfit to use, as a signal of the end of the holiday. He notes that the beating takes place after the willows are no longer needed, and in fact are destroyed immediately following their last use; that we do so without any blessing; and that the mishnah, following the discussion of the ritual destruction of the willows, then tells about children loosening the lulavs and eating the etrogs – in other words, rending them unfit as well. He then notes, "The Shulhan Arukh [a code of Jewish law] supports this supposition when it notes that we are not to beat off all the leaves on the branch, only a few. Hence the havatah only includes beating the aravah once or twice. The purpose pf the ritual is not complete destruction, only preventing its further use. In this regard, the Shulhan Arukh's understanding of havatat aravot parallels the removal of one tzitzit [fringes] from a tallit [prayer shawl] that then becomes pasul [ritually unfit]."
What I found interesting here is the analogy to the clipping of the corner of the tallit, which is also done when someone dies, in order that they can be buried in a tallit, because one doesn't bury the tzitzit (fringes) if they are still ritually fit to use. What many people don't know is that hoshana rabbah is the actual ending of the cycle of repentance, of the Yamim Noraim.
The mystical text, the Zohar, says that while the judgment for the new year is sealed on Yom Kippur, it is not delivered until the end of Sukkot (i.e., Hoshana Rabbah, which we noted above, is the end of Sukkot). So until Hoshana Rabbah, it is still possible to change your behavior, seek forgiveness through teshuvah, and have the decree set for each of us changed (That's why the special greeting for Hoshana Rabbah is different than the rest of the holidays: pitka tova "A good note," which is a wish that your final decree for the year will be a good one).
Since Sukkot is when the world is judged for water and the blessings of agriculture, together with this notion of a final moment of verdict makes Hoshana Rabbah a bit like Yom Kippur, a day on which we wear white, cease to eat and drink and engage in physical, human activities, mimicking death. So, perhaps, when we beat the aravah – but only to the extent of rendering them unfit for ritual use (after all, we have ritual items for many holidays that we don't destroy at the end of the holiday), perhaps this, in a small way, mimics our burial, and offers to God the final means by which we are able to be forgiven for our sins: through our deaths. And of course, willow leaves look like teardrops.
And now, when we celebrate Shemini Atzeret – our joyful, intimate, gathering with God, and we return the Torah back to its beginning, before anything has happened or gone awry, we too, are able to be completely new, in love and wholeness with God.
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In praise of the boring
I admit that I've never been particularly hip.
Even as a teenager, at best I was probably pretty geeky, and what's more, not appreciably bothered by it. I liked the Beatles, had hair down to my tush, wore nothing but jeans and t-shirts other than when I was hanging around at the Renaissance festival, and spent most of my free time reading. Even my mother, decidedly not a fashionista, would wonder aloud about which era I had been born into—apparently the one before hers.
When my son was a toddler, I read to him all the time. I often read classics—but a lot of the gender and race descriptions in some of those could be a bit squicky, so I would change them on the fly. This proved to be more difficult than one might think: toddlers—at least mine—have excellent memories, and like to be read the same stories over and over, which meant I also had to remember exactly *how* I read the story the last time. Because it had to be exactly the same.
These days, being unhip in the Jewish professional world is a terrible disadvantage. Grants go to the young and groovy -which I never was, even as a teenager—programs have to be innovative, and tefilah prayer services have to leave one panting with joy and overflowing with meaning.
I admit, I like a good indie minyan myself. And I have nothing against meaning, or innovation. But I do begin to wonder whether we really need those things—at least as much as we seem to think we do. Or even if we are sure about what they are and where they come from.
Our community has gone from one where elders are revered to one where they are ignored; where meaning seems to be derived from "finding something new to do," and where innovation replaces commitment. It's not that I don't like new tunes, and I always find something new when I study a text (which I admit I prefer to davenning), but it seems to me that we have become hampered by our search for something to stimulate us. We want happiness, but what we seem to reach for instead is distraction.
I wonder what would happen if, instead of looking for new things, the Jewish community started cherishing some of our old things – starting with our elderly. I'd love to see a liberal shul teach their community to rise before their rav (or rabbah) and their aged (just FYI, I don't work in a synagogue, so this isn't some personal grandiosity).
What if, instead of "programs," the shul simply instituted regular study at different intervals (for people who had different schedule-juggling needs) – no more movie-night slichot, but instead an evening of study followed by simple tefilah, maybe with explanations for those who are beginners? What if we asked our communities to make a commitment to some kind of regular out-of-shul meet-ups with other congregants, and to commit to attending weekday services a certain number of times a year? It would probably be different for different communities, but what I'm aiming at is less innovation, less programming, and stripping things down not to basics, but to core.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the warmest, most active shuls I've been involved
with are ones that aren't so interested in inviting the hippest groovy innovator—they're the ones that keep on rolling in their homely little buildings with active lay people who simply do human things week after week – phone calls and davenning, and bikkur cholim,and dinner together on Shabbat. Ones where there is a commitment to consistency.
It isn't only toddlers who need repetition to learn and to feel comfortable, and it isn't only geeky teens who are uninterested in doing something new, just because. I wonder how much of the "search for innovation" is counterproductive, and I wonder if we spent less time on flashy gewgaws, would we actually attract more people—people looking for an alternative to, or at least a supplement to, the highly innovative, always stimulating, constant change of the secular world.
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Hillel and Shammai
Two weeks ago I posted a piece responding to some articles on patrilineality which provoked several excellent other blog posts and a lot of conversations. I deeply appreciate both the supportive and the critical responses, as a result of which I continue to examine and reexamine my approach to the matter.
Although after having done so, I remain convinced that the Conservative approach remains correct, halachicly speaking, I thought it might be interesting to present a sugiyah from the talmud in which the schools of Hillel and Shammai discuss a breach between them which could have led to their division from one another in a profound way, yet did not.
In the talmud Yevamot 14a (I'm using the Soncino translation) we read the response to a dispute involving who is permitted to marry whom. I've added comments in brackets to try to make it more understandable.
The talmud says,
Come and hear: THOUGH THESE FORBADE WHAT THE OTHERS PERMITTED … BEIT [The school of] SHAMMAI, NEVERTHELESS, DID NOT REFRAIN FROM MARRYING WOMEN FROM THE FAMILIES OF BEIT HILLEL, NOR DID BEIT HILLEL [REFRAIN FROM MARRYING WOMEN] FROM THE FAMILIES OF BEIT SHAMMAI. Now, if it be said that [Beit Hillel] did not act [in accordance with their own view] one can well understand why THEY DID NOT REFRAIN [from intermarrying with one another] [Because this would mean that they both acted according to the same principles, but one school did so while acting contrary to the principles that they held]. If, however, it be said that [Beit Shamai] did act [in accordance with their own view], why did they not refrain? That Beit Shammai did not refrain from marrying women from the families of Beth Hillel may well be justified because [the individuals in question] are the children of persons guilty only of the infringement of a [relatively minor prohibition, for which the punishment is also minor] but why did not Beit Hillel refrain from [marrying women from the families of] Beth Shammai [Because descendants from these marriages between rivals, which are permitted by Beit Shammai, are regarded by Beit Hillel as forbidden and involve a major penalty]? Such people, surely, being children of persons who are guilty of an offense involving karet, are illegitimate [this causes a major problem - how can one marry into the family of someone if their status might be someone you are prohibited to marry, and which carries a major penalty for doing so if it turns out to be the case]! And if it be suggested that Beit Hillel are of the opinion that the descendant of those who are guilty of an offence involving karet is not a [illegitimate], surely, [it may be retorted], Rabbi Eleazar said: Although Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel are in disagreement on the questions of rivals, they concede that an illegitimate is only he who is descended from a marriage which is forbidden as incest and punishable with karet! Does not this then conclusively prove that [Beit Shammai] did not act [in accordance with their own view]? — No; they acted, indeed, [in accordance with their own view], but they informed [Beit Hillel] [of the existence of any such cases] and [Beit Hillel] kept away.
So, we see that situations like these are not novel – we have always had a diversity of halachic opinions on matters that in their time were no doubt just as painful to those involved. Yet, in the end, the two schools continued to marry one another – their solution, according to the talmud, being that they made clear, out of respect for one another, who fell into or outside of their boundaries – but they remained one community, despite their differences.
On Yevamot 14b, the talmud concludes:
Come and hear: Although Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel are in disagreement on the
questions of rivals, sisters, an old bill of divorce, a doubtfully married woman, a woman whom her husband had divorced and who stayed with him over the night in an inn, money, valuables, a perutah and the value of a perutah, Beit Shammai did not, nevertheless, abstain from marrying women of the families of Beit Hillel, nor did Beit Hillel refrain from marrying those of Beit Shammai.
This is to teach you that they showed love and friendship towards one another, thus putting into practice the Scriptural text, "Love ye truth and peace."
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The Non-Jewish Rabbi? The Problem of Patrilineal Descent
Two articles posted earlier this week made reference to an individual who had been born to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, but had had an upbringing that compelled her to choose a Jewish path, ending in her ordination as a Reform rabbi but – the articles implied (or stated outright in one case)—she did not convert to Judaism. As it turns out, both articles* were incorrect on this point, but what was interesting to me was the question that the articles raised with regard to the possibility of such a thing happening, and the responses to that.
Most people have reacted to this article in one of two ways: a sort of galloping schadenfreude — "haha! told you those Reformim were up to no good, they're not really Jews at all!" (not to mention the general inability to distinguish between Reform Judaism and other kinds of non-Orthodox Judaism. I'm not sure they even know what Reconstructionists are) and on the other end of the spectrum an open rage that traditionalists don't accept the children of a non-Jewish mother as Jewish, often coupled with the idea that this means those traditionalists are racist.
As a Conservative Jew, the movement to which I belong explicitly does not accept the Reform position of patrilineality. As a Conservative rabbi, I have bumped up against the enormously painful problems generated by the American Reform movement's promotion of patrilineal descent, over and over again (American because outside the USA, patrilineality is not generally accepted, even in the Reform movements).
I understand how enormously painful this is to many people: I understand that for many people, what I'm going to write will make them angry, and I accept that and offer my apologies in advance.
First of all, those who denounce the Orthodox and Yori Yanover (the author of the article in TheJewishPress.com) as racist, because they are opposed to patrilineal descent are wrong. I presume that some Orthodox, like some of every group, are racist, but it is not racist to maintain that before a person can be called a Jew, they should convert to Judaism, unless their mother is Jewish (which of course includes women who have converted to Judaism). Yanover, himself, says— and I believe him—
"In the shuls I attended on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, spotting an African or a Hispanic face was always such a source of pleasure. As a tiny nation and an even tinier religious group, we prize every gentile who embraces our faith and goes through the sometimes grueling process of becoming one of us."
Putting aside the extremely problematic assumption that if they're Hispanic or African, they're obviously a convert, this isn't rejection of someone from Judaism because of race.
As it happens, converting isn't all that difficult, halakhicly (according to Jewish law) speaking. We can debate whether it's a problem that different Orthodox sects won't accept perfectly valid conversions from other sects or from Conservative rabbis, but the fact of the matter is that it's basically a simple thing to do. But it is necessary.
If one wishes to become a doctor, it's not enough to be the most fabulously gifted natural talent as a healer on earth. It's not even enough to have done lots of home study. And it's certainly not enough to be a doctor in your heart, or have a wonderful bedside manner, or to really love medicine, or to have someone call you "doctor." In this country, you have to go to medical school, pass exams, do a residency and join a professional guild. Until then, you may be many things, you may even be a tremendous healer, but you are not a doctor. In other countries, the rules may be different. They may just be hoops, but you still have to jump through them.
Anyone who works as a non-Reform rabbi in the Jewish community runs up against the patrilineal descent problem all the time. And it is staggeringly painful for someone to hear that despite being dedicated to their faith and practice, it's not enough. But it's also something which is easy to fix – unlike, say, sexual orientation, which is a comparison I often hear (if "the Conservatives" can reinterpret how we deal with gay men, why can't we change them for the children of Jewish fathers).
The answer is partly that Jewish law is fiercely stringent with regard to what we sometimes call "status issues:" Marriage, divorce, conversion. These are flashpoints for halakha, and they are flashpoints for successful continued existence as a people and a religion. They are also, unfortunately, matters which are deeply in the heart and desperately important.
But additionally, the Reform movement—however well meaning when it decided that either parent transmitted Judaism equally-—was not working from a halakhic framework.
I deeply admire and respect many Reform colleagues. I, myself, grew up Reform, and my parents belong to a Reform shul. Which is why I find this rift so enormously difficult. In my own family, I have had to reconvert family members who underwent Reform conversions because there was no mikvah (immersion in the ritual pool) involved in the conversion in order to be involved as a rabbi in their weddings. I have had to turn down the request of old family friends to be involved in their weddings because the future husband had been married before and refused to get a get – a Jewish writ of divorce. And I have had to tell people, people I love and care about, that if they cannot stomach the idea of completing the minimal requirements of a conversion, I cannot be involved in their wedding.
I find it extremely difficult to ask people whenever I am involved in a lifecycle event where status matters, "did you convert; did your mother convert; who did the conversion; what was the process…" and all the other questions that I have to ask. I hate having to tell some of those people that there is still a hoop they have to jump through if they want me to be involved. I try to make it as painless as possible, but I understand exactly how painful it is when someone tells me their mother isn't Jewish, but they have always thought that they were Jewish, and I understand that it feels insulting to them to ask them to convert. I am horrified that I now also have to track down who is the rabbi of a convert to find out if their rabbi was Jewish.
I never went by the theory that since some Reform rabbis don't fulfill the requirements for conversion, one should consider Reform converts all to be invalid. I do not accept Yanover's conclusion that "we should remain steadfast in not calling any of these people and the nice things they do 'Jewish' in any way at all." I always asked about the process and just went around filling in the missing pieces—if necessary. And if nothing was missing, then it was fine. I consider Reform Judaism to be Judaism, and Reform rabbi to be rabbis. But I am at a loss as to what to do when presented with the identity issues that are now extremely prevalent.
I have no idea what the answer to this problem is. But I will say, that when I do a conversion, as a Conservative, female rabbi, I always tell my students that if I do the conversion there will be problems with their status in other movements, and in Israel. And I always offer to make other arrangements for them—and explain what all the various problems that could arise are, and different ways that they could deal with some or all of them.
To me, it would be utterly dishonest and completely unethical for a person whom I taught to go out into the world not knowing that some people would not consider them Jewish, and that for various different reasons, circumstances could require them to convert again, and that it is not a judgement on them, and that they shouldn't consider it an insult to me or to them if it should be necessary.
It is as essential a part of the conversion process, for me, to teach that, as it is to teach them the differences between the movements, to explain why I consider the movement to which I belong -in its theory, and its expectations, at least, even if not everyone fulfills those expectations- to be halakhic, to explain why even though lots of Jews who are born Jewish don't observe halakha, I won't finish the conversion process unless I see the student has a commitment to kashrut, shabbat, and other ritual observances as well as to joining a Jewish community and synagogue,a sense of peoplehood, and a Jewish idea of God.
And ultimately, I have to at least partially echo Yanover, in that I find it problematic to discount the halakha and the halakhic process as divine (I'm willing to debate in what ways). I find all of this terribly difficult, personally—I truly have no idea how to bridge the gap between a commitment to the view of Judaism as a divine mission with obligations, and not insulting people whom I care about very much. In fact, I'd love to hear from people who have found ways to do that very thing.
*Author's correction: An earlier version of this article was posted by beginning with a link to articles about a Reform rabbi about whom incorrect information was cited. After two people whom I respect pointed out that even having her name linked with this discussion was a form of lashon hara, I decided to remove that part of the article – and truthfully, she isn't really relevant to the discussion, but was only a jumping off point.
I'm going to remove her name altogether, as well as the links to the articles with the incorrect information. I apologize to her for the original linkage.
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What I can't stop thinking about this week.
This week, we have heard endless blatheration on what Trayvon Martin should have done, whether Zimmerman was legally culpable, whether he was morally culpable. I've been told by people who know the law that the case couldn't have turned out any other way.
I can't stop thinking about this case – as is true of so many of us. Not because I'm shocked by the outcome. Quite the contrary. But because I'm shocked by the reactions of people I know to the outcome. Not everyone, of course. but the litany of excuses from people whom I otherwise like or respect, I just find it amazing to hear them.
I've read up on the law, on the case. I've seen a recent study about Stand Your Ground laws and how they increase racism in the courtroom. I've read the responses from black men, who fear for themselves, or their children, or who merely speak with resignation. I've heard from friends whose children are black boys, who are worried about the risks they take whenever they walk out the door.
Over the last year, I've tried to be more open in my opinions; to listen more carefully and more openly to those who disagree with me about things I consider fundamentally important. It is difficult, sometimes, but I find myself able to do it. But this is different. I simply cannot hear one more person saying that Martin was a thug, or that he should have done something different: what could he have done?
I have written my pieces on Judaism and gun control. I've nothing to add. I realize this blog is supposed to be a repository of Jewish text or wisdom, but I've nothing to add here either. Today, I am only thinking of the children of color whom I have worked with in Barry Farms who, with their families, did the best they could with the almost nothing that they had, and whose chances of getting out are low, and further stymied by the recent upending of affirmative action programs in colleges, and the uprooting of voter rights protections, and who if they do get out, may simply face a violent death because someone is afraid of their skin, knowing nothing about them, and then, if they are gunned down, will be put on trial for their own murder.
We have just passed through Tisha B'Av, in which we mourn the destruction of the Temples, twice. First for idolatry, and again for sinat chinam, baseless hatred. This smacks of both. Our societal idolatry of the individual, the individual's right to do whatever makes them feel good, even if in the aggregate, the lives of many others are damaged or destroyed; the hatred of those – sometimes even without our noticing- who frighten us, because of their skin color, or origin, or religion.
I excuse myself from none of this, because I live in this society, and I benefit from its institutionalized racisms and privileges and because I haven't done enough to change it.
In my exile from the just and the true and the good, I sit and I weep. Perhaps at least I know I am in exile. Perhaps that is at least a start. That's it; I have no other words for you.
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But what have you done for me lately?
A couple of weeks ago, Michal Kohane caused a few ripples in the blogosphere by getting fired over the column "40 Plus and Screwed: More on Less Young Adult Engagement." Her premise is that the Jewish community has put most of its efforts into engaging 20-and-30-somethings – with trips, and "service opportunities," grants, fellowships, and essentially begging young Jews to come and be Jewish by offering all kinds of swag and calling them "leaders" (whether or not they are) and basically offering any kind of enticement that can be imagined as attractive to the young. And that this effort is excessive, misguided – and really, not quite Jewish in its exclusion from consideration the talents and wisdom of those over this age demographic:
…one can be "old," and much freer, able and available, professionally and spiritually, with lots of energy, insight, wisdom and knowledge about life, but guess what. If that's who you are, the Jewish people don't need you anymore. Oh, wait, I'm exaggerating. They do need you. You're welcome to pay dues. And memberships. And support the never-ending campaigns. And we will call on our various phonathons, because young people need to party. And travel. And explore their identity. And you? you're already 50, maybe even 60. Seriously? You haven't been to Israel?? and you still date?? But that's one leg in the World to Come! So we are not going to invest in you. Please, step aside, and hand over the keys. And your check book? Thanks. Because that is the only role we left you. You are "40 plus and – therefore – screwed."
Yes, I'm exaggerating, but not much. At a recent meeting about the millennia generation, someone – over 45 – dared ask, what can any of us, "alter kakers" "do. Alter Kakers by the way is not a nice thing to say, but no one corrected the derogatory term. One "millennia child" answered quickly: "You can listen," he said. Another joked: "there is really nothing you can do." The audience nodded with pride.
I don't disagree. I would also add, although she doesn't that this particular form of ageism is gendered (take a look around the room of any powerful Jewish organization and see how many of them are older men, as opposed to older women).
But I'd ask some additional questions here – not because she's wrong, but because I think she actually misses the point. While there is certainly ageism, and gender bias, and an insane focus on getting young Jews to breed by any means possible, this doesn't really have anything to do with the young people whose narcissism she complains about. These programs aren't developed by those twenty and thirty somethings, and don't, for the most part take into account their needs – which is why many of them fail to develop long-term affiliations.
But here's the real question:
Not just for the "screwed 40somethings," but also the 20 and 30 somethings. Why are we offering any bribes at all?
Because, ultimately that's what a great deal of this boils down to. "Please be Jewish, so we don't die out."
But Judaism doesn't need that.
Judaism is not going to die out. And I think perhaps it's time that we stopped treating Judaism as though it needed to be bolstered by various metaphorical swag bags.
The attitude comes from a view of Judaism which thinks that Judaism is simply a sort of super-ethnicity, with some nice cultural baggage that we want to live on. But Judaism is a rich, powerful relationship with the universe and the divine, and it is a mission. And not everyone is going to accept that mission.
The mission requires some dedication – it means that priorities have to be set because -as Moses said to Reuven and Gad in the Torah portion this week – your cattle? really? You're going to put your flocks ahead of this great mission that we're on? They are not the most important thing. God drives our lives, and our goals; God is our mission, and bringing the holy into this world is our mission- you need to get your priorities straight, and sometimes that means setting aside the bigger paycheck, the soccer game, the Saturday shopping trip.
Instead of asking why 40-somethings aren't being offered tidbits along with 20-somethings, I'd ask, "what are you offering Judaism?" All of us, whatever age we are.
I have to say, I'm also tired of the endless programs, the baby-marriage-hookup-drives for the young, the demographic desperation.
And in perfect honesty, I suspect that few of those 20 and 30 somethings are that impressed by them either.
Judaism is a rich, deep tradition – it is a difficult one, because it is not one that is accessed superficially and easily. It is demanding of time and effort. It is not just about once a week – Judaism is a 24/7 activity, that requires immersion, study, patience, persistence and connection to other Jews.
It can't be done well in isolation. And frankly, maybe it's not for everyone.
Which is not to say "My way or the highway." Our communities have gotten lazy abut very basic things: friendliness (but NOT customer service. Judaism is not a business, and the faster we drop that foolish trope, the better), acceptance, and yes, thinking about what a community is.
Both edgy indie minyans and shuls have forgotten that communities are not about finding your age or personality niche and working it. If you have an age range of only twenty years, you have failed, because a community must be composed of children, teens, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty-somethings, Also eighty-somethings. People who are sweet, people who are annoying as heck; people with money, and those who are middle class (the few of those left) and people who are poor. People with green hair or adopted children, or no children, or single people, or gay and lesbian couples or people who like to camp in the great outdoors and those who think that Holiday inn is roughing it.
That is a community.
There are definitely things that we could all do better, no question. Lots of things could be done better.
The fact that some people will start at a more basic level of learning is fine, but we shouldn't be offering only basic learning. Study can be done at all kinds of levels for all kinds of different abilities – but it should be challenging and difficult and rich for anyone at whatever level – and all of us should take ourselves to the table -Every Single Person should make a commitment to study and Jewish living, and spending time with people who are not like you.
And no one should be satisfied with the same basics over and over again – or, more realistically, unsatisfied with them. Because I think that's really what's missing. The superficial is terribly unsatisfying. Have we gone too far in some ways, emphasizing flashy programs over deep study and demographic concerns over genuine commitment to an important mission from God?
And that's why Kohane is right, and wrong: it isn't that people over forty have been excluded – it's that all of us have been. And it's long past time to do something about it. But there's no "someone else" to do it. It's us. So get up, and open a book, and go to shul, and do something Jewish with someone else. If you don't have the skills to do it yourself, well, that's what shul is for – to create a community where we can all lean on each other.
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Brand new for October 2014
28 Jan 2014 | United Kingdom
Formula One derived energy storage technology
Williams Advanced Engineering, the division of Williams that commercialises Formula One derived technologies, is embarking on a project to install flywheel energy storage technology in two remote Scottish island communities to help stabilise their power grids, improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions from non-renewable power sources.
The Isle of Eigg and Fair Isle will be the first sites in Europe to install Formula One developed composite flywheel energy storage technology into their power networks. Originally pioneered by Williams for Grand Prix racing following the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) into the sport in 2009, the technology has since been introduced by Williams into a range of applications outside of Formula One such as hybrid buses and Le Mans winning racing cars. The project is being partially funded by an extended grant from the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) Energy Entrepreneurs Fund which aims to encourage innovation in the low carbon sector.
Williams Advanced Engineering has joined forces with the Fair Isle Electricity Company and Eigg Electric to identify possible operational improvements, energy saving and environmental benefits from installing the technology on each island. The Fair Isle power network relies heavily on wind turbines and diesel generators to supplement the power system and can only guarantee power during the day. Williams Advanced Engineering's flywheel technology will smooth the power flowing from the wind turbines and inject stored energy when needed. This will improve the quality of power received by residents and reduce the reliance on costly diesel generators that produce high CO2 emissions.
Robert Mitchell, Director of Fair Isle Electric Company, said: "We are delighted that Williams Advanced Engineering is going to be installing this equipment in 2014. This will provide a much needed "buffer" to improve our power quality and reduce how often we use the diesel generators. Our two wind turbines produce more than enough power most of the time but they cannot store energy so this will be an excellent addition."
The Isle of Eigg power network utilises a variety of renewable sources which include solar, hydro and wind power and currently uses lead acid batteries to store excess renewable energy and smooth the flow of power. Using batteries to smooth power flow has the benefit of forsaking the need for diesel generators, but significantly reduces their life span. Williams' flywheel energy storage system can take on this role so that the batteries can then be used for their main job of long term bulk energy storage. This will not only prolong battery life but also improve the transient response of the network and increase its fault clearing capability.
Sarah Boden, Director of Eigg Electric, said:// "We have been working closely with Williams Advanced Engineering and they have visited our Island to see our mix of renewable generation and storage technology. We expect the new flywheel energy storage to be used for short term frequency regulation when generation drops off such as when clouds obscure the solar array. Our Island is managed by a partnership approach and this joint effort will further improve power quality and security of supply for the island power system."
Paul Newsome, Chief Technical Officer of Williams Advanced Engineering, added:// "Energy efficient technologies are at the heart of Williams' diversification strategy and this project is a very tangible example of how technology originally developed for Formula One racing can have a direct relevance to people's lives. Finding ways to make renewable energy more efficient and reliable is increasingly important, particularly in remote locations that rely on this form of power, and this ground breaking partnership will help demonstrate the strong potential of Williams Advanced Engineering's solution."
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Learn to Short/Hedge Stocks: Short is not a four-letter word. Successful traders learn to play both sides of the fence. That's less controversial today than it was as the market was first falling apart, but it is no less true.
When a particular strategy isn't working, the market is telling you something. Thoughtful traders must consider whether there are bigger issues than their own trading mechanics when they enter a losing streak.
In Law School, students learn they have to be ready to argue either side of a case. You never truly knew a case until you could argue both for and against it. Only when you were able to see its warts could you truly appreciate the beauty.
The trading corollary is that you should never own a stock unless you know what makes it an attractive short. Each buy and sell decision should be an argument pro and con.The market is cyclical; count on a bear market every four years or so. Unless you plan on sitting out for 18 to 24 months once or twice each decade -- as much as four years out of 10 -- you better learn to either short stocks or hedge long positions.
Understand Sector Strength and Market Trend: This rule generates the most "pushback" of any on the list, because it's so counter-intuitive: Stock selection matters less than you think.
Studies have convincingly demonstrated that about 30% of a stock's progress is determined by the company itself; a stock's sector is equal to at least another 30% (if not more). The overall direction of the market is an even bigger factor, counting for some 40%.
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The New Wellesley College Pre-tax Transportation Benefit
Dear Colleague,
Wellesley College is pleased to announce a new pre-tax commuter benefit effective for transit and parking this August. This program is available to all benefits eligible faculty and staff. The program saves you money by paying for transit and parking with pre-tax dollars through payroll deductions, and supports the College's commitment to sustainability. WageWorks, through Crosby Benefit Systems, is our new commuter service provider.
You can enroll starting today, June 16th. The portal website on p. 2 takes you through the enrollment. The portal closes on July 10th for August cards and passes. Set you enrollment up each month, or select recurring enrollment.
Deductions are taken from your paycheck to pay for the train, subway, bus, ferry, trolley or vanpool before taxes are deducted.
Funds are automatically deducted from your paycheck
Funds are taken before Federal, state and FICA taxes, up to the IRS allowed monthly limits for 2014. Any funds above the IRS limits are deducted from pay post-tax. The 2014 IRS limits for transit are $130/mo. and $250/mo. for parking.
Balances in your Account can be rolled to the next year
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An Historic Landmark on a third of an acre. Prime location for a business or
residence. This old Victorian 2-story has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. There are some wood floors and high ceilings.
Endless possibilities in the C1 zoning. 4+2 MLS 69151 $299,000 JENNY NEFFENDORF
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IN THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY, this 32+ acre tract will have 300' of
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of area on the western boundary that is treed. Land in this part of the county does not become available very
Dennis Kusenberger GRI, CRS
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Historic Gem on The Square in Mason, Texas. Kept in its original
state, the 1890s Hoffman Building, sits directly on the Square in Mason, Texas in perfect view of the beautiful
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removed). Upstairs you will find a New York Style loft, open and airy with a huge kitchen, dining and living
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pallet. The loft is 1500 sq.ft., and the retail space is 2800 sq.ft. There are two entrances to the loft, one
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PRIME COMMERCIAL CORNER on the NW corner of State Hwy 16 South and South Milam, this 18.47 acres
is one of the largest undeveloped commercial tracts within the city limits. Zoning is a combination of C-1 & C-2. A 200'-deep
strip (approximately 2 acres) fronting on Hwy 16 is C-2, which will allow most any commercial venture and would be ideal for several fast food locations. Balance is C-1; projects such as apartments are acceptable here, just across the street from the hospital and Fredericksburg High School, it is all about location. With a conditional use permit, duplex, condos, townhomes
may be built. Even mini storage, boat and RV storage can work with a conditional use permit and would be a great location close to downtown. City water is in place, city sewer is available and fronts the property on Hwy 16 S. Seller will may be willing to divide, contact Dennis for details, 830-456-6327 or
firstname.lastname@example.com The listing price for the entire tract is $1,490,000.
PRIME INVESTMENT. This 18.88 acres is the epitome of a good Real Estate investment
offering frontage on State Highway 16, Lower Crabapple Road, and North Adams Street! Property features C-2 zoning
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traffic. Plus, you get R-3 zoning along Adams Street, which allows for many uses including: apartments,
condominiums, townhouses, etc. The R-3 property is located off the busy highway and is near the elementary school
and several churches, which makes it a great place for multifamily uses. Property also includes 1809 sq. ft.
homestead along with city water, sewer, cable, etc. It is almost impossible to find this size tract located in the
Fredericksburg city limits and none with the flexibility of this prime investment! $1,825,000
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The offering includes all of the furniture, fixtures, and equipment with the exception of a few personal items of
decoration that have personal value to the owners. The inventory to be adjusted at time of closing and handled as
an out of contract item. The kitchen is the heart of the operation, and is equipped with modern equipment, which
is designed to get the job done in a professional manner.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, you hear those words a lot but this big .039 acre lot
delivers! The C-2 zoning allows for multiple possibilities and the location just off Main Street and right across
for the post office makes this a highly visible, yet easily assessable, lot. Just a few of the permitted uses for
the C2 zoning include: Business/administrative offices, Auto repair/sales, convenience store, veterinarian office,
multi-family residential, and a lot more! So check it out today!
Priced at $129,500.
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MASON COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY, this 14,000 SF metal building is 100% per climate controlled. An ideal
setup for light manufacturing with ample room for executive offices, conference areas, quality control and inspection areas, break rooms and restrooms.
Even has 2 mezzanine areas for raw/finished product storage. Design of the building is such that you could use a part and lease out a couple of other spaces.
How about converting the entire property in climate controlled warehouse space, the HVAC is already there! 2-12' tall OHD and several personnel doors. Lots of extra land to expand.
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an appointment to see this fine home, call Dennis at 877-996-0099 or e-mail email@example.com
A great buy right in the
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versatile property, that could be used residential or commercially.
Beautiful original wood floors and large bedrooms. Large formal dining
and great updated kitchen. A roomy sunroom and den make this a
comfortable home. The covered back porch overlooks a lovely park like
back yard along with a built in bbq/smoker and your personal vegetable
garden. The old water tank adds charm. A balcony off the bedrooms is a
lovely setting to enjoy morning coffee. Its prime for you to come in and
add your touches to make it a true gem. Priced at
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4.5 acres zoned M-2 with city water & sewer at property, 3 phase
electric available! Zoning allows: Agricultural sales & services,
business offices, construction, automotive or equipment repair &/or
sales, business trade school, horticulture, custom manufacturing,
exterminating service, communication services, veterinary services,
research, indoor sports/recreation, kennels, convenience storage,
religious assembly and many more as well as uses that would be subject
to a conditional use permit. Can be divided into two 2.25 acre tracts
for $175,000 each!
Reduced to
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 - RAS Annual Pot Luck
Location: St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Pkwy, Richmond
Start Time: 6:00 pm
It's that time of year again: The Richmond Audubon November pot luck dinner and story-sharing! For this special meal, we'll provide turkey and ham and you can bring a dish to share. Be creative, bring your favorite family Thanksgiving dish, or try out something new! Please label your dishes and let us know what's in the dish you bring. We each help provide the program by picking out 3 – 5 pictures and sending them to Lewis Barnett (firstname.lastname@example.com ). He'll put them all together and we can each share the story to go along with our pictures. No pictures? but you have a story to share? Let us know and we'll add your name to the agenda, too. The number of folks who have shared has grown each year; please "show and tell" your story & pictures.
December, 2014 - No Scheduled Program
Remember that we do NOT have a December RAS Program. Consider participating in the Hopewell Christmas Bird Count on Sunday December 14th. And, looking forward, mark your calendar for Thursday, January 21, 2015. RAS is planning an evening where we focus on environmental issues before our legislators in the upcoming session of the Virginia General Assembly. More information will be available in the January/February Thrasher.
Teen birder, Gabriel Mapel, shares his recent experience visiting Hog Island in a letter to RAS. Click here to read the full letter.
At the February 2013 membership meeting, members of Richmond Audubon built 28 replacement Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes for the long term conservation project currently run by Bob Reilly and members of the VCU biology department, with help from Richmond Audubon volunteers. We put our names or initials on the boxes we built, and Bob has provided the following report on the outcomes for those boxes over the 2013 and 2014 breeding seasons. Bob reports that six additional boxes will need their location verified at the start of the 2015 season before results are available on them.
You are invited to join this active organization in our appreciation of birds. We offer frequent bird watching field trips, monthly members meetings and an array of bird related resources, plus local bird news articles. We welcome everyone who has an interest in our feathered friends, from the casual back yard birders and kids, to life-long birding veterans. All RAS sponsored events are open to both members and non-members and are usually free; visitors are always welcome and encouraged to participate.
A Richmond Audubon Society chapter membership includes automatic membership in the National Audubon Society, a subscription to "Audubon" magazine a bimonthly national publication, our local "Thrasher" newsletter (now available online), chapter meetings, and activities, volunteer opportunities available through an array of active RAS committees, Important Bird Areas (IBAs) support, youth outreach, fund raising, annual picnic, annual pot luck dinner, free email connection the RAS Listserv (sign-up required).
The Richmond Audubon Society's newsletter "The Thrasher" is now available online, plus archives of back issues. Use the search page to find the information you are looking for quickly. Visit the all new RAS Kids Corner and Members Area, then see "For The Birds" for a wide array of birding tools from housing and feeder maintenance to photography tips. Please contact us with your suggestion and comments or Email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Game Description
Mad Dash is a madcap racing game with colorful animal characters who act just as cartoonish as they look. Using dynamite, tripwires, and boulders to sidetrack your competitors, you'll race for your survival as the evil Hex and his goons try to destroy you all. Unlike the majority of cartoon racers, you aren't stuck in a single vehicle, but have to swim, slide, climb, and scurry through different courses. There's no harm in pushing your friend off the road or placing some TNT in his way, as it just makes the game that much more fun. While the single-player mode still gives good arcade action, the real fun here lies in the multiplayer game.
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Average Member Rating: 6.7 out of 10
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Memory 1 block
Modes Simultaneous, Versus, Full Mission Single-Player
Audio/Video Custom Soundtrack
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A Violent January In Juarez
POSTED: Monday, February 2, 2009 - 7:10am
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 2:23pm
2009 has been rough south of our border according to new violent numbers in Ciudad Juarez. A record number of people were murdered last month.
156 murders were recorded in the month of January. That number includes the killings of seven state and municipal police officers. This is up compared to January of last year, when there were 46 murders in Juarez.
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Whines & Wahoos
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|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 4:23am
Your Whines
Your Wahoos
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 4:25am
weather is sunny today (rain the rest of the week) , diva dog is spending the week with me (going for her pedicure today), had a vertigo attack while driving yesterday (now THAT was exicting!).
Have a great day everyone.
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 7:30am
Wahoo. . . Two more days and then I am taking a few days off!! The weather is wonderful!
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 9:05am
Today the sun is out & abit warmer.....wahoooo....I lost 1.6 lbs this wk....thought it may have been more....but...I am happy w/that.
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 9:45am
Good morning!
I refuse to WHINE today--I'm trying to maintain a positive attitude so I can keep myself motivated and get things done in the house today! OK just a little one--I've been up since 3:30 this morning. Just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep (lol); I guess I knew I have a lot to do to catch up!
My Yahoos:
Business has picked up a little bit. More rain predicted (scatterd showers) the next four days--still need lots more! Got DH out Sunday and we bought a treadmill--but its not set up yet. All in all, my life is good right now!
Hope everyone has a good day!
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 9:50am
No whines from me.
Wahoos: It's 53 degrees at 9 AM and all the snow is gone.
My voice is .... acceptable, lol, and I can eat and drink w/o coughing.
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 10:34am
wahoo - my grands called me last night and told me they missed me.
i get to go to church tonight!!!
whine - mo's truck is still not fixed so he is using mine. this is not good since i need a haircut very badly and we need some food in this house.
i'm having trouble connecting to the internet with my kindle, this is very bad!!!
|Wed, 03-07-2012 - 4:01pm
Hope Mo's truck gets fixed fast.... actually if you borrow your car from him real often, he'll get the hint that he needs to get his own fixed and soon. LOL