Oops, I did it again.
After a brief visit to the Internet café (which frankly I’d rather not have had, as my experience there trying to reach out and touch someone put a bit of a damper on my mood, mostly because I’m a fucking spazz who never learns), I hooked up with Rinata (an acquaintance [...]
Wednesday I went to the baths and poked around looking for some cool boutiques. Remarks? Naked old men: So not my thing. And the shopping in Budapest? Meh. Seriously unimpressed. The love affair is over.
Thursday we met with Tamas Halasz (aka “Soulstrip”, as we dubbed him for his facial hair), a Hungarian Jewish [...]
Last night upon leaving the Internet café, I returned to the hotel to discover the door had been locked. From the bar across the street Josh and James called out to me: They had been locked out too. We tried banging on the door, ringing the bell, shouting for our fellow Dorotniks at [...]
Today, in the morning, we went to Hungarian Parliament, followed by a brief stop at the Raoul Wallenberg memorial, and a visit to the Lauder School where we learned about the renewal in Jewish education programs in Hungary. Then, after a short rest at a café, we visited the Holocaust museum.
I have never been [...]
So Jewsweek ran my recent dvar on Bush and lifnei eiver. Gotta love the feedback:
Dan
Your article on George Bush was a true chillul Hashem. You wouldn’t know Torah or Halacha if it hit you over the head. How dare you try to use the Torah to support any candidate. As chazal has taught us, [...]
So yesterday we did a bit of sightseeing around Budapest with our guide Agy who gave us a brief understanding of Hungarian history to help contextualize our understanding of the Jewish experience in Hungary. We learned about the many great changes to the political makeup of the country, from one war and conqueror to [...]
Crazy busy day. Mad photos here. More tomorrow.
Flight touched down at around 9. Didn’t sleep a wink. Watched Wag The Dog with Andrea. Stayed up by my lonesome after she crashed, watching Chris Rock’s last HBO special and biting the shit out of my finger nails—a habit I’d broken months ago, or so I thought. Too much coffee [...]
Sunday: Arrive in Budapest. Tour of city.
Monday: Walking Tour of Budapest’s Jewish Quarter; “History of Hungarian Jewry” (Agi Farkas, DFI Tour Educator); Visit to the Dohany Synagogue; “‘Juda-Pest’: The Golden Age of Hungarian Jewry” (Emil Toth, Rabbinical Seminary Hazan); Balint JCC; “The Contemporary Experience of Hungarian Jewry” (Janos Gado, Editor: Szombat); “Herzl, Hungarian Zionism, [...]
Been sorting through all the links I’ve saved in the last couple of months which I’ve been meaning to post. Here are the cream of the crop:
It didn’t get a lot of coverage, so some of you may not have heard, but the Green and Libertarian candidates for president were arrested at WashU when [...]
Check out Republican Switchers, a new blog featuring conservative critiques of Bush from well-known Republicans who are voting for Kerry.
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