When Noah prayed
You sent him a flood
and charged him with the safety
of all animal life.
What I got was rain.
I forgot to wash my shirt
so it grew mold.
In every generation
the holy men we have
stand on different levels.
We all get the hero
we deserve.
On behalf of mold
— and on behalf of my wife,
who loves when I do laundry —
I will try
to be worthy.
Yes, there is a Jewish tradition of questioning God, a holy rebellion that begins with Abraham.
Wearing a tallit on Kol Nidre connects us, Jew to Jew for thousands of years.
The entry is another flashpoint between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian editors.
Translating this high falutin’ doublespeak, the AJS proclaimed that while departments and universities should not boycott Israeli universities formally, it’s ok if individual professors informally boycott Israeli, Zionist, or even Jewish professors.
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