Exhibit Two Gets Aished! (Exhibit Two at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem earlier this month) A bit of explanation is in order. Aish = Aish HaTorah. [1] Aish HaTorah is an apolitical network of Jewish educational centers in 35 branches on five continents. [2] Aish is all about Jewish education and kiruv… drawing Jews closer to [...]
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Exhibit Two Gets Aished!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, parenting, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Star Wars Invades Famous Works of Art....and The Office
Posted in Art & Literature, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Fun, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Movies, Musings, Parody, Science Fiction, Silly, Space, Style, Thoughts, tagged art, Entertainment, Film, Humor, Modern Culture, movies, Musings, Science Fiction, Space, Style, Thoughts on May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Reblogged from Geektroverted: Star Wars characters invade these famous works of art and a bonus picture of The Office reimagining the painting “A Sunday Afternoon”. On the eve of Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You), fun by Geektroverted!
Exhibit Two Flies Back to Israel!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Family, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, Travel, tagged Children, Family, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, People, Relationships, Religion, Thoughts, Travel on April 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow morning, May 1, 2012, my son, Exhibit Two [1], flies off back to Israel. He is taking part in the Jerusalem Fellowships program for three weeks, studying at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem as well as traveling to various other places as part of the program. His sister, my daughter Exhibit One, did the program last [...]
Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 4): LFD & the Chopsticks
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Design, Fashion, Food, Humour, Japan - Japanese, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, People, Personal Observations, Recipes, Samurai, Style, Thoughts, tagged cooking, Cuisine, Culture, Design, Fashion, Food, Humor, Japan, Japanese, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, People, Personal Observations, Style, Thoughts on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A very dear friend of mine, LFD, likes sushi. LFD and I quite often work in the same courthouse. There is a wonderful sushi restaurant around the corner from said courthouse. Put the three above statements together and it was not long before LFD and I decided that steps of some sort ought to be [...]
Hubble’s Greatest Snapshots!
Posted in Astronomy, Culture, Education, Future, Inspiration, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, Nature, Photography, Research, Science, Space, Thoughts, tagged Astronomy, Culture, Education, Future, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, Nature, Photography, Research, science, Space, Thoughts on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On April 24, 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space. In the 22 years since, it has sent back over a million observations. Here are just some of Hubble’s greatest images, year by year, courtesy of those wonderful space geeks at HubbleCast. ___________________________________________________________ Articles about ASTRONOMY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=astronomy (Speaking of milestones, my friendly neighbourhood blog [...]
When Old People Beak Off (and why I love it)
Posted in Community, Culture, Family, Humour, Italian, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Personal Observations, Thoughts, tagged Culture, Family, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Personal Observations, Thoughts on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ever been within earshot of elderly people when they are in mid-rant? I don’t know what happens to older people when they reach a certain point in their lives. Perhaps old age loosens inhibitions, kind of like drugs or alcohol but without the knowledge that tomorrow, everything will be back to normal and you’ll be [...]
Life After Z Day (Post Apocalypse Zombie Tweets)
Posted in Community, Culture, Entertainment, Fiction, Fun, Horror, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, Opinion, Personal Observations, Reviews, Science Fiction, Silly, Thoughts, Zombies, tagged Community, Culture, Entertainment, Fiction, Fun, Horror, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, Opinion, Reviews, Science Fiction, Thoughts, zombies on April 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago, I broke down and got a Twitter account. One of the things I’m following on Twitter is a series of tweets called Life After Z Day. The premise is elegantly simple. The Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse has smacked us in the face like a bloody severed hand. Despite things hitting the fan [...]
Returning April 16th!
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Food, Inspiration, Israel, Japan - Japanese, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, People, Recipes, Research, Science, Space, Style, Thoughts, Vampyres, Zombies, Zoology, tagged cooking, Culture, Fashion, Food, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Modern Culture, Opinion, Research, Style, Thoughts, Vampires, Vampyres, zombies on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Kosher Samurai continues to be away for Passover. Look for this award-anticipating blog to return this coming Monday April 16th!
The Most Astounding Fact (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)
Posted in Astronomy, Culture, Environment, Inspiration, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, Nature, Opinion, People, Research, Science, Space, Thoughts, tagged Astronomy, Culture, Environment, Inspiration, Life, Modern Culture, Opinion, People, Research, science, Space, Thoughts on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer. Truly inspiring. __________________________________________________________ Today, Friday April 6, at sundown is the beginning of Passover. It is by far my favourite holiday. I will be [...]
Bonsai Graveyard
Posted in Botany, Bushido, Community, Culture, Design, Fashion, Gardening, Humour, Inspiration, Japan - Japanese, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Personal Observations, Samurai, Science, Style, Thoughts, tagged Botany, Bushido, Culture, Design, Fashion, Gardening, Japan, Japanese, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, Samurai, science, Style, Thoughts on April 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There was a point in my innocent yet not too distant past when I had dreams of tending bonsai trees in my home. I saw myself as a kind of Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, carefully pruning and bending, shaping and creating the tiny tree over time into a work of art. I was [...]
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