From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Twitter and Links

November 22, 2008

Chances are you may have come to this post because someone (me?) twittered the link. (Or you may be someone who stops by regularly via rss or other means, for which I thank you.) At the same time I have fairly recently complained about linking in twitter. Of course a real explanation takes more than [...]

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 12

November 22, 2008

This week is Thanksgiving in the USA. So this week we have a story of Herschel of Osteropol and a goose dinner…or foot to be specific. Story is based on the book The Adventures of Herschel of Ostropol retold by Eric A Kimmel.

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 11

November 15, 2008

This week we read an unusual story about Reb Shmuel Munkis, involving sorcerers, whisky and a trip to Liozna. This story comes from the Early Chassidic Personalities series book on Reb Shmuel Munkis, by Rabbi Sholom D. Avtzon

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All Your Passwords Are Belong To Us

November 12, 2008

How much do you value your online identity? How often are you asked to share your login and password to a) find out your ranking b) locate your friends c) easily combine all of your feeds into one place. I would bet that the answer to the first question is – fairly highly and the [...]

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 10

November 8, 2008

This week we read a story about Herschel of Osteropol a common character in the folklore of Eastern European Jews. His stories always have a bit of wit and cleverness. This telling of the story is based on the one found in the book The Adventures of Herschel of Ostropol retold by Eric A Kimmel

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Goldie’s Stories – Episode 9

November 1, 2008

This week’s story is a modern day story that takes place in Tel Aviv and is taken from Tuvia Bolton’s Torah Online weekly mailing.http://www.ohrtmimim.org/Torah_default.asp (Reference for the video: tefillin)

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