: About Me

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I live in Jerusalem, Israel & have a BA in English & an MA in Eng Education as well as

3 years in film school & 3 seminars at WEVA.

I teach English in two different schools as well as shoot & edit professional video productions.

We did this production
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/video_viewer.php?player=g&clip=-7065592985153628101

in response to the massacre of 8 holy boys about 3 blocks from our apartment here in Jerusalem. I'm fascinated with the origin of ideas & world views. I've frequently corresponded online with ideological "opponents" such as Christian missionaries, orthodox Muslims, Arab nationalists, white supremacists & neo-Nazis on youtube to try & understand their ideological positions & psychology. I'm a student of Talmud & I have a deep, almost uncontrollable urge to perfect the universe. I'm deeply pained by man's inhumanity as well as intoxicated & inspired by acts of man's sweetness & love. Please, intoxicate & inspire me!

Religion & Spirituality > Judaism Jewish communities in the diaspora

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Hot, dry air blew Elul onto our island in view of the sun-beaten Florida coast. It was sometime in the late 1920s. There was still tension among the Mediterranean and East European immigrants, hawking their wares and pushing their services so they could feed their families. These folks were hesitant about voting.   During that decade a Yankee had been murdered by the homegrown locals.  It wasn’t clear if he died of extreme heat burns or fright; tar and feathering can do both. Far from intimidating, these acts of terror emboldened the nascent union movement an...

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