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Category Archives: 2012 Fellowship
A Passover Seder in August, and some ruminations on Iced Coffee
Throughout the summer, as part of the daily sessions, the Bronfman fellows were studying the Bioography of the Haggadah with faculty member Prof. Vanessa Ochs, who is currently writing a book about the topic. They located the Haggadah and the … Continue reading
Ask Away
Zach Young (Cincinnati, OH) My Bronfman summer officially began in the vast, airy domain of an El Al Airlines terminal in JFK International Airport. Facing interrogation by a bilingual Israeli official at a security checkpoint, I was taken aback by … Continue reading
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Jacob Shapiro (Hampstead, QC Canada) Near the end of the summer the mood began to shift. The incongruent mix of excitement and disappointment of no longer being away, secluded with just each other began to sink in. On the excitement … Continue reading
Transcending the Boundaries
Avichai Bass (Potomac, MD) The Western Wall, the holiest place on earth in the tradition of many Jews, is much nicer in pictures: there’s no dirt, no noise, and no security guards. More importantly, though, there are no Ultra-Orthodox men pretending that they … Continue reading
Becoming a Backstreet Boy and a Yeshiva University Student
Daniel Krane (Chestnut Hill, MA) Sophie already wrote a great piece on comfort zones, so here’s my addition to some of the themes she already talked about. The entire summer, we were all “challenging ourselves” and “pushing ourselves out of … Continue reading
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