"Matisyahu didn't say he's "post-Orthodox," the Jewish Journal article did. He says he's still going to shul and mikveh daily, he's got sideburns, wear a kippah and tzitzis. I think that for any person who becomes…"
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rebecca klempner replied to MI Post's discussion 'Matisyahu Shaves Beard Off, Jewish World Freaks Out'rebecca klempner commented on Jodi's blog post 'My Children Need to Know That Not All Jews Are Good'"Yay! I'm so glad you did this and hope your kids' next school demonstrates true ahavas yisroel, providing good role models for all your kids...and ours too!
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rebecca klempner replied to MI Post's discussion 'Monster Mohel & The San Fransisco Circumcision Ban'"I think that all the Jews and Muslims who support circumcision in the SF area should stage a one day boycott of all businesses in the city, then threaten to continue if the ban passes. The real monsters are the ones who want to keep boys from…"
rebecca klempner replied to MI Post's discussion 'Does Gender Matter?'"I was raised in the '70s and early '80s--the "Free to Be You and Me" generation, if you will. My mom offered my sister and me as many boy toys as girl toys. My sister and I made tea parties where the guests were our action…"
rebecca klempner commented on Jodi's blog post 'Inclusion: A Matter of Social Justice?'"I too have been frustrated with the lack of integration of special needs kids into our day schools. However, I think it's a mistake to make such sweeping generalizations about our precious Jewish community. There are organizations like Gateways…"
rebecca klempner commented on Jodi's blog post 'I hate chesed (kindness) projects'"Friendship Circle is a semi-autonomous division of Chabad-Lubavitch. FC is focused not so much on kiruv as in bringing people to Torah but kiruv in the sense of drawing people close who might feel left out by the community. People participate from…"
rebecca klempner commented on Jodi's blog post 'I hate chesed (kindness) projects'"One of the things I've enjoyed most about participating with the Friendship Circle in L.A. is that they encourage volunteers to truly befriend their partner and visit weekly. Our son has trouble making friends due to his challenges with social…"
rebecca klempner replied to MI Post's discussion 'Jewish Books For Jewish Kids'"Just wanted to add that since I first wrote this article, there's a new magazine out, complete with kids' mag, called Ami (I happen to co-write one of the serials in the kids' insert, Aim!). Also, HaModia has completely redone their…"
rebecca klempner replied to MI Post's discussion 'Barbie vs. Babushka'"Leah, your defense of the Matryoshka is so poetic! When I was discussing this article with my family in the van (after writing my response above), my husband and children were also very pro-matryoshka (we just call them nesting dolls). My husband…"
rebecca klempner replied to MI Post's discussion 'Barbie vs. Babushka'"Barbie is SO, SO bad for children! When I was a teenager, I babysat for my then 5-ish cousin. This child was so beautiful that after she'd visit me at college with her family, the kids in the caferteria the next morning would ask, "Who was…"
rebecca klempner commented on Rivki Silver's blog post 'Torah Tuesdays: Why are you frum?'"When I chose to be "frum," it was because I couldn't live anymore with the cognitive dissonance of believing one thing and doing another anymore. I think that understanding that G-d really created the entire universe, wrote the Torah,…"
rebecca klempner commented on Jodi's blog post 'Blog standing up for what's right'"I wish I could be there Sunday...but I'm all the way out here in L.A.! Communities all over the world are struggling with this issue. HaShem should give you and us all hatzlachah in educating our children, whether or not they have special needs!"
rebecca klempner posted a blog postArticle on imaginative play for kids
Anybody seen today's NY Times? There's a nifty parenting article. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06play.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 Any opinions?See More
rebecca klempner commented on Chana Jenny Weisberg's blog post 'Do you Want to Have Another Baby?'"Wow. Thanks so much to Chana Jenny for sharing Ima2Seven's blog. That's a "Conversation" that all of us have with our spouses but that most people don't discuss with others. The comments on the blog were particularly…"
rebecca klempner added a discussion to the group 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
sci fi and fantasy for the Jewish audience
I just wrote a blog about the dearth of sci fi and fantasy books for Jewish kids and the new book Hereville. I'd like to know if anyone else has ideas on this topic. I'm posting the blog in its entirety here. Thanks to my brother-in-law Joshua, I just heard about a wonderful new graphic novel called Hereville. The subject: an 11 y o Orthodox girl fights trolls. With a little research, I discovered that this is currently the #1 Jewish book for kids being sold on Amazon. This doesn't surprise me…See More
rebecca klempner commented on Anais Mizrahi's group '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'"Sorry...accidentally sent this as an email before (you can ignore if you already received this), but I wanted to make sure to get this up...
As a Chanukah present, my wonderful sister sent me _Encyclopedia of Jewish Food_. It's AMAZING!…"
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Article on imaginative play for kids
Anybody seen today's NY Times? There's a nifty parenting article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06play.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Any opinions?
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 1:31pm
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- At 1:14pm on March 19, 2010,
Heather Price said… - mazel tov on your cousin and the Case Western placement! He should give us a call--- 216-870-3142.... does he need advice on where to live or shuls or anything? There are essentially 3 communities here.... Wickliffe (yeshiva--- mostly learners and young families), Cleveland Heights (where we live-- a mix of modern and yeshivish) and University Heights/Beachwood (more modern, like Pico Robertson).
Hope Pesach prep is going well for you! I just started TODAY and have tasks on my to do list for tomorrow night, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday..... oy. :)
Good Shabbos!
- At 12:35am on January 14, 2010, Heather Price said…
- happy to be back in touch- are you on facebook too?
- At 11:37pm on January 13, 2010, Heather Price said…
- I REMEMBER YOU! I was just browsing through the member list here-- just joined and it's nice to see a familiar face from the LA days! Let's see you have 4 kids now--- I THINK when we left LA you had either just had your second or were just about to maybe. Are you still in the Pico Robertson neighborhood? We moved to Cleveland in the summer of 2005 and LOVE it here--- great to bump into you online!
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