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Yehuda: Session Report, in which Gili and I play some two-player games
The latest Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club session report is up. Games played: Mr Jack x 2, Netrunner.Attendance will hopefully pick up again next week. My Netrunner cards are for trade or sale (listed on my BGG profile).I played Scrabble with Rachel over ...
Dateline: 2010-09-02 6:47am -07:00T (54 words)
 
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Yehuda: My Little Vacation in the Galil
Rachel organized a small vacation for us in the Galil this weekend. We stayed at the tzimmer (B&B) Ohr Hashachar in Moshav Goren, which is in the Western Galil very close to the Lebanon border. This place costs a bit more than your typical SPNI field scho...
Dateline: 2010-08-30 12:31am -07:00T (512 words)
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Yehuda: Poetry and the Road
We just hosted our initial "Word of the Week", a weekday evening meeting over poetry and wine, something I would like to do regularly far into the future. This week's word of the week was "transition", and all the poems had to be about the word. I read fr...
Dateline: 2010-08-26 2:16pm -07:00T (106 words)
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Yehuda: Session Report, in which I somehow lose Dominion twice
The latest Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club session report is up. Games played: Dominion/Intrigue/Seaside, Antike.Earlier in the week, Rachel and I played Scrabble. She started off ahead, but I caught up and beat her some 340 to 310....
Dateline: 2010-08-26 10:32am -07:00T (37 words)
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Yehuda: Board Game Blog World Roundup
New blogs, etc since my last posting ...Board Game Dialog - Michael Schroeder, Niagara Falls, NY. Board game reviews and other posts.Fun Board Games - Gary Sonnenberg, Waukesha, WI. Intro to board games posts. He also blogs at Googols of Games.G*M*S Magaz...
Dateline: 2010-08-26 1:46am -07:00T (224 words)
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Yehuda: Review: Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation (2003, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanssen, directed by Sophia Copola) is one of the few movies that I can and will watch again and again.With a deft few words and interactions, all adult and all so painfully realistic, Sophia ...
Dateline: 2010-08-25 2:47pm -07:00T (395 words)
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Yehuda: Condolence Phrase Frequency
The most popular condolence phrases was: I'm sorry for your loss, orI'm sorry to hear about your fatherThis came from most everyone, but more from Israelis and the religious.The next most popular condolences were the traditional Jewish ones: May God comfo...
Dateline: 2010-08-23 10:16am -07:00T (176 words)
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Yehuda: Session Report, in which we play Age of Empries III for 3.5 hours
The latest Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club session report is up. Games played: Age of Empires III.I think most other game groups have faster players than we do.Earlier in the week I played a game of Gin Rummy with Tal, which I won....
Dateline: 2010-08-20 4:16am -07:00T (42 words)
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Yehuda: Videos of the Hesped for My Father
By Rabbi Rattner, who led the kolel that my father attended for 12 years or so. The original video included a 16 minute introduction about the importance of a hesped in Jewish tradition; I cut that part out.Part 1:Part 2:...
Dateline: 2010-08-19 4:46am -07:00T (40 words)
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Yehuda: Shiva Impressions IV
Guess who has people bring him food and water, sits on the floor or a low place looking mournful, never cuts his hair or nails, and must be escorted when he leaves the house? That's right. My dog.Shiva DosIt's good to observe shiva in the home of the dece...
Dateline: 2010-08-15 2:02pm -07:00T (283 words)
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Yehuda: Shiva Impressions III
Each time I went to shul on shabbat I had to be reminded by a poke or a harumph tp join in with the mourner's kaddish. I know where they are in the services, but I never had to do with them, other than listening to them. I have to be prodded into realizin...
Dateline: 2010-08-14 2:16pm -07:00T (324 words)
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Yehuda: Shiva Impressions II
No More SorrowThe correct wording is "May God comfort you among all of the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem." Many people add "May you no no more sorrow".I'm not entirely sure how to interpret the last sentiment. I first thought that it meant that everyone ...
Dateline: 2010-08-13 9:32am -07:00T (531 words)
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Yehuda: Shiva Impressions
First off, DO NOT ASK A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION IN HAR NOF TO PUT UP DEATH NOTICE SIGNS ON YOUR BEHALF ANNOUNCING AN UPCOMING FUNERAL.They were asked to do this, and in return for blasting the details over a loudspeaker in Har Nof for a half an hour, and ...
Dateline: 2010-08-11 2:47pm -07:00T (467 words)
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Yehuda: RIP Eli Berlinger, my father
Information is on my Facebook profile....
Dateline: 2010-08-10 7:02am -07:00T (6 words)
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Yehuda: The 7 Types of People at Shabbat Dinner in the Hospital
An anonymous set of people donates catering to Ein Kerem each shabbat, so that all people who wish to may enjoy traditional shabbat meals in the hospital. You can eat the meals at the set up tables, which includes kiddush, singing, etc. Or you can take pa...
Dateline: 2010-08-07 3:02pm -07:00T (422 words)
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