New Facebook Profile
2013-10-30
Just as I have done with Twitter and Instagram, I have now created a separate Facebook profile for my professional use. Feel free to Friend Me.Continue Reading
My Vodkas-tasting Last Week
2013-10-29
Last week, I held a vodka-tasting event, which paired up with discussing Jewish angles on vampires. It was interesting. Having never taken part let alone running a vodka-tasting, it was a new experience for me. Having heard a suggestion for this year’s October tasting and discussion to do “Vodkas andContinue Reading
Some Highlights from This Week’s “Rabbis Without Borders” Sessions
2013-10-16
The past couple of days, Clal held the first session of its fifth cohort of its Rabbis Without Borders fellowship. Having been a past participant of the fellowship, I am always interested to see what is being shared out into the public from the sessions. Not only simply because IContinue Reading
Sukkot with Beach Hillel
2013-10-14
As in years past, I spent many activities with Long Beach Hillel for the holiday of Sukkot, enriching its programs and its students. Beginning with leading a Beach Hillel staff learning session on Sukkot, it continued with putting up both the off-campus and the on-campus sukkot (and picking up theContinue Reading
Working on the 2013 West Coast Hillel Staff Conference
2013-09-16
Since I have worked in my current position, included in which is serving as the rabbi for Long Beach Hillel, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life holds an annual [inter]national staff conference in St. Louis, known as Hillel Institute, at the beautiful campus of Washington University either at theContinue Reading
Hillel Institute 2013
2013-09-12
For the fourth consecutive year, I attended the annual Hillel staff conference, Hillel Institute, in St. Louis. As with the previous two years, I was there due to the financial support of Long Beach Hillel (I had to raise money from private individuals to make it possible for me toContinue Reading
A Breakdown of My Time Spent This Past Year
2013-09-11
I frequently get asked as to how much time I spend on the various facets of my job. One of the biggest questions is how much time I spend with Beach Hillel, since I serve as the rabbi. In past years, I would spend a significant amount of time withContinue Reading
Beach Hillel Staff Learning Sessions: An Evolution
2013-09-10
Two years ago at Hillel Institute, I came back with some ideas regarding Beach Hillel, one of which was to incorporate some Jewish content in each of our weekly Beach Hillel staff-and-interns meetings. While I don’t remember from whom I heard the idea, I do remember coming back from thatContinue Reading
Office Hours at CSULB
2013-08-28
Yesterday, I began being available on-campus at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) for office hours. I will be there Tuesdays (September 12th UPDATE:) Wednesdays for the fall semester from 1:30-3:30 in the University Interfaith Center (Brotman Hall, room 178). It has been a few years since I last heldContinue Reading
On Instagram
2013-08-22
It was almost a year ago that I began to use Instagram for professional purposes, using a separate account from my personal one. I use separate accounts for the same reason that I have separate Twitter accounts for my personal use and professional use: separating out my “brand identities”Continue Reading