Category: Hillel

  • Why I Love Hadag Nahash – למה אני אוהב את הדג נחש

    This is not an exhaustive list, but I’m immersing myself in old and new material (מקומי and otherwise) in preparation for tonight’s live show at Porter’s Pub at UCSD (link to Facebook event page; go there or ping me directly for ticket info – $20 for non-students). 1. Crowd-sourced video for BaSalon shel Salomon (In…

  • Parenting, literally and figuratively.

    Parenting is hard. I’m not complaining, mind you, just stating a fact. Allow me to illustrate with two anecdotes. Having a fever of 102°F sucks. Being less than 13 months old with a fever of 102°F sucks a couple of ways. First, you have no idea why you feel so crappy; you have no life…

  • This magic is no trick

    SDSU’s paper of record, The Daily Aztec, reports today about the local chapter of Camp Kesem, founded, I’m proud to say, by Hillel students at Stanford in 2000. Worthy, dontcha think?

  • Hooray for Hillel!

    Hillel of San Diego is having a good month. Last night, the San Diego City Council brought a half-decade-long legal and logistical process to a close by voting to approve the sale of an unused parcel of city-owned land to Hillel at UCSD. Up until now, UCSD Hillel has not had a home, and many…