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Judaica: Rube Goldberg like robotic Hanukkah menorah lighter

December 4, 2012

Technion students design a Rube Goldberg like devise that lights a hanukkiah. via examiner.com

Wetlands and waterways, Milford and Derby, CT Apr 17, 2011 – a set on Flickr

April 21, 2011

View the photographs on flickr.com Between visiting Shosh’s family in CT before Pesach and 1st seder with my family in NY we spent a couple of nights at Hyatt Place (a 3 star hotel that we got for a 1 star price thanks to Priceline) in Milford, CT with day trips to Derby and West […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2010

Among the many things I am thankful for is the company and friendship of my friends both in real life and in cyberspace. Best wishes for a day of gratitude, feasting and families!

City secrets: restaurants where we can dine in a sukkah – New York NY

September 28, 2010

Read about it on examiner.com

Sukkot Sizzle party – New York NY

September 15, 2010

Rosh Hashana is behind us, Yom Kippur is upon us, and that means Sukkot is around the corner. Jewish New Yorkers can celebrate the Jewish calendar’s most sensual and joyous holiday with like minded tribe members Tuesday September 28 from 7:00 PM – 1:00 AM Wednesday September 29 at The Sukkot Sizzle on the roof of The […]

NYC Tu B’av parties Tuesday: music & bowling in Brooklyn or clubbing in Manhattan

July 21, 2010

To read the article click here Yesterday was Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. But six days after Tisha B’Av we celebrate Tu B’Av, the Jewish love holiday. Although the holiday starts Sunday evening July 25th and ends Monday night July 26th, two Tu B’Av parties will be held on Tuesday night […]

Lt. Col. Leopold C. Newman (1839-1863): a NY Jewish war hero

May 30, 2010

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day for the custom of cleaning the graves of Civil War soldiers, but the location of a New York Jewish Civil War hero’s grave is uncertain. In 1861 22 year old Leopold Charles Newman, a Columbia University alumnus who wrote poetry and fiction and read French and German literature, was […]

2010 NYC Shavuot all-night study marathons

May 17, 2010

via examiner.com To read the article click here Posted via web from davidfcooper’s posterous

Judaism 101: Happy Rainbow Day!

May 10, 2010

Rainbow oil slick The Jew and The Carrot At sundown this evening began the 27th day of Iyyar or Rainbow Day, the day on which the book of Genesis tells us Noah, his family, and the animals they rescued disembarked from the ark. Leaving the ark they saw a rainbow, a sign of God’s promise […]