Monthly Archives: January 2011

Kaddish Explained

Posted on January 30, 2011 by jewishspectacles

[Re-post – just found this and thought to put it up again] Refraction, the fascinating phenomenon whereby light gets transposed and translated into different streams of light.  Hold up a crystal to the sunlight and watch bright white be translated … Continue reading →

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Keep Yaw Hands to Yawself

Posted on January 27, 2011 by jewishspectacles

Keep Yaw Hands to Yawself:  A Guide to Interacting with the Ultra-Orthodox Girl.  A quick take on the laws of hands-off between man and unrelated woman and the laws of Tzniyus mirror private property concepts. Private Property doesn’t mean no … Continue reading →

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Romeo & Juliet in Tuna Bygel Land

Posted on January 17, 2011 by jewishspectacles

[NOTE BEFORE READING:  names and names of organizations have been changed. This is one teen-at-risk’s take on the first night of planning for the movie of Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (which actually was posted on Youtube that night).  Tuna-Bygel … Continue reading →

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A Jolting Prayer

Posted on January 12, 2011 by jewishspectacles

We were quintessential redneck children, children of the forest oblivious to nuances of society. The expanses of space in which we had lived in the Catskills had given us an appreciation for the wind, for flowers, for all living things, … Continue reading →

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