This is the latest installment of my #Bike5784 posts, where I’m posting about my efforts to bike at least 4200 miles (the length of the TransAmerica bike route) in the Jewish year of 5784. Click here to read more about this initiative. Tags: #Ebicycle #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish #Bicycle #Oklahoma #Photos September 21, 2023 Today’s mileage: 3.2 JYTD Mileage: 67.21 Where I am at on my imaginary ride of the TransAmerica Bike route: near Richmond, VA Summary: Just a quick ride to the store and then some cruising around the neighborhood. Pictures: None for today.
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Bike 5784 Update for September 20, 2023
This is the latest installment of my #Bike5784 posts, where I’m posting about my efforts to bike at least 4200 miles (the length of the TransAmerica bike route) in the Jewish year of 5784. Click here to read more about this initiative. Tags: #Ebicycle #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish #Bicycle #Oklahoma #Photos September 20, 2023 Today’s mileage: 16.9 JYTD Mileage: 64.01 Where I am at on my imaginary ride of the TransAmerica Bike route: approaching Richmond, VA. Summary: I did a round-trip ride to Stars and Stripes Park at Lake Hefner to participate in a Reverse Tashlich (community trash pickup) with the OKC […]
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Bike5784 Update for Sept. 18, 2023
This is the latest installment of my #Bike5784 posts, where I’m posting about my efforts to bike at least 4200 miles (the length of the TransAmerica bike route) in the Jewish year of 5784. Click here to read more about this initiative. Tags: #Ebicycle #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish #Bicycle September 18, 2023 Today’s mileage: 7.92 JYTD Mileage: 47.11 Where I am at on my imaginary ride of the TransAmerica Bike route: a few miles before Granville, VA, not far from the Presquile National Wildlife Refuge. Summary: I did a quick ride to CVS (1.5 miles from home) but after that did some […]
Military Law , Personal Updates , Racism
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CLE Seminar on Military Racism: Reality & Remedies
Online CLE: Military Racism – Reality & Remedies Live via zoom at Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern. On-demand (recorded) format starting on October 1, 2023. Program Description: The Government Accounting Office report released in May 2019 found evidence that black and Hispanic troops were more likely than their white peers to be investigated by military commanders and tried in courts-martial, but not any more likely to be found guilty. The report also found inconsistencies in how racial data related to court cases is collected and chastised military leaders for being slow to react to the report’s […]
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Bike5784 update for September 17, 2023
This is the latest installment of my #Bike5784 posts, where I’m posting about my efforts to bike at least 4200 miles (the length of the TransAmerica bike route) in the Jewish year of 5784. Click here to read more about this initiative. Tags: #Ebicycle #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish #Bicycle September 17, 2023 Today’s mileage: 19.2 JYTD Mileage: 39.19 Where I am at on my imaginary ride of the TransAmerica Bike route: Near Charles City, VA Summary: My journey today took me from Barnes & Noble (near NW 63rd and May), then northward through Nichols Hills and The Village, then a pitstop at […]
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A biking challenge for the new Jewish year – 5784
Tags: #RoshHashanah #Bicycle #Ebicycle #Bike5784 #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #BikeJewish Rosh Hashanah was today. It is one of my favorite holidays, in part because it played such a big role in my family becoming Jewish but also because it start of a new year in the Jewish calendar, which of course, leads to the topic of resolutions. Two years ago (5782) I had a powerful experience of doing my best to avoid driving for a year, trying to do as much of my daily travel by bicycle. I did this partly because I love bicycling, but mostly as a creative way to […]
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A Bicycle Tour of OKC
I had a blast doing a “tour of OKC” ride on my ebike. A little over 41 miles. Here is a map of the route, followed by some of my photos from the day in the comments. Here are the rest of the pictures from the day: https://photos.app.goo.gl/PHH39KR3ZpvVQ7NE9 #OKC #Bike #BikeOKC #tourofokc
Climate Change , Current Events , Public Health
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Local transmission of MALARIA happening in the US for the first time in 20 years
NBC News: CDC issues alert after 5 cases of locally acquired malaria reported in Texas and Florida — The cases were the first in 20 years to be acquired in the U.S., with no links to travel outside the country. Yet another sign of #GlobalWarming. I’m writing this post how as a memo to my future self, 20 years from now, who wonders if people in 2023 were really unaware of what was happening. This story is a perfect example of where we are at today. The obvious (but unstated) conclusion from this story is that the upswing in malaria is […]
Anabaptist/Mennonite , Judaism
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AMBS hosts Jewish-Mennonite symposium on reading the Bible after the Holocaust
Tags: #Mennonite #Judaism #Interfaith #Mazeldon AMBS.edu: AMBS hosts Jewish-Mennonite symposium on reading the Bible after the Holocaust I am incredibly pleased to hear about this symposium at one of my alma maters, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. I hope down the road AMBS publishes some of the papers and/or presentations from the event — especially anything from Dr. Amy-Jill Levine who I’ve long been a fan of when it comes to thoughtful interfaith dialogue between Jews and Christians. This topic is very personal to me. I spent a good chunk of my life as a minister in a progressive Mennonite church […]
Humanistic Judaism , Judaism , Personal Memories , Personal Updates
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A big day for my family – May 21, 2023
Tags: #Mazeldon I’ll post more about it another time (it is kinda personal) but for my own recollection. May 21, 2023 was a very, very good day, worthy of a humanistic shehechyahu (courtesy of Machar and Ritualwell): Let us bless the goodness which we have encountered in the world, which has kept us alive and sustained us, and brought us to this moment. N’-varekh et ha-tov asher pagash-nu ba-olam she-hekheya-nu v’-kiyy’ma-nu, v’-higgi’a-nu la-z’man ha-zeh. Amen. נְבָרֵךְ אֵת […]