COVID19 , Personal Updates

Negative covid test

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Finally got a negative covid test today, which means I’m likely not contagious anymore. It won’t change my behavior in public (I’ve been wearing masks in indoor public spaces for quite awhile and don’t see that changing any time in the foreseeable future) but it will be nice to be able to be close to my family again and to be able to go in person to Shabbat evening services. Symptom-wise, I’m mostly better. Still feeling tired but otherwise am much, much better than I was a week ago.

COVID19 , Personal Updates

Positive covid test

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This was originally posted on facebook. I finally got COVID. Started showing symptoms late on Friday night but thought it was allergies and/or a cold. Negative COVID test on Saturday. Sick all weekend with lingering low grade fever, fatigue, and bad cough. Did another COVID test today and this time was positive. I’m now isolating in one room to improve the odds that Becky and Ty won’t get it, but otherwise am feeling tolerable and I’m relieved that I haven’t had the more worrisome symptoms. — also very appreciative of the used Samsung smartwatch I got this week that measures […]

COVID19 , HIV , LGBTQ , Literature

Launching 28Barbary.com – a fan website for Tales of the City Fan by Armistead Maupin

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This was originally posted on facebook. I’ve been sick this weekend (bad allergies/hay fever, but thankfully not COVID! (EDITORS NOTE: It turned out it was covid.) so I felt too crummy to do much in the way of law work, so instead I created the start of a long-contemplated fan blog that will be providing commentary on the Tales of the City series of books (and other media) by Armistead Maupin. If you have never read Tales of the City, I would strongly recommend the series. It began as a serialized novel in the SF Bay area in the mid-1970’s, but later became much […]

Oklahoma

Ingrid’s has closed!?

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Incredibly sad news. I have a lot of fond memories of this place… 1. Attending the progressive pastor’s breakfast (back when I was a #Mennonite minister) and talking #theology and #activism over coffee with folks like Zach Gleason, Kathy Shook McCallie and Lance A Schmitz 2. Taking a break from a hot afternoon of tabling at #OKCPride —- their cool and dark dining room was a lovely place on a hot summer day to hide out. 3. Eating there with my family on Friday nights, as my son loved to eat their massive club sandwiches prior to Shabbat services — […]

Judaism , Reproductive Justice

Judaism and Vasectomies

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This was originally posted on Facebook. Kveller.com: I’m a rabbi who had a vasectomy even though Judaism prohibits it. A very thoughtful piece but the headline is misleading. #Judaism doesn’t bar vasectomies, but rather #halakha does. Most Jews today (but especially those in the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Humanistic movements) do not treat halalah as binding in the traditional sense. On a related note —- getting a vasectomy was one of the best decisions of my life, so I am always glad to talk to anyone who is considering the procedure but who is nervous about it. #Mazeldon

Humanistic Judaism

This month in Humanistic Judaism – August 2022

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This was originally posted on Facebook. This Month in Humanistic Judaism – August 2022 Here’s the August edition of This Month in Humanistic Judaism, our new monthly bulletin from the Society for Humanistic Judaism that shares many of the events happening across our movement, as well as other content from our blog and action alerts from Jews for a Secular Democracy. #Mazeldon #HumanisticJudaism