Gratitude to Dan Epstein of Dan Epstein Photography for sharing with me this photo of the Simchas Torah party at B’nai Keshet back in 2010. I’m digging the heavy shtetl vibe.
Exclusive: New Rosh Hashanah song for 2013 5744
Judgment DayWords and Music by Daniel S. Brenner With wishes to all for a sweet and healthy new year.
The Tisha B’Av Song
Also — I have a new website up for Tisha B’Av: Check out Tisha B’Av ideas for summer camp over at http://tishabav.blogspot.com/
Florence Funt (1912-2013) Z’L
I’ve heard conflicting ideas regarding the spirit world that we refer to as heaven. But if I was to make a prediction about what is currently underway in that upward eternal everlasting time zone out there, I’d have to say that those spirits are about to experience a period of unexpected fun. Scrabble games and Hungry, Hungry Hippos, croquet contests, wacky wind-up toys, a wooden puppet who dances on a plank – did I mention boxes full of chocolate, and…
Jews in Guatemala
My beloved and I just returned from an amazing five-day trek in Guatemala. Visiting our friends in Antigua, traveling to Lake Atitlan to visit Santiago – it was an amazing journey. Here are the top 100 of the 1,000 photos I took. As part of the trip, we spent time with a Mayan woman (actually a Tz’utujil Mayan) named Dolores Ratzun. You can read about her life here. If you go to Atitlan, hire her for a tour – she…
The Terrorist’s Terrible Toothache
I will be reading my latest short story, The Terrorist’s Terrible Toothache, on Saturday, May 18th at B’nai Keshet 99 South Fullerton, Montclair NJ @ 8PM. The reading will be part of a literary salon that will include playwrights, songwriters, a dancer, poets, and apparently my beloved. Anyways – If you are interested in The Terrorist’s Terrible Toothache then come on down to Montclair!
Top Five Shavuot Songs
I’ve made a list of the top five songs for shavuot over on a new blog entitled Shavuot Songs. What made the list this year? Check it out.
Anne Frank Quotes, Remixed
Counting the Omer – The Musical
How to Chop Walnuts
Haroset? Charoset? Charoses? Haroses? Whatever you call it, I love it so much that I wrote a song about it. Anyways, enough blogging, click play and enjoy “Chopped Up Walnuts”