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MAKING MIRACLES interview with novelist Chaim Potok on #Kindle #KindleUnlimited amzn.to/47JISY3 #CuratedJewish #JewishLeft #Judaism #JewishStudies #JewSkyPlus #JewSky #Literature #LiteratureaSky #WorldLiterature #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #WritingandBooks #WritingCraft #ebook #booksky
April 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Fun, Education, & Enrichment
erikadreifus.bsky.social Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus.bsky.social · Nov 24
Here's one way to celebrate #JewishBookMonth: Take up the challenge I created for the occasion a couple of Novembers ago. (Original inspiration: @thez.bsky.social's #ReadsOfAwe challenge.)
​​A bingo card (created by myfreebingocards.com) with five rows and five columns. Top (first row), left to right: Holiday that Isn't Hanukkah/Mizrahi Experience/MG or YA/Disability Rep/Non-Holocaust Novel. Second row: LGBT Rep/Exile/Sephardic Experience/Play or Screenplay/Short-Story Collection. Third row: Social Justice-Tikkun Olam/Written by a Rabbi/FREE SPACE/Frum Rep/Weekly Torah Portion. Fourth row: Set Before 1900/Israeli History/Comics-Graphic Narrative/Translated Book/American Experience (Outside NYC) Fifth row: Picture-Book Biography (not Anne Frank or Ruth Bader Ginsburg)/Written by a Jew by Choice/Poetry/Written by a Jew of Color/Diaspora Experience (Outside the U.S.)
December 2, 2024 at 2:19 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Shabbat & Holidays

Shabbat Shalom!
This week’s Torah portion is Miketz!

Commentaries:

Reform (URJ): reformjudaism.org/torah/portio...
Conservative (JTSA): www.jtsa.edu/torah/the-wo...
Chabad: www.chabad.org/parshah/defa...
Orthodox (YU): yutorah.org/lectures/112...
December 28, 2024 at 4:26 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Shabbat & Holidays

Shabbat Shalom!

Commentaries:
Reform (URJ): reformjudaism.org/torah/portio...
Conservative (JTSA): www.jtsa.edu/post-torah/p...
Chabad: www.chabad.org/parshah/defa...
Orthodox (YU): www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lect...
reformjudaism.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Fun, Education, & Enrichment

Popular Song in Israel Today: טקילה by Omer Adam
November 30, 2024 at 5:35 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
I started a feed ‘CuratedJewish’.

I’m paused for the moment, but I can edit my feed parameters to include you if you read the description and it fits your scope.
December 15, 2024 at 4:04 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Shabbat & Holidays

This week's Parshah is Toldot! Shabbat Shalom!

Commentaries:
Reform (URJ): reformjudaism.org/torah/portio...
Conservative (JTSA): www.jtsa.edu/post-torah/p...
Chabad: www.chabad.org/parshah/defa...
Orthodox (YU): www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lect...
November 30, 2024 at 5:47 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Justice (Jewish Perspective)

What are some examples of new governance ideas in Israel/Palestine?

1. eretz-ard.org.il/plan-documen...
2. www.alandforall.org/english/?d=ltr
3. mitvim.org.il/wp-content/u...
4. federation.org.il/index.php/en...
December 2, 2024 at 8:39 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Food/Water/Shelter

3min Introduction to Urban Aquaculture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGLN...

More recent aquaculture research at CUNY Brooklyn: www.brooklyn.edu/areac/resear...
Urban Aquaculture: Fish Farming in the City
YouTube video by BioenterpriseCanada
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:45 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: People (Jewish Perspective)

This small, powerful essay by legal professor Robert Cover z''l builds self-awareness around topics of social cohesion, and how we interact with mitzvot (obligations) vs rights.

Written in 1987. Still reads fresh.

www.jstor.org/stable/1051017
Obligation: A Jewish Jurisprudence of the Social Order on JSTOR
Robert M. Cover, Obligation: A Jewish Jurisprudence of the Social Order, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1987), pp. 65-74
www.jstor.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:29 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Food/Water/Shelter

What do you know about your local food systems?

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA
An In-Depth Analysis of the Facts, Origins and Trends of Food Systems in California

california100.org/wp-content/u...
california100.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:28 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Fun, Education, & Enrichment

Jewish Authors, Jewish Themes & Fantasy

Deborah Wilde, the Magic After Midlife Series. deborahwilde.com/book-series/...

Naomi Novik, The Scholomance Trilogy
www.naominovik.com

Esther Erman, Rebecca of Salerno
www.esthererman.com
Esther Erman – Jewish Women through the Ages
www.esthererman.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:24 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Food/Water/Shelter

Once upon a time, only cities like NYC had a reputation for high housing costs. These days, cities across all continents share the same unaffordability problem-- why?

Causes: www.weforum.org/stories/2022...

Solutions: www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
4 practical solutions to the global housing crisis
Three billion people could be without adequate housing by 2030, says the UN. But a number of practical initiatives are working to tackle the problem before it spirals.
www.weforum.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:37 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish aims to bring you content that helps you be productive, constructive, and informed.

I am aiming for this feed to be 40% focused on anti-outrage, food, water, and shelter issues in the 10 most common locations for Jews to live. Stay rooted in who and where you are my friends!
December 2, 2024 at 10:55 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Food/Water/Shelter

Live in Los Angeles? You can find the most recent water quality report here: www.ladwp.com/who-we-are/w...
L.A.'s Drinking Water Quality Report
Annual Drinking Water Quality Report is also required by the SWRCB-DDW and is prepared in accordance with their guidelines.
www.ladwp.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:23 AM
twinriverspress.bsky.social
MAKING MIRACLES #Kindle #KindleUnlimited
interview with Jewish novelist Chaim Potok, author of “The Chosen.”
amzn.to/4lkDY8j
#CuratedJewish #JewishLeft #Judaism #JewishStudies #JewSkyPlus #JewSky
September 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Justice (Jewish Perspective)

Pt2:

What does economic integration mean to you?
How can people connect with each other in dignity?
Can the shabbat meal break down community barriers in low pressure settings?
Are shyness, kashrut, or apt size a barrier for you?
December 4, 2024 at 6:37 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Justice (Jewish Perspective)

State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition
endhomelessness.org/homelessness...

Pt1: In the US, homelessness segregates. In rabbinic lit, we read of weddings and holidays being open to the local poor: communities were more integrated.
State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of homelessness and reveals rising trends, disparities based on race, ethnicity, and gender, and the challenges faced in providing shelter and assistance ...
endhomelessness.org
December 4, 2024 at 6:28 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Food/Water/Shelter

Median 2-bedroom apartment rent...

New York (Manhattan), NY: $5,743
Area Median Income: $127,100

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA: $3,184
Area Median Income: $98,200

www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-livi...
www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/ser...
www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
December 4, 2024 at 5:49 AM
leahaviv.bsky.social
CuratedJewish
Subtopic: Food/Water/Shelter

Apparently I am on West Coast water kick.

In the State Water Project there are...
- 29 Contractors (county water districts, water agencies)
- 18 Reservoirs
- 7 Aqueducts
- ~25 Pump and Power Plants

water.ca.gov/Programs/Sta...
December 4, 2024 at 5:30 AM