So, this depressed me...

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Thursday December 27, 2012 · 9:32 AM PST

2012/12/27 · 09:32

I was just watching MSNBC and saw that Jon Hornik, the mayor of my home town (Marlboro, NJ) was in favor of arming teachers in the Marlboro school system. I had read last week that they were going to install armed guards in the schools, but this was first I'd heard of them planning to arm teachers.

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Sunday September 11, 2011 · 8:54 PM PDT

2011/09/11 · 20:54

and joining the boycott. And, apparently getting in just under the wire. Racism is never something to just ignore no matter it happens. As a lurker and sometime (though not often) commenter, I'm not sure what my silence will amount to, but sometimes you just gotta do what feels right.

So, I'll see you on the flip side.

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Thursday August 19, 2010 · 9:54 AM PDT

2010/08/19 · 09:54

Edited to fix spelling error in title... wow, I need sleep. Sorry about that folks.

A friend of a friend (Kate Barnhart) has been targeted for aggressive prosecution by the Manhattan District Attorney's office as a result of participating in a nonviolent healthcare protest last fall.

Kate is the director of the New Alternatives (a homeless NYC-based LGBT youth group). She regularly speaks out for those who have no voice and now it's time for regular folks to speak up for her.

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 9:16 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 09:16

I just got home from the first day of Rosh Hashanah services. Once again, I am a wandering Jew, taking advantage of my sister's kindness of an extra ticket to her synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. (It's my second year back in NYC and I still haven't found a synagogue I feel comfortable joining just yet.) I should preface this diary (my first, so be gentle) by saying that I usually find the sermons during the High Holidays to be hit or miss. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the two Jewish holidays that really draw the crowds, so some Rabbis are known to be long-winded and a little self-important (though, that could just be the rabbis from my hometown).

Today, however, was not long-winded (even at 45 minutes, give or take), nor was the sermon self-important. The rabbi started off by saying that he was going to be talking politics from the pulpit, though he hastened to add that he wasn't going to be partisan. Meaning, he wasn't going to tell the congregation who to vote for, he was just going to talk about issues that were important to Jews and then implored us to use that information when making our decision.

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