Ohhhh, I should probably introduce you to my cat, Akiva:
So, one of my better decisions after finishing the army was moving back to Buffalo…one of my best decisions was to get a cat. Her name is Akiva, and she’s beautiful:
Look at my making a friends post, doing all this stuff again…
Wow, so there’s so much to write about, and I’m sure it’ll come in time – for a very, very quick explanation: I’m in year two of three of my Master of Social Work (MSW) program. I work at Jewish Family Service in a few different roles (I’m in a very weird hybrid position),…
And it all comes full circle…
Cool, so I’m back to using this now…because life, and stuff, and things…
In Medias Res
Grateful to have my site back up and running again (with special thanks to my friend, Christie Syphrit, who is generously providing hosting (and the technical know-how to make this website a thing). So much to write about (and it will come in the next few days, weeks, months, and years: right now I…
We’ve made it through midterms! 5 more weeks of classes to go!
Wow! What an incredible whirlwind the past few weeks have been! I am so blessed to have such an incredible cohort to experience all of this with! I am so excited for what the future holds for all of us! Midterm grades are finally making their way back to us! I received a 95.6%…
Kol Nidrei
So once again Erev Yom Kippur is upon us, and my favorite service of the year: Kol Nidrei will happen tonight. Kol Nidrei, in my tradition and the tradition of my family – as a family of refugees – is where we pray for those who cannot pray for themselves. We pray for those…
You Can Play at UB
https://vimeo.com/131009150 Incredibly moved to see the University at Buffalo take a stand for Disability and LGBTQ inclusion! #UB
Underneath Jacob’s Shadow
Chabad has a wonderful article on Jacob that’s worth the read. I have always felt drawn to Jacob…and as I write this in my study carrel in the UB Library and look out at the night sky, I can’t help but think of him and smile. My goal with this blog is, of course, to…
“Who am I becoming?”
So today marks the first day of my first year as a Master of Social Work student at the UB School of Social Work. At orientation they challenged us to journal or blog, and to think about “who am I becoming” as we go through this journey. Social Work requires intensive study – but…
So who’s still around these days?
Mostly I’m on Tumblr 🙂