Notes from a Jewish Thoreau

Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods.
(And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder.")

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Quest for a photo ID

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My 18-year-old grandson needed a photo ID. Here's what it took to get one. (And why requiring a photo ID to vote is a bad idea.) I firs...

Sunday, April 25, 2021

My 1997 Uman Pilgrimage to Rebbe Nachman's Grave

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JOURNEY TO UMAN Rosh Hashanah 5758 (1997) by Yonassan Gershom My pilgrimage to Uman really began in the mid-1970's, when I first read R...

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Animal rights group files lawsuit comparing Kapporos ritual to Wuhan "wet markets," linking it to COVID19

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As readers of this blog know, I oppose using chickens for the kapporos ritual, and have been outspoken on this issue for years. But I also ...

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Sunday, May 17, 2020

Social Distancing made me "normal" in the Jewish community

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Breslov Hasid making hisboddidus (courtesy of Wikipedia) For literally decades, I have been an anomaly in the Jewish community. As a H...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Kapporos Protests: Reflections on a New Approach

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Note from the Editor: As readers of this blog know, I was a founding member of the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos in 2010, but broke w...

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Yonassan Gershom: I follow the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, but am not affiliated with any particular group, having learned the Breslov way from his books and by meditation in the forest as he taught. I live in northern Minnesota with my wife Caryl, 2 dogs, 1 goose, 10 cats, a flock of chickens and a bunch of wildlife. No, there is no synagogue here. We hate the city and few Jews live in the country anymore. But no problem, God is everywhere!

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