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.")

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Aronofsky's "Noah": A modern Jewish midrash

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WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS! I missed this movie when it was in the theaters, because it came out right in the middle of cleaning for...

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

From Noah to Moses: an ethical evolution

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Today is the third day of Passover but, ironically, I have spent the last couple days focused more on Noah than Moses -- all because of a re...

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

In Memory of the Golden Toad

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Back in the early 1980s, I bought rubber model of a Golden Toad. The sign on the bin of toy toads said that it was an endangered species --...

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Do animals have souls (part II)

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In a previous post (go to part 1) I discussed the question of whether or not animals have souls according to Jewish theology, and then de...

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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, 1 goose, 8 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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