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Draydel: November 2004
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Monday, November 22, 2004. Party at my place. My birthday week started off rather auspiciously, in spite of the fact that it began in Cleveland (which is really a nice city, but it's so much fun to make fun of). I was there to cover the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities. Which was cool because I got to meet some movers and shakers in the Jewish community and bump into some old friends from Stern and NCSY. The other highlight of ...
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Draydel: April 2005
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Monday, April 11, 2005. Pesach, taxes - these are things I can handle myself, but I wouldn't object to having a man to share them with. Posted by Susan @ 10:54 PM. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. View my complete profile. How a non-sports fan learned to love the Steelers. My return to blogging and a bit of a rant. An unexpected, and happy, turn of events. Happy ending, and beginning. When all the pieces fall into place.
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Draydel: February 2005
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Friday, February 04, 2005. A time to remember. Life in the last month has been a blur of activity. Nothing out of the ordinary - just work, regularly scheduled activities, a couple of brief weekend trips, and coping with the ongoing mess due to my kitchen renovation, which is almost complete and is quite nice. Unfortunately, last week was tinged with sadness for a couple of reasons. Ironically, Karen was buried a year to the day (in the secular...
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Draydel: December 2004
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Friday, December 31, 2004. The difference a day can make. Probably when it's all done, I'll need another day off. Or two. Or ten. Posted by Susan @ 9:27 AM. Wednesday, December 08, 2004. Happy Chanukah from the Draydel maidel. May you eat latkes and donuts to your heart's content. And don't forget to play a game of draydel.:). Posted by Susan @ 10:08 PM. Sunday, December 05, 2004. Giving credit where it's due. Posted by Susan @ 9:49 AM. This ev...
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Draydel: May 2005
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Thursday, May 05, 2005. Stopping to smell the lilacs. No, they’re just on the street where you live. in My Fair Lady, or because Walt Whitman makes reference to their heart-shaped leaves in When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed, or maybe just because they bloom in spring, I have always considered lilacs to be old fashioned and romantic. Posted by Susan @ 10:10 PM. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. View my complete profile.
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Draydel: October 2004
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Thursday, October 28, 2004. Senator Lieberman, I presume. This evening, Joe Lieberman came to Pittsburgh, to my synagogue, to help swing some Jewish voters over to Kerry. Being the roving reporter I am, I was on the scene, notebook in hand, and boy was it fun. In the meantime, what seemed like half the Jewish community was gradually showing up at the shul, and several people stopped to ask me if I was there on "official business.". A couple of ...
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Draydel: How a non-sports fan learned to love the Steelers
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Tuesday, February 01, 2011. How a non-sports fan learned to love the Steelers. All of that changed during the 2005-2006 season. That year, the Steelers were playing stronger than ever, reminding dedicated fans of their glory days in the 1970s. As the regular season ended, and the playoffs began, Super Bowl excitement rose to fever pitch. Even someone as oblivious to football as I could not ignore what was happening around me. In 2009, the Steel...
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Draydel: September 2004
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Monday, September 27, 2004. So tonight I turned on my t.v. at the regular time, hoping to catch the nightly rerun of one of my favorite shows, Early Edition. Now pageants are funny spectacles to begin with, and Mrs. America. It is particularly ridiculous to watch grown women behaving as if they are still trying out to be high school prom queen. The makeup, the fake nails, the sequins - do these women know it's 2004? All together now: open mouth...
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Draydel: July 2005
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Tuesday, July 05, 2005. My grandfather passed away one year ago today. His Hebrew yahrzeit is not for a few more weeks, but because most of my life is lived according to the secular calendar, in many ways it is easier to connect with this date. In the last several weeks, I have done a handful of things that I know he would have appreciated, and that makes me feel good. I am grateful to my Zayde for all the lessons he taught me, and I hope I wil...
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Draydel: When all the pieces fall into place
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Deep thoughts, random insights, and musings by Susan Jacobs. Wednesday, March 19, 2008. When all the pieces fall into place. This is my March column from The Jewish Chronicle. Megillat Esther, which is read on Purim, is among the most spellbinding of the books of Tanach. Filled with intrigue, lavish feasts, pageantry, near-destruction for the Jews, and ultimately, salvation, it has all the elements of an epic tale. According to tradition, Esther and Mordechai had the insight to recognize the connections ...
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