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About Dan Garwood

I'm an undergraduate student at McGill University studying Jewish Studies and Philosophy, with the goal of attending HUC-JIR's Rabbinic program a few years after I graduate in 2009. I'm committed to practicing and improving Reform Judaism, I love pluralist indie minyanim, and I use Oxford commas in my writing. I play a lot of guitar and I love to sing, and I'm finally broadening my repertoire beyond the Reform songleader's staples into secular folk music: Dylan, Ochs, The Band, and the like. I appreciate good ales and I refuse to drink shitty American lagers. I've recently found that I enjoy cooking and not dressing like a slob (though that's started to get a little expensive). I keep a David Ben-Gurion doll on my desk.

I also keep a running scorecard of whether New York or Montreal Jewish traditions are better. Bagels go to New York. Montreal smoked meat is worlds more delicious that NY pastrami.

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http://www.threadless.com/product/1275/Giraffes_United_Against_Ceiling_FansI'm pretty sure that isn't Kosher slaughter. 
So why do you read it?
The problem with your acupuncture example is exactly the problem with creationism.  Science (yes, based on the Western epistemological tradition) has developed a comprehensive, if incomplete, understanding of how the human body works.  If ...
Excellent book choice!  Definitely essential reading for pretty much anyone. I was just a little distressed to see that Rabbi Wolpe's bio was approximately three times the length of the book description, though.  Maybe take ...
Craig plays shitty games so we don't have to!  Thanks for the reviews, Craig.  This is great for a laugh.
That's an interesting take, Cavanaugh.  It's just too bad that the website is making people feel self-conscious about things they often genuinely like, instead of just making them feel self-conscious about their ethnic stereotyping.

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