The Ararat Scrolls: Welcome to Ararat Scrolls

יום שבת, אוקטובר 07, 2006

Welcome to Ararat Scrolls

This post serves as the introduction to a new blog, Ararat Scrolls. It is a semi-anonymous blog maintained by a professor taking the Introduction to Judaism course. It will serve a public journal, and anyone interested in Judaism who happens to come by (including, I hope, others in the course) is welcome to comment.

At some point I promise to explain the name I gave this blog (and also the name I am posting under, zed).

But right now, I am distracted by another "religion": postseason baseball. (Congratulations, Tigers!!)

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Welcome

This blog was started in October, 2006. Here are links to a few of the early "key" posts:

On Atheism
Chanukah and freedom
Who is a Jew? And Why convert?
Belief-O-Matic says I'm 100% Reform Jew

Farther down the sidebar is some text about who zed is and links to the monthly archives (for which elementary Hebrew skills--precisely the kind of Hebrew skills I have--will be helpful).

Photo set

Photos of synagogues and other Jewish sites from travels in Europe

Rabbis

Jewish Academics

Jews-by-Choice tellling their experiences

Israel, the Middle East and International

Jews in Muslim-majority societies

Other Favorite Jewish Blogs

Aggregators

Torah commentary

‏שם: avishalom

‏מיקום: California, United States

A professor of political science who is less and less concerned about anonymity than when he started ARARAT SCROLLS, but who still prefers not to have his real name displayed too prominently. Until Tammmuz, 5767, I was going by "zed" in reference to an important political figure in Jewish history who made some unfortunate alliances after which things did not turn out so well--a lesson that is always relevant in the field I study. However, now I am using the Hebrew name that I took upon becoming a Jewish proselyte on 29 Iyyar, 5767. This blog will continue be about my interpretations of Jewish living and my perspectives on the nexus between left-libertarian (green) politics and progressive Judaism, as well as commentary on political events relevant to Israel and Jews, and whatever else is on my mind. I suppose the change of blogger ID reelects the fact that this blog is about practically everything from Z to A! (Please note that I have moved the blog off Blogger, so the URL of the hyperlink above is the current one, rather than the one listed at the bottom of the Profile page.)

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The Ararat Scrolls