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One of my goals is to help kids and grownups spend time together making Jewish things. I like stuff that is hands-on, attractive, non-fussy, cheap and real, and so fun no one realizes it's educational.

The value is in the doing, not just the being done, and in the conversations and questions that happen along the way. Every project comes with helpful and (hopefully) pleasant chatter, because my native compulsiveness and enthusiasm means that I’ve given the meaning, function, and possible permutations a lot of thought. You won’t need to do much planning, because I’ll have done it for you.

I also write about what it's like to be Jewish in the Buckle of the Bible Belt. It doesn’t matter if you don’t live here, too. The geographical modifier is a flag to indicate that I'm used to being outnumbered, without resources, and thus able to do just about anything from scratch. Newbies are welcome. I used to be one, long ago.