Word: reminding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Judaism must become less tribal, less ethnocentric, less exclusive, less closed off, less defensive, less xenophobic, less clannish. We jokingly call ourselves "members of the tribe" (MOTs), as if to remind us of our tribal origins. But we are not a tribe, a clan, or even an ethnicity. Jews comprise many ethnicities, as a visit to Israel or even to [some] neighborhoods of Brooklyn should make plain. This persistent tribalism makes us less welcoming of Jewish converts than we ought...
...girly, a little hyper-feminine, which is pretty much exactly what I wanted. By playing a little too much into the stereotype, I figure I can subvert the genre, sort of the way I put an extra swagger into my step when I walk into a bar, just to remind them all that gender stereotypes are just an act, just oversized play-clothes that I put on and take off when I feel like...
...Intellectual leadership. There is none. Probably the last time you saw President Neil L. Rudenstine, he was delivering the convocation to the first-years. Someone at this College needs to stand up and remind us why we're here, rather than spend every moment fund-raising. Faculty members need to attend monthly Faculty meetings to become involved in governance. Although Harvard is run by a Corporation, it is a place of learning at heart. That fact, however, often becomes lost in the morass of daily life...
...come to Harvard if it looked like the bland, mustard-yellow public high schools that have infiltrated America? Would we appreciate our education as much if every building in the Yard resembled Vanserg Hall? Of course not, because Harvard's allure arises in part from its massive buildings that remind us of its past and our history: Memorial Church, Widener Library, the old river houses, the dorms of the Old Yard, Harvard Hall. Much of our quality of life originates in the peace and awe such buildings inspire in us every...
...Friday, she sounds perplexed. "But they're in Seattle," she protests. There's no percentage in denying this, I decide, so I concede the point. "But couldn't he talk to me on the phone from Seattle?" I ask, and she admits that this is not impossible. I remind her of my desire to be told one way or the other as soon as my request is reviewed, and then hang...