Tikkun blog likes me. It really, really likes me. More importantly, it puts me in some great company, I’m not sure I’m worthy of, but as long as those guys don’t complain, I won’t either.
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Props to the Tikkun folks for recognizing you, Shahed, Aziz, and others — I’m happy to see that post!
btw, did I tell you I’ll be attending a 3-day retreat in August for rabbinic students and Muslim students? I’m incredibly excited, both about the text study and formal learning and about meeting the other people who choose to attend such a retreat. Should be grand.