Actually very proud of this podcast. I know I've tweeted about it before but it's still true! Our podcast is truly unique in this world saturated with podcasts. Before I took to editing and producing this project, I had completely abandoned journalism. This has felt so good!
Welcome to Change Talk, a new podcast where we use the framework of #motivationalinterviewing to talk to interesting people from all walks of life about an area in their life they'd like to change or improve. Give us a follow if you're intrigued! https://t.co/Ob3Y5Jj52J
@BenjWaldman They always find something to debate, that's for sure. I wonder if one would claim that there would be a problem being buried in a Jewish cemetery...
@BenjWaldman What would be the problem? It's not like you're going to eat the person who had the transplant. A more plausible halachic quandary might be if a cow had a transplant from a pig, could you eat that cow?
Jacob Steinmetz & Elie Kligman, the first 2 Orthodox Jews drafted by MLB, with Ryan Turell after the #1 rated YU Macs 49th consecutive win. Jacob is the son of Macs HC Elliot Steinmetz and pitches for the Diamondbacks, Kligman is on break from Wake Forrest. Ryan went for 38.
My heart has been torn to pieces and I wonder how we can live in this cruel, cruel world. This funny, kind, mischievous, bright, gem of a child disappeared from our lives in a few short months.
Just like that. Imagined or not - he's gone.
(12/12)
Suffering an unimagineable loss. Literally - I never would have thought to imagine this.
Working with kids with complex disabilities and medical needs, there's sometimes a feeling that you should expect to outlive some of your beloved kids. (1/?)
And then it happens. The unimaginable. The unthinkable. The unfathomable.
I'm sitting in a Linguistics class when my phone dings with a text.
It's group text from his mom to me and my boss. There are two words:
"He's gone."
(11/?)