Limmud New York

Many of you know that I am on the Steering Committee of an organization called Limmud NY - a festival of Jewish learning in which over 800 people come together for a 4 day event that celebrates all things Jewish through study, music, dance, film, prayer, and discussion. It's coming up January 17-21, 2008.

Last year I was on the Marketing team and created a short fun video as a promo for the January 2007 conference (check it out here). This year I am co-leading the Marketing Team and we created a fun "pop quiz" to both collect anecdotal data, but mostly to draw people to the website and demonstrate that we have a wicked sense of humor. Go to the Limmud NY homepage and take this month's quiz (and return each month for a new fun quiz).

If you'd like to know more about Limmud NY, feel free to contact me - I'd love to tell you all about it.

Scotrun, PA

On I-80 in Pennsylvania, just over the border from New Jersey at the Delaware Water Gap, is a town called Scotrun. Every time I drive past and see the exit for Scotrun, the auto-correct function in my brain reads it as "Scrotum, PA." I recently found out that I am not the only one to whom this happens.

I think they should have a sign at the exit that says "Welcome to Scotrun - Have a ball!"