The Challenge of Being Me
Tech Tribe Dispatch #59
💡 Think:
Reb Zusha of Anipoli famously said on his deathbed. “When I go above to Heaven, I am not worried that they’ll ask me, ‘Zusha, why weren’t you like Moses.’ For G-d has already created Moses. I am not worried that they will ask me, ‘Zusha, why weren’t you like Abraham?” for G-d has already created Abraham.
I am afraid, however, of being asked, ‘Zusha, why weren’t you like Zusha?’”
Each and every one of us is uniquely qualified to accomplish something in this world.
G-d creates nothing for nought.
If you and I are both here, that means there is something that I can do, that you - and each and every person from the very beginning of time until the end - can not do. And there is something that you can do, that I - and each and every person from the very beginning of time until the end - can not do.
So let us try and reach that purpose . . . of being ourselves.
🏠 Stay home . . . and drink wine!
🍷This Sunday, 4pm on May 17th, join Jews + Booze: Virtual Wine
A Not-So-Virtual Happy Hour!
We may all be at home, but that doesn't mean we can't share a drink together!
Join us this Sunday for a wine tasting.
Explore and enjoy some amazing wine from our friends at Jezreel Valley Winery. It’s possible to take part even without ordering the wine - or you can order some to enjoy later in the week as well.
⛰️Tuesday, May 26th, Transcending Dissonance: A Shavuot Schmooze!
Shavuot is coming. Let’s talk about it!
Illustration: Liam Eisenberg for Gen
🎧 LISTEN
A second track from the An-sky and Kiselgof collection. The delightfully sweet tune of a chasidic Jew studying the Talmud, recorded on a cylinder a century ago.
🎬 Watch:
Rabbi Chaim Bruk was the subject of a wonderful documentary called The Rabbi Goes West. It’s a look at the work he and his wife Chavie Bruk with their family do in Montana. It’s also a fascinating look at the dynamics and fluidity of Jewish life outside the silos in the big cities.
It’s up for pre-order now, and streaming starting from May 24th!
🙌 Congrats!
Spatial, the super cool XR collaboration tool, is now making its premium features free. Jacob Loewenstein, Spatial’s Head of Business and a Tech Tribe member, sat down - in cyberspace - to schmooze with Ina Fried.
Giphy, home to all the gifs, has been purchased by Facebook. Congrats to the whole Giphy team, past and present, including former VP of Business and Corporate Development and Tech Tribe member, David Rosenberg!
📚 Read:
🇷🇺 The Rebbe’s Lag BaOmer Message of Hope to Soviet Jewry.
🏹 Beauty within Beauty: How Lag BaOmer Stopped a Plague.
😷Coronavirus Responsa: May One Wear a Face Mask Outside on Shabbat?
🙅Tech Tribe friend Matt Katz, reporting for NPR, takes a look at how Many Jewish Americans Feel They Are Scapegoated For The Coronavirus Spread.
✨For the members of our Chai Society, you can still enjoy my latest essay: Does Hollywood Have a Jewish Problem?
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