between aipac policy conference and ajc's annual meeting, this week is turning out to be my busiest in recent memory, so please excuse the succinct post this time around. dc's been the place to be of late -- we experienced a heat wave two weeks ago, which allowed me to finally bronze on our roof, a roof which will soon be home some gnarly organic rooftop horticultural experiments.
mhdc was featured in the washington post recently -- it was a good article that has generated a tremendous amount of buzz in the area, and, much to our delight, has resulted in a slew of new people at events. it would have been nice, though, had the article quoted, or at the very least noted the existence of my housemates.
worth mentioning is a lunch that i shared on monday with rabbi daniel brenner and world-renowned jewish leader and philanthropist extraordinaire lynn schusterman. it was my first time meeting rabbi brenner, exec. director of birthright israel NEXT, an organization that has recently partnered with moishe house in a number of cities. he's certainly a man with a vision, and by the end of the lunch, it was eminently clear that the jewish community would be in a much better place if we had more leaders like him who just seem to "get it." and i was surprised to discover that though she makes nearly everything that we do possible, mrs. schusterman has yet to visit mhdc. i invited her, she happily agreed, and we're going to coordinate something within the next few months.
also coming soon: revamped shabbat dinners, teleshabbat, mhdc jam session/klez-punk band formation, increased volunteerism, and much more.
happy belated yom ha'atzmaut -- next year in florentin.
eli.
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