Things I Do Regularly

[DANCER *HEY!*] Israeli folk dancing is one of my favorite activities, and it changed my life forever as I met my wife, Judith, at folk dancing! I attend Wednesday night open Israeli dancing sessions organized by MIT folk dance club, and Sunday night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanual in Newton (previously held at Harvard Hillel), though not quite as regularly since David was born. I've danced in other places like New York, Illinois, and Israel. I have been a member of the MIT Mazal and Hamakor Israeli dance troupes, which performed in the Boston Israeli Folk Dance Festivals, and the Israel Independence Day Street Festivals in Brookline and Boston.

[MUSIC] As you may already know from my autobiographical page, I am a music lover. In my post-collegiate years I became very involved in Techiya, whose web page I wrote and maintained for a while, and the Jewish A Cappella scene in general. I sang with and arranged music for Techiya, and served as the group's director and business manager. I also attended the first few events organized by Neima, which seems to no longer exist, but was supposed to be an umbrella group for collegiate Jewish A Cappella groups. Since getting married and having a child, I really haven't been doing much musically. My piano and horn skills are mostly forgotten. I hope I can find them again some day.

[SOCCER BALL] [BUDA logo] I also enjoy sports. For a few years I played ultimate frisbee with the "Ozone Jesters" in BUDA's Corporate/Open League (BUDACOL). It used to be an Interleaf team, but by my last season with them I was the only one who still worked at Interleaf! More recently I played basketball with a team from ITA Software in a league at the Cambridge YMCA in which we were considerably overmatched, but we had fun anyway. I also play soccer regularly, in a Brookline indoor league in winter and pickup games, also in Brookline, outdoors in the summer.

Other Things I Enjoy

[MUSIC] I love to listen to all kinds of Jewish music and many kinds of classical music. I especially love brass instruments. Among my favorite musical performers are The Canadian Brass and the marching drum and bugle corps of DCI. My favorite radio station is Classical 102.5 WCRB, and they have a great web site too. These days, I've been listening to children's songs more than anything else!

[CAMERA] I also enjoy photography as a hobby. These days, of course, David is the usual subject. My former housemate Josh is a much more avid photographer than I. He even has an underwater camera! One of these days I'll get into digital photography, or maybe just scan some photos, and I'll post some pictures.

[AIRPLANE] I like to travel sometimes, but not alone. Since our wedding, Judith and I have been to Israel four times: for our honeymoon and a second wedding reception, for a four month stay in Rehovot, and for two short visits with David. We also travelled to Calgary where Judith has many relatives, and it was in Calgary that we got engaged! I even managed to stay with relatives when visiting Paris for business. It's always nice to have a home away from home. In my travels so far, I've covered eighteen states, ten foreign countries, and two places which have since changed nationality, but who's counting?

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Last updated May 15, 2003.