From Awareness through Engagement to Partnership: Cultivating Positive Emotions for a Healthy Society Dave Moskovitz – Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation (Temple Sinai) Speech to Islam Awareness Week launch at Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington, NZ 2 August 2010 Distinguished Guests, members of the FIANZ council, Ladies and Gentlemen – Shalom Aleichem, thank you for inviting me…
Continue reading →I was in LA last week on business. My colleagues had asked me to acquire an iPad so that we could test our web sites and mobile apps on it. So I went into the Apple Store in Santa Monica, and was amazed to see it packed with so many people nearly ejaculating over the…
Continue reading →“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.” – CS Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
Continue reading →Ignite Wellington was part of Global Ignite Week, and I was invited to do a talk as part of this exciting and (as a presenter) nerve-wracking endeavour. Each presenter is given exactly 5 minutes to present, and allocated 20 Powerpoint slides which are automatically advanced every 15 seconds; the presenter has no control over the…
Continue reading →Te Reo Pūtaiao: A Māori Language Dictionary of Science came out earlier this month. It was compiled using the Freelex / Mātāpuna open source dictionary writing system that I wrote. Te Reo Pūtaiao is an encyclopedic dictionary; nearly all of the info is in Te Reo Māori, and each entry contains an equivalent English gloss…
Continue reading →Here’s a variation on kugel … not as bland as straight kugel, but not as in-your-face as pasta-pesto. 500g pasta 250g sour cream 250g cottage cheese 250g milk 2 eggs 1 plant, fresh basil chopped 4 cloves garlic, crushed 75g pine nuts 75g parmesan cheese, grated Preheat oven to 190°C. Boil the pasta until for…
Continue reading →Eek, another blog you say. Well, some of the stuff I want to write about doesn’t fit neatly into any of my other normal outlets. I hope you enjoy what you read, and be sure to leave comments or contact me directly if you’d like to engage directly.
Continue reading →I gave a talk at the Holocaust Centre NZ last month on Yiddish poetry from the holocaust, as translated by my mother, Dr Sarah Traister Moskovitz (z”l). The presentation discusses the history of the Poetry in Hell and The Song Remains collections, and readings of several of the poems in English and Yiddish. You can…
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I took one of the most interesting photos I’ve ever taken a couple of days ago, at Field Hut in the Tararua range. Check out an inset of the steam wisps: They’re spooky, and very Maurice Sendak.
Continue reading →My mother, Dr Sarah Traister Moskovitz, died on 1 September 2024 through Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever witnessed. She was 97. This is the story of how she came to end her own life.
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