David has moved houses or apartments at least one in each of the past 10 years, having come through Binghamton (NY), Bala Cynwyd (PA), Hod haSharon (Israel), Wynnewood (PA), Philadelphia (PA), Merion (PA), Alon Shevut (Israel), with stops before that in Buffalo (NY) and Jerusalem (Israel). David graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Jewish Studies and drive to affect change on the Jewish world. After spending a year learning in Israel, David entered the Jewish non-profit world in New York.
Having been dragged around Israel as a four-year old by his family, David discovered his love for Israel and Jewish history. Since then, he has proceeded to visit nearly every major archeological site in Israel (and Jordan) and has gone on countless hikes during his multiple stays there. In America, David usually spends vacations biking around battlefields (having been to ones from Massachusetts to Virginia) and can bore you with the military history of the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars. After hearing about Hazon rides from various family members, David joined his father for the 2005 New York and both his father and cousin for the 2006 Israel Ride, after which he came on board as the seventh person on Hazon's staff.
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In this post, Leah spoke about the shechting of the three goats. Towards the end, she writes, “I began to wonder at what point during the process did the beautiful goat transform into “meat?” I am not sure that I can answer that question any more conclusively than Leah, but I want to pick up the story where she left off, as I had the privilege to witness the entire process needed to make the meat kosher, and how it was prepared for cooking. I also was able to discover what happened to all of the parts that we did not eat for dinner – bones, skin, and the rest of the meat.
As one can imagine, this process involved a lot of work. Many people asked me about the details, which I am happy to provide here. At time however this description can be a bit graphic. Continue below the jump for those that want to read on.
This past summer, Rabbi Natan Slifkin published a new book, called Man and Beast. (Rabbi Slifkin is known as the “Zoo Rabbi” for his many works on Torah, science, and the animal kingdom, some of which are considered very controversial in the ultra-Orthodox community). I haven’t read the book, but I have looked through some of his previous works and they seemed interesting, and this book has been on my list since I heard about it.
While researching the book, this blog post from earlier in the summer caught my eye
