So here I am trying to figure out what my Blog is going to be called. I attended a Social Media Training where we were asked to spend a few minutes "tagging" each other. That meant introducing yourself to other people who then "tagged" you with a one word label that they stuck onto your shirt. The very first person I spoke to asked me what I liked to do and I told them I love to dance Israeli Folk Dances. And so, I got my first tag: "Dancing Rabbi."
Not only am I a rabbi, but I love to Dance. I started dancing in High School and taught dance at Eisner Camp, our Reform Movement Summer Camp in Great Barrington, MA. (I still work there during the summer, but now as a faculty member, not a dance specialist.) I performed in dance groups in High School and in college. I taught the Israeli Dance class in Undergraduate School. I gave it up for a while, but 6 years ago, went back to it. And it is a good thing I did, because, most importantly, I met my wife, Gladys, through Israeli Folk Dance. We met at the 92nd Street Y in NYC at their Wednesday Night Session. We still dance, every other week, with Danny Uziel, in Little Neck. Unfortunately, it's not enough to really keep up with the great dances that everyone is enjoying. But it is still fun. Gladys and I get to dance at lots of Bar and Bat Mitzvah parties, too. Right now, I am teaching a great beginner's dance class in our Hebrew High School Program. Maybe it will help train the next generation of folk dancers?!
So, I have decided to call my blog "Dancing Rabbi." That says something about me.
