From time to time Ariella and I engage in some very deep conversations which I always find so enjoyable and stimulating. In light of these interesting discussions, she thought we should consider having a podcast and call it Pop Philosophy. Maybe this will launch a new category called popcasts.
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The following are the remarks I gave at the inaugural lecture that was held at the University of California, Irvine on May 23rd, 2019.
I want to thank you for coming out tonight for this event. It really means a lot to me as this is such a personal cause.
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The following is a recap of my tribute to Roneet delivered at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, May 2019
May 7, 2019, would have been my 30th anniversary with Roneet. We met towards the tail end of her senior year at UCLA.
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I spent last week in Israel and it was a fascinating time to be there. It’s always interesting, but it was particularly so this time due to the significant escalation of hostilities in the south of the country as well as that it was coinciding with Israel’s Memorial and Independence Days (no accident I’m sure).
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Last Friday was Roneet’s birthday. She would have been 55. I thought this would be an appropriate time to discuss ways I have tried to honor her.
As I’ve gotten older and have had more resources available in which to invest in other people and organizations,
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I have a myriad of reasons for writing my blog week in and week out. One of them is that it can serve as a quasi-diary of my life so that I have something I can turn to remember what was happening in my life and when.
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Every couple has its idiosyncrasies. One of those in my long relationship with Roneet was her insistence every night that we sleep with the portable standing floor fan on no matter how cold it was inside the house. I am pretty sensitive to being cold at night so when she would insist that the fan be on,
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“Strangers stopping strangers
Just to shake their hands”
-Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
I recently went to listen to a Grateful Dead cover band at a local bar/restaurant. I was immediately impressed by how good they were and the joyous atmosphere they helped create.
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It was a year ago that Roneet and I, along with her parents went on a trip of a lifetime. We took a five-week cruise that stopped in 11 countries in Africa and Asia. I am so glad that we took that trip as we were able to spend such a glorious time together and I ended up with such beautiful memories and hundreds of pictures to remind me of our special time.
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In the melancholy song Black Peter, Jerry Garcia sings:
See here how everything
Lead up to this day
And it’s just like
Any other day
That’s ever been
This post is about a proud father acknowledging his daughter,
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