Book of Days: asher553

I didn't have time to throw together a cholent this week, but I did have a nice restful Shabbat. The upcoming week's Torah reading is Vayetze, beginning the second half of Genesis with Jacob's flight from his brother Esau and his marriages to Rachel and Leah. In Daf Yomi (I started keeping up a couple of weeks ago) we're in Bava Kamma, studying different classes of damages.

In the news, I see the second Starship launch got a little farther than the first, with a successful booster separation, but still ended with the old Rapid Disassembly. Try, try again.

Meanwhile, down on Earth, I see Elon must be over target because a bunch of establishment bigwigs have suddenly accused him of "anti-Semitism". IBM getting on its high horse about anti-Semitism is particularly rich. I'll probably have more to say about this in another post. The left only pretends to care about anti-Semitism when it wants to smear its enemies as "anti-Semites".

Thanksgiving this week! I don't have any plans and will probably just have a quiet meal at home.

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Astronaut Jessica Meir celebrates Chanuka in space.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/22/world/jessica-meir-hanukkah-international-space-station-trnd/index.html

Religious woman of West African roots graduates IAF pilot course.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lone-female-grad-of-latest-iaf-pilot-course-says-judging-skin-gender-wont-fly/
Tav, who was only identified by her rank and first initial of her name, grew up in Jerusalem with immigrant parents. Her father moved to Israel from the Ivory Coast, her mother from France. ...

Buzz Aldrin celebrates 90th birthday ...
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/buzz-aldrin-interview-apollo-11-astronaut/
When Buzz Aldrin talks to you, it is most often about spaceflight. And the discussion will not be primarily the reminisces of an aging moonwalker: no, this discussion will be about the future. The future of spaceflight, the future of America’s role in it, the future of internationalism, and the future of humanity. ...

... and so does Vern Estes.
https://boingboing.net/2020/01/06/model-rocket-pioneer-vern-est.html
This weekend, Vern Estes, model rocket god and founder of Estes Industries, celebrated his 90th birthday. People are sharing their memories of Estes and Vern on the company's website.

Frum New Yorker Chani (Anne) Neuberger tapped to lead NSA Cybersecurity.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/orthodox-jewish-woman-named-cybersecurity-chief-for-us-spy-agency/
An Orthodox Jewish woman whose parents were among the hostages rescued by Israeli commandos from Entebbe Airport has been tapped to head the United States National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate.

Hila Schlakman, 17, youngest woman to complete Talmud in daily study.
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/17-year-old-hila-schlakman-of-efrat-completes-daf-yomi-youngest-woman-so-far/2020/01/07/
As hundreds of thousands of Jews worldwide celebrate the completion of the seven-and-a-half-year-long cycle of daily Talmud study—and as women for the first time in history held their own celebration in Jerusalem—one 17-year-old is believed to be the youngest woman to ever mark this achievement.