sign in • sign up
web | myLot | discussions | blogs | news | photos
homeinterestsdiscussionsblogsnewsmessages friendsphotosearningsmyLot

The Fly Fishing Rabbi


DNA, Genetic Testing and Who is a Jew?

Did you ever wonder if you are related to Abraham, the first Jew? The science of DNA and genetic testing may soon provide an answer. Jon Entine wrote a new book called: Abraham’s Children: Race,...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 9 months ago • 0 responses
The Goldfish Toss and Aquariums

The first time I can remember wanting a fish for a pet was when I was seven or eight years old. It was during the Purim Carnival at my Temple. The holiday of Purim celebrates how Mordechai and Esther...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 9 months ago • 0 responses
The Japanese Barber who Likes to Fish

Once a month, I walk to the Lee Martin Salon in Forest Hills, Queens, to have my haircut by Jun, my Japanese barber who loves to talk about fishing. Jun is about 40 years old, razor thin, with long...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: fly fishing
In Memory of Cantor David Tauber

A terrible tragedy occurred on Monday when Cantor David Tauber was killed by a flash flood near the Dead Sea in Israel. Cantor Tauber and his wife were hiking in the desert, when the waters rose...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Fly Fishing in Missouri

My home state of Missouri contains four trout parks that are stocked: Bennett Spring State Park, Montauk State Park, Roaring River State Park and Maramec Spring Park. I caught my first trout at...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: fly fishing travels
Temporary Amnesia & Memories

A friend of mine had a case of temporary amnesia. She woke up one morning in a sort of trance, asking the same questions over and over again: “What day is it?” “Where am I?” Her mind would not let...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Crohn’s Disease & Empathy

In his Bar Mitzvah speech, one young man wrote about a mitzvah project that he organized to benefit the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of American. Crohn’s and Colitis are chronic digestive diseases...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Fly Fishing and Father’s Day

As far back as I can remember, my dad and I went fishing together. Once every few weeks in the summer months, we would get up before sunrise. My dad and I would drive the hour or so to Busch’s...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: fly fishing
Fly Fishing & Frustration

Fly fishing is filled with times of frustration: getting rained out on the stream, losing a fly in a low hanging branch, being unable to thread your thin tippet line through the hole of a tiny little...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: fly fishing
Jeopardy, Ken Jennings & Wisdom

In 2003, the game show Jeopardy changed their rules. Instead of having to leave the show after winning for 5 days in a row, Jeopardy said that you could win until dethroned by another player. Along...

Started in The Fly Fishing Rabbi • 1 year ago • 0 responses