Brian

Cleveland Heights High School, Attended 1991 - 1995, Class of 1995

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Tulane University, Attended 1995 - , Class of 1999, Bachelor's Degree, psychology & environmental studies

student

my blog - http://pursuingtzedek.blogspot.com/

photography, social justice, canoeing, listening to subway Mariachi bands, iced coffee with chicory at Cafe du Monde, open-source Judaism, contemplating Jackson Pollock in the modern art wing of the Met, the Tea Lounge on Union St.

Kavalier and Clay, 100 years of Solitude, the Lorax, anything by Abraham Joshua Heschel, the autobiography of John Lewis, The World According to Garp, The Poisonwood Bible, most books by Tom Robbins, Everything is Illuminated (the book, not the movie)

The Big Lebowski, The Royal Tanenbaums, Clerks, Do The Right Thing, Annie Hall, Sneakers, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Kentucky Fried Movie, Groundhog Day, Raising Victor Vargas

Wynton Marsalis; Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Barenaked Ladies, Django Reinhardt, Shabbas nigunnim, Frente, Rebirth Brass Band, New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, Steven Bernstein, the Black-eyed Peas, Frank London, the Violent Femmes, Milli Vanilli

Taxi, The Daily Show, Dinner for Five, Poltically Incorrect, Good Eats, Muppet Show, Soap, Punky Brewster

Capricorn

By day, you'll find me splitting my time between studying random Jewish stuff, and learning how to put my idealism into action. I'm a fan of adventures -- hole-in-the-wall jazz clubs, the old cottages and covered bridges hidden in the Wissahicken along Forbidden Drive, Park Slope brownstones, that irritating Mr. Softee jingle, the curvy one-way streets in Northern Liberties, walking over the Brooklyn Bridge, and the light reflecting off the Schuykill River about 2 hours before dusk.

you know who you are ...

but seriously, i'm looking for someone to help me explore Philly, who gets excited by visiting new neighborhoods and checking out all the events listed in phillyweekly and citypaper. judaism and social justice/tikkun olam are very important to me, and i'd want to be able to share that with you. having a fun, artsy side is great, too, for those spontaneous adventures and sundays at the museums (or also some laid-back sundays reading the nytimes - i was very excited to see that philly gets the full metro section here - it's almost like I never left new york!)