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Walter Lewin, MIT physics professor, retires
This past weekend I visited Boston and the MIT campus for the first time in 14 years to attend my 25th reunion, which coincided with the centennial of my fraternity's chapter at MIT (Xi Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau) and MIT's sesquicentennial. The headline in the latest issue of the...
Keeping kosher in Tulsa
In case you missed it, Joseph Hamilton, restaurant reviewer for Urban Tulsa Weekly had a cover story last week that at least partly answered a question I've long pondered: how would one go about keeping kosher in Tulsa? I'm a brother of Zeta Beta Tau, which was founded as a...
Kol Nidre online
In college I became a brother of Zeta Beta Tau, a historically Jewish fraternity that became non-sectarian in the '50s. About a third of the brothers in our chapter were Jewish. They came from all over the country, from different backgrounds and had widely different approaches to religious observance. From...
"Let the rush begin"
I received an e-mail earlier this week from my college fraternity, Xi Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau, about their upcoming rush week activities. Saturday: All-you-can-eat steak and lobster dinner and a casino night. Sunday: Building potato guns, canoeing on the Charles River. Monday (Labor Day): Paintball, barbecue, geocaching. Tuesday: Bowling,...
"Der Kommitet bet men zol rayden vayneeger oon davenen mehrer!"
Tonight I've come across a few interesting links about Jewish history in Oklahoma. In honor of Passover, which began Wednesday night, here they are. The quote in the title is from a brief history of Congregation B'nai Emunah (PDF format), and it's a reminiscence of the mid-1930s: Mrs. Harry Cohen,...
The case for Instant Runoff Voting
An edited version of this piece was published in the March 8, 2006, issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly. The archived version is no longer online. Posted on the web July 1, 2010. The case for Instant Runoff Voting By Michael D. Bates The polls haven't even opened as I write...
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