Thoughts of the Jewish Buddhist

• Drink tea and nourish life. With the first sip, joy. With the second sip, satisfaction. With the third sip, peace. With the fourth, a Danish.


• Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.


• Accept misfortune as a blessing. Do not wish for perfect health, or a lifewithout problems. What would you talk about?


• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single Oy.


• The Tao does not speak. The Tao does not blame. The Tao does not take sides.The Tao has no expectations. The Tao demands nothing of others. The Tao is not Jewish.

Happy Hanukah!

With The Jewish holiday of Chanukah fast approaching (less than 6 months away!), I thought you might enjoy this film of the WORLD DREIDEL TOUR (I think I've been in Vegas WAY too long)

http://www.aish.com/jewlariousMultiMedia/jewlariousMultiMediaDefault/World_Dreidel_Tour.asp

Amazing Juggling Video

This is the guy giving the juggling workshop in camp (yeah right).

And if you think that's something, check this out!

K-K-K-K-O-O-O-R-R-R-N-N-N

After waking up from surgery, a still Bill summoned a nurse.
"How do you feel?" She asked.
"Lousy. I want to register a complaint. During the surgery I heard the surgeon say a four letter word. It disturbed me greatly."
"I'm so sorry sir. What was the four letter word?"
"OOPS."

Moving!

Was anyone wondering why I haven't been posting lately? Yes, all you millions of people who check this block religiously every 15 minutes...

Did you guess, that it's because I no longer care about you? No comment Dorky.

In reality, it's moving time!

The sunny Nevada summer days are filled with cardboard boxes and bubble wrap, as the date approaches for our big move back East. Yup, next week the Las Vegas locker family will be descending on the east coast in preparation for camp Nageela.

Can't wait to be back! (Oh, did I mention it's 110 degrees here?)

The Episode of Quail...

A few weeks ago, we read in the Torah about the Jews getting quail to eat in the dessert.
That reminded me of our former vice president (and great potatoe speller) Dan Quayle (under bresident George Bush Sr.), and some of the brilliant things he's said. Enjoy!

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.


The future will be better tomorrow.

We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.

[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Public speaking is very easy.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

not so deep thoughts

It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

Make your own Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.

Maybe it's because I'm always looking to make Camp Nageela more exciting for the campers...

Maybe it's because I'm always looking to make Camp Nageela harder on the counselors...

Or maybe it's because I'm just plain lazy...

I'm lookin for ideas for new, fun, quality activities

Nageela has always had fun specialties, like super splash down, jousting, woodworking and sideline shoot; as well as awesome night activities like Nageela Idol, machachinski and capture the counselor.

Now it's your turn to come up with something new.

Maybe you think it'll be fun to saw your counselors in half (or if it's mogo, in 3 or 4 pieces), or maybe you'd like to have a race rolling down the big hill in a barrel (kids, don't try this at home). Whatever it is, either stick it in a comment, or email the idea to dani@jepli.org and I'll post it for you.

If you come up with something that our panel of expert judges (me and Tova) thinks is good, you'll be playing it this summer!

Nageela Expansion

Yes! Nageela is expanding, in many ways.
Chef Amram and Mordechai Shenker make sure we expand in one way...
Yehuda makes us expand in another way (swollen limbs, casts)
Shaul makes us expand our lungs to hold our breath under water.

In truth, Nageela has grown so much that CAMP NAGEELA FOR BOYS HAS MORE CAMPERS THAN EVER! Unfortunately, we've been turning down potential campers because we're so full.
I hope you're signed up.

In order to accommodate our new numbers, we've developed a camper compacting machine, where we can stuff 22 campers into one bunk bed.
Seriously, we are building new bunks, to be ready before next summer. For this summer, camp will be divided into two divisions (sounds like a summer long color war, hmmm, that's an idea).
In other Nageela expansion news, NAGEELA MIDWEST has opened its doors in Indiana, and is spreading the Nageela spirit all over the country. You can check the out at www.campnageelamidwest.org.

Corn and Apples

WHY DID THE FIG TAKE THE PRUNE TO THE MOVIES?

CAUSE IT COULDNT FIND A DATE

Mazel Tov

I, I I, I I I would like to wish a huge mazel tov to our [former] camp driver,

Avi Appel

upon his marriage tonight to Rachel Gewirtz (sister of brother man, Avi Gewirtz and Devorah Locker).

Though we'll miss him in camp this summer, we're sure his spirit will live on in the van (next time ot breaks down, we'll know it's Avi).

It's not every day someone gets to become Tova's uncle.

Deep Thoughts

If a tree falls in the forest, do the other trees laugh at it?

Submitted by Jeffrey Weisz

A Little piece of Histroy

the origin of the Nageela zoo
Many people have asked me why Camp Nageela has a zoo. In fact on the Camp Nageela FAQ list, it's somewhere in the top one or two hundred. I was previously uncomfortable giving the true answer and just gave a typical answer like, "Scott likes animals," or "I don't know, go ask Rabbi Karmel." The truth is, Scott secretly hates animals, and Rabbi Karmel hasn't been in ccamp long enough to know the answer.

HERE IT IS:

In the ancient world before iPods were invented, Yehuda decided he needed a pet. He tried a few unsuccesful attempts at tarantulas, bats and water bugs, before he realized that animals didn't only fail to make him happy, but he had a terrible allergic reaction that resulted in... crying.

Most normal people would then try to make sure that there were no animals (barring the waiters) left in camp. Yehuda isn't most normal people. In fact he... well... we'll just leave it at that. There has been much speculation as to exactly how and why Yehuda personally brought the goats and other assorted mammals and fowl to camp, and quite a number of thoeries have appeared in scientific and psychological litterature.

This is a clipping from the Brittish Journal of Medicine:

The following is an excerpt from the Hawaain Journal of Contemporary Psychology:

Whatever the psychological or pathological evaluation of Yehuda may be, it is clear that the reason for his crying at the grand sing is not emotion, but a small hamster that he hides in his pocket.

Next time you visit the Nageela zoo... please try not to cry.

Butter- Pop Korn

Why was the archeologist depressed?

Because his career was in ruins!

Do you know what happened when the wheel was invented?

It caused a revolution!