About Me

  • About Me: I am SAS certified and play classical violin. I have an extensive Hebrew pop collection and like to sign with my friends. When it's not Legislative session, I take Hebrew classes at UT. I teach 4th grade at Agudas and learn more from my students than they do from me.

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Wonder Boys, Striking Distance, Lilo & Stitch
  • Favorite Actors: Michael Douglas, Kineau Reeves
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "What are you doing? I want to try it on"
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Matrix, Constantine
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: it would have to be an animated cartoon, probably with the voice talent of Jim Carrey

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Steely Dan, Subliminal, Hadag Nachash
  • Favorite Albums: Royal Scam, Local Stuff
  • Favorite Genre: Hebrew Hip Hop
  • Favorite Songs: Shirat Ha'Sticker
  • Favorite Lyrics: Learning to Fly, Dana Berger
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Kid Charlamagne, Haitian Divorce
  • Songs I hate: anything by Barry Manilow
  • Guilty Pleasure: Gaucho & Aja double album, Steely Dan
  • Songs I repeat the most: Impacto, Daddy Yankee
  • Band I wish I was in: Steely Dan

Books

  • Favorite Books: Anything by Haruki Murakami, The Hebrew Republic
  • Favorite Authors: Bernard Avishai, Murakami, Neal Stephenson
  • Favorite Genres: Political
  • Favorite Characters: Mr. Nakata
  • Favorite Quotes: 'Hebrew republic' that 'would be patently the state of the Jewish people,' but would not privilege Jews and Judaism.
  • Recent Reads: Anathem, What I think of when I run

Travel

  • Places I love: Israel
  • Places I've been: most of Europe, Asia
  • Dream Vacation: Eilat beach

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Veggie
  • Favorite Dishes: Middle-eastern
  • Favorite Desserts: Apples
  • Favorite Drinks: Water
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Pretzels
  • Best meal ever: The Veggie plate at Artz Rib House, Austin
  • Favorite Restaurants: Mongolian Grill

College

  • School Name: Washington University In St. Louis
  • Class of: 1982
  • Attended: 1979 - 1982
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Psychology, Sociology, History
  • Sports: Swim Team
  • Organizations: Jazz Improv

More About Me

  • Religion: Jewish
  • Heroes: The Hebrew Hammer
  • Interests: Violin, Hebrew, and hanging out with the ones I love.
  • Expertise: SAS programming, Excel VBA, teaching Sunday School
  • Occupation: Computer related
  • Industry: Government

High School

  • School Name: Mount Lebanon High School
  • Class of: 1979
  • Sports: Swimming
  • Organizations: Student United Nations