THE WINNERS THE FINALISTS AND VIDEOS OF READINGS AND LECTURES On Wednesday morning, the JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL announced its 2020 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS, and the Everett Family Foundation...
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JewliciousReels: Disney Pixar’s Soul and Torah
I had the chance to watch SOUL, the Disney+ Pixar animated film during the week that the weekly parshah (Vayechi) – and the Book of Bereshit – closed with Jacob’s death in Egypt...
JewliciousReels: Virtual Sundance 2021 From a Holocaust Fraud to a JFI Panel
I don’t want to be snarky, but, I get irritated when the elite film festivals find items to screen and celebrate that I find off-putting and controversial for the sake of controversy. I...
Poland and the Jews: The People2People Project
When one thinks about Jews and Poland the first thing that comes to mind usually isn’t Jazz, or high fashion, or burlesque etc. A new and innovative project called People2People is seeking to...
Momala’s Coat, Bernie’s Swittens, & Other Jewish-related Inauguration Fashions
I awoke on Inauguration Day early to read through the list of over 140 people who were given pardons or commutations. I was struck by the over a baker’s dozen of names of convicted felons or...
Jerry’s ImPeachM(i)nt Babka, Ivanka’s Toilet, Kosher Executioners, Johns Hopkins Grader and More
It was a day before National Pastrami Day, when Congressman Jerry Nadler of Manhattan’s Upper West Side was seen on the House floor carrying a ZABAR’S (recyclable) bag to his desk. He was...