Oh my, what’s going on here? I go away on a trip for a little while, and a large share of commenters (and contributors) have ditched any capitalisation rule there is. Admittedly, I don’t...
Sometimes A Parking Lot Is A Parking Lot
I have to say that I initially was very skeptical of the idea of building adjacent to the Mamilla Cemetery. I know that area very well, and thought that the project was going to damage Mamilla...
Jewlicious Festival Concert Only Tickets On Sale
Back by popular demand – buy tickets to see the concert portion of Jewlicious Festival 6.0 while supplies last! $25 Online Concert Tix Sat or Sunday / $30 at the door. 2/20 Saturday Night Bands...
A Mild Mannered Shushan Boy… and a Lady
Purim falls just a week after the Jewlicious Festival in California, and skits are already in preparation worldwide. One of the energetic Purim script teams resides at The Shushan Channel. Their...
John Greyson and Kathy Wazana, after failure to create boycott of Toronto International Film Festival, try again, this...
Kathy Wazana, who is, according to her brother, a good cook, and John Greyson, a little-known Canadian filmmaker who became well known after boycotting the Toronto International Film Festival last...
Text 3636 to My Pushke
Sitting in New York City, today, eating lunch, and reading The New York Times about the Moishe House urban kibbutzes (or “ir-butz’s”) in the USA (They said it was like “the...
Sundance Update #5A: It’s a Wrap(-up)
At the close of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, actor David Hyde Pierce, dressed as a rebellious rapper with a knit cap to protect himself from the Park City chill, beckoned filmmakers to quiet down...
Sundance Update#5B – It’s a Wrap(-up)
…. “Bus†is an Israeli short documentary directed by Yasmine Novak. It is an examination of those who live amidst the complex rules, walls, checkpoints, soldiers, and entry permits that...
Sundance Update #4: A Piece of Work Is Not Drek
One of the hottest tickets at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival was the documentary, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,†directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. The documentary, which follows Ms...
It’s Not Over Til the Fat Cantor Sings
Contrary to rumors swirling around the Upper West Side of Manhattan and other Jewish ghettos, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America is NOT closing its cantorial studies program or merging it...