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Manhattan’s NOJFF: Naturally Occurring Jewish Film Fest
Once every 19 years – or so I heard – a Jewish Film Fest naturally occurs in Manhattan. It is a Naturally Occurring JFF, not to be confused with an Aging In Place NORC Retirement...
With a Name Like Merrick, It Has To Be…
Jewish… and perhaps the fourth Jewish justice to sit on the Roberts’ court This morning at The White House, POTUS Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the open seat on the U.S...
Newsbits: White House Liaising, Aipac Plotting, Bethlehem Teaching, Rogen Sausaging, Hoffman Rootsing
Mazal Tov to Washington, DC’s most celebrated Norwegian-speaking, Latina, Jewish woman – Raffi Freedman-Gurspan – who was appointed as POTUS Barack Obama’s primary LGBT White...
Italy to Celebrate 500 Years of the Venice Ghetto with Mahler
On March 29th, 2016, Venice will “celebrate” or mark the 500th anniversary since the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, where Jews were forced to live and be locked up in 1516...
Klein, Gottfried, Storch, Zweibel and More Celebrate Golden Age of Jewish Comedians
On March 1, Manhattan’s Center for Jewish History opened a new exhibit titled, “Professional Jokers: Jewish Jesters from the Golden Age of American Comedy.” On hand the night...
Tel Aviv Guitar Hero Gets Guitar Replaced
Last Tuesday evening, Yishay Montgomery was playing guitar for donations on Tel AViv-Yafo promenade when he heard screams. A terrorist was stabbing people. The 26 year old street performer ran...
From Sinai to Ethiopia — A Book Review
From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of Ethiopian Jewry, By Dr. Sharon Shalom, Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Setbon, 300 pages, 2016, Geffen Publishing. In “From Sinai to...
Bernie Won Arab Super Tuesday, But What About Jewish Super Duper Tuesday
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (VT), candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the 2016 race for POTUS, won big in Michigan last Tuesday. Sanders received nearly 70% of the vote from Arab...
On Being Feminine, Not Feminist
In honor of International Women’s Day, I would like to thank g-d and the universe that men & women were not created equal. Women and men are different, therefore in-equal. That...