A nefarious virus has taken the beloved people from our midst. May their families be comforted, may our memories of them and their good deeds and mitzvot serve as a blessing, a prayer. As Rabbi Lord...
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ShivaWatch: Swados and Kaye – Two Women of Valour
I was so busy last week, that I missed that two heroes passed away. Elizabeth “Liz” Swados (Sway-dose), composer, director, author and one of the most original playwrights passed away at...
ShivaWatch: Leonard Nimoy – Jewish Actor, Artist, Creator
Leonard (Leyb) Simon Nimoy – a beloved actor who hailed from a Yiddish speaking household in Boston – succumbed to heart, pulmonary and lung illnesses in Los Angeles at the age of 83...
Jewlicious Reads: A Calculated Shiva
What if a mob of socially inept math geniuses crashed your mom’s shiva? The Mathematician’s Shiva. A novel by Stuart Rojstaczer (September 2, 2014, Penguin, 384 pages mixes Jewish family...
David’s Will Sit Shiva as Blank’s Shoot Pollard
The New York Times (and Roger Friedman’s Showbiz 411) report(s) that Seinfeld co-creator Larry David will debut on Broadway in March 2015 with a play about sitting shiva. I swear there was...
ShivaWatch: Sy Syms, Retailer and Educator
This week, Sy Syms, a tenacious NYC based retailer passed away. Known for selling name brand business apparel at deeply discount prices, and his tag line, that “An Educated Consumer is our Best...