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Posted in History, Beliefs, Texts on November 20th, 2009 
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Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I just can’t handle right now. Then again, ending Shabbat at 5:15 in the afternoon isn’t such a bad thing either. So…I guess…keep doin’ your thing sun (and no one write me with that whole “it’s […]
Posted in History on November 16th, 2009 No Comments »
You’ll get a chance to see Anne Frank as a “feisty teenager” rather than a “tragic Jewish saint.” (New York Post)
Should Israel purchase the house where Hitler was born in Austria? (Jerusalem Post)
A new project translates the work of Holocaust writer Primo Levi, Anne Frank’s diary and two other Holocaust-themed works into Arabic and Farsi, […]
Posted in History on November 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just announced, and as a cultural barometer of the state of current Jews, it isn’t a bad one.
I mean, it is what it is, a gimmick. (And a gimmick isn’t a bad thing — and […]
Posted in Culture, History, Texts on November 6th, 2009 No Comments »
The Yankees win! The Yankees win! Oh, I’m sorry. That would be in the “Worst of the Week.” Quick rant: Instead of 50 game suspensions for baseball players caught using steroids, how about they make a rule that every time a player’s name is ever mentioned in the media again, whether it be in newspapers, […]
Posted in History on November 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
I’m not sure if all have you have heard about the Jewish Community Heroes contest being run by the Jewish Federations of North America. With over 400 nominees, the contest had over 500,000 votes. Not a shabby number at all.
After they announced the Top 20 semifinalists, they have now announced the five finalists. And proud […]
Posted in History on October 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Oh Taylor Swift. You were doing so well. Everyone loved you and your innocent ways. You even went on The View. It doesn’t get much better than that.
But you crazy celebrities just can’t handle being on top. While everyone hates Kanye West for ruining your “moment” at the VMAs, you had to one up him. […]
Posted in History on October 27th, 2009 No Comments »
We love B&H Photo & Video, the only midtown New York store that I actually have fun in that doesn’t sell comic books or Legos. It’s not just a massive electronics store. It’s not just a massive electronics store owned and operated by Hasidic Jews. And it’s not just a Hasidic electronics store with bowls […]
Posted in History, Beliefs on October 23rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Samuel Heilman serves as a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York and as the Harold Proshanky Chair in Jewish Studies at the CCNY’s Graduate Center. He has spoken and lectured as a visiting professor at universities in Israel, China, South Korea, and Australia, as well as […]
Posted in History on October 19th, 2009 No Comments »
I don’t normally watch Ukraine’s Got Talent but this winning performance by Kseniya Simonova will blow your mind (and possibly make you cry). She used sand on a giant lightbox to dramatize the German invasion of Ukraine in World War II and though that sounds bizarre and abstract it’s actually a really amazing work of […]
Posted in Culture, History on October 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Last night I was lucky enough to see Regina Spektor perform at Radio City to a packed house. Even though my love for Regina’s music only started a couple of months ago due to Matthue’s post on her latest album “Far,” I’ve pretty much heard all of her songs, or so I thought. Towards the […]
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