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31 August 2008
Perfection, Eugenics, Israel, and America
I will always remember Friday night. I came to a realization, an understanding, the veil of darkness was lifted from my eyes. I recall the mad dash before leaving for my brother’s house, seeing online that McCain had chosen Sarah Palin for the job of VP, in the likely case that he won. Immediately, I [...]
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11 June 2008
The Blessing of a Broken Heart Hits the Stage
Award Winning Book by Terror Victim’s Mother Comes to NY and DC Stage
Seven years ago, Koby Mandell, the 13 year old son of Sherri and Rabbi Seth Mandell, was stoned to death in a cave in Israel by terrorists. The news made headlines around the world, not only for its brutality, but because it [...]
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11 April 2008
Bibleman vs. The Jews
While I have never really heard of Christian television, aside from things like “the 700 Club,” apparently there is a whole culture of Christian television. The Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian television network with over “275 television stations in the U.S. and on thousands of other cable television systems around the world in 75 countries” [...]
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10 April 2008
MTV Releases Holocaust PSA
A few weeks ago, MTV posted some interesting new videos as part of their Think Campaign, which tries to make it so that ” you, your friends, and your favorite celebrities can get informed, get heard and take action on the issues that matter to you most.” Two of these Public Service Announcements focus on [...]
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8 April 2008
Knockin’ On Zimmerman’s Door
While my current employment in Jewish entertainment media has come up in my posts from time to time, I’ve never quite had enough gall to publish one of my playlists. I do so today on two counts. On the one hand, I know that if I had opened this up here, I would have [...]
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2 April 2008
What Jews Should Know About Brazil’s Entry From This Year’s Academy Awards
There was a lot of buzz around this year’s Academy Awards. One of the films that was generating a significant amount of buzz because of its unusualness was Brazil’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film. The film is titled “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” and it is unique because the story revolves [...]
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25 March 2008
Almost Snuck Past You!
In case his name didn’t give it away, now you know: Josh Radnor is Jewish.
Profiled in The Forward on March 12, Radnor reveals that he grew up in Bexley, Ohio, and attended the Columbus Torah Academy through the 8th grade. He also spent a year in Israel in 1997, studying on the Livnot U’Lehibanot program.
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20 March 2008
Rabbis’ New Role: Wedding Crashers
While those in the Internet reading community may not be aware, Brooklyn rabbis have recently banned marriage. I went undercover to find the story, and I now present my first piece of investigative journalism.
Rabbis Ban Marriage: Cite Promiscuity as Reason
Yet Another Jewneric Exclusive by staff writer, David Gertler
A group of 178 of Ultra-Orthodox rabbis [...]
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7 March 2008
Hey Lebowski Fest, I’m Shomer Effing Shabbos
This week in Chicago, fans of the Academy Award Winning Coen Brothers will gather to pay homage to what is arguably their most popular film. Lebowski Fest, a celebration of all things Lebowski, is a yearly event that first began in Louisville as a way of celebrating The Big Lebowski. The main event of the [...]
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29 February 2008
Award Winning Israeli Director Dan Katzir Releases New Movie Trailer
Award winning independent director Dan Katzir has released a trailer for his new movie, Yiddish Theater: A Lover Story. The film had its theatrical release in LA, NYC and Tel Aviv, Israel at the end of 2007, and had a special showing at Laemmle’s Monica and Town Center Encino in early January 2008.
The film is [...]