Showing posts with label judaism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label judaism. Show all posts
Sunday, December 1, 2013

A Hanukkah Story

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Since Hanukkah is falling abnormally early this year, on Thanksgiving even! I've decided to write a small tale for the holiday. Here ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

The Later Prophets

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Time wasn’t on Barry’s side anymore. Once considered an asset to his workplace, he was now overshadowed by younger clerks, and now that h...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

An Electro-Swing Hanukkah

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This week - Saturday night, December 8th -brings the arrival of Chanukah, Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah is an 8-day fes...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Happy New Year 5773

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At this time of year the Jewish Holiday Season begins, inaugurated by the Jewish New Year, which is now 5773. Around this time I engage i...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Masters of Illusion: Jewish Magicians

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The Skirball Cultural Center is a museum located far up the Santa Monica Mountains, so high up it’s located beyond Bel Air and The Gett...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

I Was A Juvenile Delinquent For The JDL

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In 1972 I went to Rambam Torah Institute, a division of Yeshiva University. Not a big school, but infamous in teenage Jewish circles. When ...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

God's Little Darkroom

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I don’t remember how I met him, maybe he approached me, maybe I approached him, Yosef was a very cool guy for an Orthodox Jew. He talked the...
Friday, February 22, 2008

Butcher Boy

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I confounded my old man's expectations when I blew off college and decided to go to work full time. Since I had low self-esteem, instead...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Pico and Robertson

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I forgot to put the bobby pin on my yarmulke, so the skull cap kept slipping off the back of my head again and again. I had to keep readjust...