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‘The Simpsons’ Tackle Jewish Intermarriage
Twenty seasons, 450 episodes, 23 Emmy Awards — and it all led up to a story line about Jewish intermarriage. “The Simpsons” celebrated two decades on television January 10, airing a celebrity-packed episode that skewered long-standing targets, such as the show’s nuclear power plant and patriarch Homer Simpson’s obsession with doughnuts. In a jab at…
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Sholom Aleichem’s Work Gets Animated
The characters who inspired “Fiddler on the Roof” could be headed to television — this time, as cartoons. The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & TV announced on December 29 special funding to develop scripts based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the dairyman — the protagonist in several of Sholom Aleichem’s stories —…
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Birthright by the Numbers
As most of the world celebrated the New Year, TAGLIT-Birthright Israel, the Jewish organization that provides free trips to Israel for young adults in the Diaspora, celebrated its 10th anniversary. Kicking off the celebration was a ceremony for a plane filled with 400 participants, alumni and donors that landed in Israel on December 29. At…
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From NFL Pom Poms to the Comedy Stage
Here’s one you haven’t heard before: A National Football League cheerleader converts to Orthodox Judaism, writes herself a comedy and takes the production — pom-poms and all — on tour across the United States. Theatergoers in Arizona will be among the first to see the show, “The Kosher Cheerleader,” when it opens on January 9…
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A Large and Lovely Beauty Pageant
‘My name is Heli Buzaglo, I’m 24 years old from Afula, a fat girl, FAAAAAAAAT but beautiful (or at least that’s what everyone says, including the mirror on the wall).” Thus opens the blog of one of the contestants in the 16th annual “Fat and Beautiful” beauty pageant in Israel. The pageant, held mid-December in…
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Q&A: Four Questions for the Wandering Jew
Ben Harris, JTA’s Wandering Jew, is exactly like wandering Jews of centuries past: He carries his belongings, and searches for Jewish communities the world over. But instead using the stars for navigation, Harris has Google Maps. Since last August, Harris, 33, has been on the road almost continuously, visiting Jewish communities as close as Helena,…
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Jewish Major Leaguers Picks a Pair of MVPs
They can handle a curveball, a fastball and a matzo ball. Professional baseball stars Ryan Braun and Scott Feldman received off-season honors December 23, getting named the Most Valuable Jewish Players of the Year by an organization dedicated to celebrating Jews in the national pastime. Jewish Major Leaguers, a Newton, Mass., not-for-profit, selected Braun as…
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Kosher Isn’t Just for Real Animals Anymore
For dungeon masters who have conquered real-world kashrut “The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues,” coming in early 2010 from Tachyon Publications, explores the possibilities of koshering fictional and fantastical creatures. Examining animals from a variety of world mythologies, married co-authors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer consider the unnatural history and edible properties…
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Rabbis Shape Up
Rabbis are not generally known for having buff physiques. They’re valued more for the strength of their sermons than for what they can bench-press at the gym. And judging by the way things look at many rabbi conventions, moral fitness often takes precedence over physical fitness. If the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly has anything to…
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Jewish Sitcom Searches for a Home
It’s Showtime — at least temporarily — for two fictional yentas from the Boston area. “Ronna & Beverly,” a comedy about a pair of self-proclaimed Jewish romance experts, will air on December 29 on the Showtime channel, in a broadcast that the characters’ creators hope may lead to a series elsewhere on TV. Originally produced…
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Honoring Tradition
THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE SALUTES CLINT EASTWOOD AND HIS FILM ‘INVICTUS’ When 6-foot-2-inch Clint Eastwood greeted me with “Hello, sweetheart!” he made my day! We were at the December 1 Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Clint Eastwood gala following an advance screening of his latest opus, “Invictus,” at the Paris Theatre. Award…
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