Zionism

יום השועה

April 21, 2009

My mom calls me. “Do you have a candle,” she asks. “No..”  I think of all the Glade scented candles I have.  She can’t mean those.   Her voice sounds serious. “Why not?  Don’t you know what day it is?” I start to panic.  I didn’t know.  I felt like I failed some sort of Jew test. “No.  What day is it?” “It’s Holocaust Memorial Day.  Go light a candle.” Oh, I had candles.  But,I wasn’t going to light a ...

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I have a love/hate relationship with A.B. Yehoshua

April 20, 2009

Last night, Mr. B and I went to go see A.B. Yehoshua at Sixth and I.  I can’t believe how much they’ve completely renovated what was a stale building and community somewhere on the outskirts of Chinatown to a vibrant focal meeting point for all kinds of DC Jews and at the caliber of speakers they tend to garner.  I am constantly impressed at the amount of work they do on their brand, especially to engage people in their 20s-30s ...

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