Israel

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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Believni: Friday Morning Fun

February 20, 2009

Oh how I wish I could get my hands on one of these babies for my apartment. Unfortunately, it looks like it will not be meant to be.

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Movie Review: Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם בשיר)

February 2, 2009

Ever since I heard about this movie on NPR, I couldn’t wait to see it. The movie, shot in haunting, dark cartoon style , is about the narrator, Ari Folman, and his experiences during and after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. EDIT: Thanks to Matt for pointing out that it was NOT rotoscoping, as I initially thought, but REAL animation, not taken from live shots, which is even more amazing. It begins as he meets with a friend ...

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First post: Already stirring up unneeded controversy

January 7, 2009

Thoughts on Tunnels in Gaza: Yesterday, Dan and I were listening to an interview on NPR with a Christian Science Monitor reporter who had gone into the tunnels in Gaza. That report is here. I had always heard that Palestinians used these tunnels only to smuggle weapons, but it appears that they use them as a major food supply source as well: BLOCK: You say maybe weapons. But Israel has been quite emphatic that weapons are absolutely coming through shipped ...

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