Russian Jews

SKRUG Strikes Again

December 8, 2010

SKRUG is the gift that keeps on giving. Hans and Franz, who should totally go to SKRUG. No matter how tired (or busy with GRE studying/tutoring Mr. B’s cousin in English/random errands/death) I am after work, I make it a point to go to the gym  because at this point it’s not that I want to go, it’s that I need to go.  It adds a stolid stability that my life does not otherwise have, and all my aggressions come out ...

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About the mainstream media

June 24, 2010

source. For Friday Links, for my posts on Jewlicious, and for my posts on Walrus,  I read dozens of news stories and blogs per day to stay current in the international news sphere, the Russiasphere, and the Jewesphere. This is why I am able to bring you pictures of ugly Obama rugs from Afghanistan.   Also, obviously, I have Nutella on Google Alerts. Anna Tarkov, fellow ex-Soviet Jew, but more importantly astute journalist, has profiled me in a cool series ...

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Movie Review: Gift to Stalin (Подарок Сталину) and Interview with Cast

December 17, 2009

This is not an easy movie to see. In fact, I didn’t want to see it at all and fought with myself because I knew just from the description it would be an impossibly cruel movie about the bodies Stalin left behind. Nevertheless, you should see it, because to see this movie is to understand what it means to be human.  It helped me understand much better what my grandpa, who was in exile in Uzbekistan during World War II ...

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Washington DC Jewish Film Festival

December 3, 2009

Note: I am being comped for my tickets to these movies.  How sweet is that? But you know I would never go see movies that didn’t interest me.  That is, movies that are Russian, Jewish, and depressing. I’m going to the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival next week! It starts on Friday, December 3rd, and goes until December 13th, at a number of venues throughout the city, including the Washington DC JCC and the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, ...

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NaNoWriMo: Day 11

November 12, 2009

Well, I’m almost at the half-way mark (23,235 words).  Michael is on his way to Jerusalem, continuing the next part of his trip, not having had any success with the ladies yet, and has left his host family and struck out on his own. I’ve been supplementing my research with a little bit of audio-visual material. The first has been watching Moscow on the Hudson on the recommendation of friends, and so far (we’ve only watched half)  it’s been wonderful.  ...

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