Briefs: Hamas kills off faux Mickey Mouse; Rabbi named to new British cabinet
Jewish Journal
July 6, 2007
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July 6, 2007
Screenwriter Alex Kurtzman ‘Transforms’ filmdom’s giant robot genre
Adam Wills
July 6, 2007
\”I go to my inner kid,\” said Kurtzman, who grew up culturally Jewish. \”Where do we find our inspiration? It\’s the movies that inspired us as kids, and a lot of that was sci-fi, but a lot of that sci-fi was fun.\”
When in Rome, eat kosher like the Romans
Paul Bompard
July 6, 2007
Shops selling kosher products say the increased demand is coming mainly from Jews. But restaurateurs say at least half their customers are non-Jews who want to sample classic Roman Jewish cooking, which many consider to be the most sophisticated of traditional Roman cuisines.
I’m ready to take the wheel
Derek Schlom
July 6, 2007
When I finally got behind the wheel of a car myself, conceit and self-importance set in. If ever I saw someone with that familiar awe-struck gape staring at my car during one of my innumerable driving lessons, I would think, with a shameful amount of pride, \”I am cooler than you because I am operating a motor vehicle right now.\”
What makes a ‘real’ Jew?
Rebecca Suchov
July 6, 2007
When I started Milken Community High School\’s middle school after finishing the sixth grade at Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, I further realized how unacquainted I was with my own feelings toward my religion. Although we had Judaic studies every year, I felt unable to drift away from my parents\’ beliefs and create my own.
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