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August 3, 2007
The Talmud according to Bart Simpson
While attending a Jewish day school, Noah Gradofsky, a young fan of the long-running cartoon series, \”The Simpsons,\” had a passing idea to turn an episode into a mock page of Talmud. Years later, in rabbinical school, Gradofsky first put the idea on paper or, more accurately, on a Web site. \”The Simpsons Talmud,\” based on the \”Simpsons\” episode, \”Like Father, Like Clown,\” was born.
Tennis star puts Israel in grip of Shaharmania
Golda Meir may still hold a prominent place in the hearts of Israelis, but right now the most popular woman in Israel is a 20-year-old who swings a tennis racket for a living. Her name is Shahar Peer, and while she is only a private in the Israeli army, she is ranked 18 in the world on the pro tour.
Women: Put down your swords!
The mantra had jump-started the two-day workshop for women titled \”Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women,\” which I attended not long ago at a conference room in a hotel near LAX. The program was created by a woman named Allison Armstrong, a self-professed expert on men, and it promised to foster better communication, understanding and respect between the sexes.
My Holywood Moment
They were filming the third episode of \”Camp Bnos Yisrael,\” billed as \”a new DVD series for women and girls only.\” And the actors were all from an ultra-observant all-girls summer program called Kol Neshama Performing Arts Conservatory.\n
The Answer
The Bronfman Foundation, which sponsored the conference last week in Deer Valley, Utah, is set to launch something called the Bronfman Vision Forum that will offer new ways to invigorate and revitalize Jewish life, and this conference was designed to help generate new ideas and programs, and, yes, more conferences. What an endearing and Jewish idea — that talking will save the Jewish people.
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