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April 18, 2008

Had Gadya — according to S.Y. Agnon

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila April 18, 2008

Both the composition and inclusion of \”Had Gadya\” into the Passover haggadah are shrouded in mystery.
This popular Aramaic song, chanted at the end of the seder purportedly to keep the children awake, is dated no earlier than the 15th century. Composed of 10 stanzas, \”Had Gadya\” follows a cumulative pattern similar to \”The House That Jack Built,\” where a new detail is added in each stanza.

Fresh music choices include Pesach treats

George Robinson April 18, 2008

Not much Passover music arrived in this year\’s mail so it\’s difficult to speculate on the ebb and flow of certain kinds of Jewish music recordings, but it does seem that fewer holiday-specific records are coming out of late. On the other hand, the flood of spiritually informed contemporary Jewish music shows no signs of abating, and this month\’s CD reviews focus on some of the most recent examples of that phenomena, including some tasty Pesach treats:

300 ways to make it a multi-cultural seder

Amy Klein April 18, 2008

That means, \”Why is this night different from all other nights,\” in Sranan.

But what\’s Sranan, you ask? Sranan is the primary language spoken in South America\’s Suriname, which has one of the oldest Jewish populations on the American continent. Is is also spoken in Aruba, Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles — with a total of 426,400 speakers today.

Honey, you’re home!

Rachel Heller April 18, 2008

Stop me if you\’ve heard this one before.

Student gets into good university. Student obtains esteemed degree. Graduate flounders in unsteady job market; must confront the dreaded possibility of moving back in with her parents, Ima and Abba, whom I dearly love — and come college, was all too ready to leave.

‘Heeb’ goes Hollywood

Danielle Berrin April 18, 2008

For Josh Neuman, publisher of Heeb magazine, there are two cities in America: New York and Los Angeles-and \”all that s— in the middle,\” which he\’s just not interested in.\n\nOne glance at the eclectic scene populating Heeb\’s Hollywood Issue launch party last week at the bourgeois/hippie clothing store, Von Dutch, and it\’s easy to see why: Where else in the country would a \”Jewish\” party comprise everyone from spiky-haired hipsters to artsy bohemians to religious men in yarmulkes crushing together in a parking lot?

Holidays, happiness and hope for Sderot

Danielle Berrin April 18, 2008

When Ari Platt spent a Shabbat in Sderot and saw the depleted condition of civic life there, he knew he had to do something.\n\nIn only a few weeks, the Los Angeles native, currently studying at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem, decided to organize a Purim carnival for the town of Sderot — a reprieve from their harsh reality for a day of festivity, spirit and celebration. He galvanized support from the Jewish communities in Los Angeles and Israel, despite warnings from his yeshiva that he was embarking on a dangerous mission.

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