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October 13, 2016
How to make a graham cracker sukkah
Last week, in anticipation of Sukkot, I wrote about how to make a sukkah that fits on balconies and small patios.
A fearless plunge into why we’re forever ‘Haunted’
Halloween is almost here, and the time is right for Leo Braudy’s latest work of cultural history and criticism, irresistibly titled “Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds” (Yale University Press).
An unsettling timeliness drives Black-Jewish take on ‘Merchant’
A play now being staged in Orange County offers Jewish Americans a sometimes uncomfortable front-row seat to re-examine William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.”
The song of Jewish renewal in Poland
The Polish Jewish Renewal movement has a song to sing, and in three concerts, Southern Californians will soon be able to hear it.
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s success is a laughing matter
Iliza Shlesinger is a working, touring comedian. She is Jewish, in her 30s, and she is bitter.
Meant2Be: It’s a small Jewish world after all
I joined JSwipe, the Jewish dating app, in July 2014 after spending a year living in my parents’ house and being frustrated with my inability to meet single Jewish men in the west San Fernando Valley.
Sukkot — the blessings of necessity
It was a recent story about the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and America in the oil industry that made me think about the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when Jews are called upon to reflect on values such as humility and resourcefulness.
Ghosts at the presidential debates
Like many others who watched the presidential town hall in St. Louis, I loved how it revealed Donald Trump’s character, and I wanted to take a shower when it was over.
‘Is That You?’: A sweet road movie about lost love
The charming new indie film “Is That You?” explores a well-trod storyline: a graying loner wonders what happened to an old flame and sets out to find her.
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