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Calming those wedding-day jitters, virtually

Shoshana Lewin-Fischer April 11, 2008

The situation couldn\’t be more stressful: convince your ex-boyfriend to sing at your sister\’s wedding after the band quits; keep the groom\’s sister from making it \”her\” day; assure the groom\’s mother that it is OK to have a store-bought wedding cake; make sure the bride\’s divorced parents don\’t kill each other; don\’t let the bride know the groom had a stripper at his bachelor party; and above all, keep the bride calm.

The Calendar Girls: Picks, kicks and plugs

Dikla Kadosh January 25, 2008

Calendar of events, January 26 to February 1: Kids, film, lecture, theater, maccabi games, singles, tu b\’shevat, volunteer, concert, comedy, adventure, drama, photography, book signing, music, youth art show, mardi gras.

Jewish themes on tap at Sundance festival

Naomi Pfefferman January 18, 2008

\”I never sold weed after high school — I swear,\” said 31-year-old filmmaker Jonathan Levine.\n\nInstead, he said, \”The Wackness,\” which revolves around a dealer who trades pot for therapy sessions (and premieres in competition at the Sundance Film Festival this week), was inspired by his teen angst back in 1994, as he bemoaned his social status, bickered with his Jewish parents and obsessed about what he calls life\’s \”wackness, the awful stuff, rather than living in the moment.\”

frdy nt efis

David Suissa December 14, 2006

Rabbi Effie\’s specialty is dealing with teenagers. On this night, a happy group of teens is buzzing throughout his modest but welcoming home, and they are filling its many \”play areas.\”

No Rat King, no fairies — just one ‘MeshugaNutcracker’

Dan Pine December 14, 2006

\”The MeshugaNutcracker!\” tells the tale of eight citizens of Chelm, the mythical shtetl of fools, who gather every year to perform at their Chanukah festival. Through the course of the two-act musical, each tells a story of Chanukah heroes from the time of the Maccabees through today.

Michael Richards: Still not a Jew

Rob Eshman November 30, 2006

Richards is the former \”Seinfeld\” star who was videotaped at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood lashing out at hecklers using the N-word.

Too cute: The Moscow Cats Theater

Robert David Jaffee November 22, 2006

They climb a rope upside down. They scale a pole 15 feet high. They leap through an obstacle course.It\’s not boot camp at Camp Pendleton. It\’s the Moscow Cats Theater, whose lead performers, 30 or so felines, are not deprived of sleep and not subjected to verbal abuse like Marines in basic training.

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