Daily Archives: June 17, 2017
Jews in comic books
Jews built the comic book industry from the ground up, and the influence of Jewish writers, artists, and editors continues to be felt to this day. But how did Jews come to have such...
Jews in America
How integrated are Jews into American culture?
That seems like a fairly easy question. We’re pretty well integrated.
But what effect has that integration had on the Jews?
And how do those two questions play off each...
The best Jewish, Israeli films of 2017 so far
First rule of screenwriting, whether you are doing a fiction film or a documentary: Without conflict there is no story.
Perhaps that is why Jewish-themed movies are so often effective. We are in conflict with...
Un korason grande
Le respondi ke yo no estava konvensido,
No tenia un senyal de ser voluminoso
Ni dolor, ni palpitasion, ningun dezreposo.
Puedeser es yeno kon diferentes sentidos
Los k’estan leshos no pueden oir sus sonidos.
El oye los yoros silansiozos...
En Israël, comment “l’AgriTech” veut séduire les Français
Dans la ferme aux 1 000 vaches du kibboutz Shefayim, l’élevage le plus moderne du pays, capteurs et logiciels de gestion mesurent en temps réel le contenu en matières grasses et en protéines du lait,...
Sorry, Rabbis: Gay Men can’t be happy with women
As some in the Sephardi world stand in an uproar as one rabbi opens a dialog around homosexuality, I am grief stricken. Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Chief Rabbi of the Spanish Portuguese community in London,...