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Capturing Chasidim

While other photographers have sought to document Chasidism from more of an insider\’s perspective, Maya Dreilinger purposefully maintained her distance as an outsider. She wandered around the La Brea area dressed as she normally does and refused the occasional invitation to dinner at someone\’s home.

A Bissel ‘Kvetch’ Goes a Long Way

Wex analyzes the many ways that Yiddish — a language that has perfected the art of the curse while experiencing deep discomfort with praise — developed a strategy to deal with those rare times when a Yiddish Jew (henceforth, the \”Yid\”) has nothing negative, nasty or bitter to say.

Insta-Love

We had already been together for seven months. Seven perfect months, untouched by reality of modern life. For me, at least. That was until I promised to buy the new mattress he wanted, thinking it would be a good investment for our future. But this led to his chilling reply: \”Honey, I don\’t have a crystal ball into our future.\”

Curb Your Verbosity

Wolpe\’s goal with this book and with his columns is to achieve the most coveted accolade of all newspaper columnists — to have his column posted on someone\’s refrigerator.

Israel Seminar Gives Teachers Refresher

\”We didn\’t have the resources and knowledge of how Israel has been changing according to the international arena,\” said Jewish-day-school teacher Ziva London on a break between sessions at an Israel teacher education workshop at the University of Judaism (UJ).

Spectacle and Sadism

Mel Gibson\’s film is controversial in part because of its unrelenting depiction of the violence visited on Jesus.

Shalom Y’All

What brought the first, mainly Sephardic, Jews to Charleston was its remarkable religious tolerance, not to mention the economic prospects elevating them to a new aristocracy to which their Ashkenazi kinsmen who followed greedily aspired.

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