The Lobster Effect: Don’t Pull Each ‘Other’ Down
Boaz Hepner
July 29, 2020
This is why, in my heart, I want to support every other “other,” because I know what it is to be one.
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‘Hybrid’ Actor Crafts ‘Everyman’ Show
Robert David Jaffee
April 13, 2006
Ameenah Kaplan, who calls herself a \”hybrid\” — the product of an African American mother who converted to Judaism and a Jewish father — is directing, choreographing and co-producing \”Everyman for Himself.\” Appearing weekends at the Unknown Theatre in Hollywood, the show is a hybrid itself, in that it blends music, dance, theater and capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian dance form that incorporates self-defense maneuvers.
PASSOVER: Don’t Be a Slave to Tradition
Joel Haber
April 6, 2006
Here was my dilemma when I came of age and began making my own seders: Should I maintain tradition even though I didn\’t have the same associations with these foods that my mother did? Since Passover celebrates freedom (another traditional name for the holiday is Zman Cheiruteinu, or The Time of Our Freedom), I wanted to express my freedom by making foods of my own choosing, rather than feeling bound by a menu that was \”traditional\” only due to its roots in Eastern European cuisine.
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