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Its the original. U of C. Mandel Hall. Tonight.
Tuesday, Novermber 21st, 7:30pm
Mandel Hall (Reynolds Club)
5706 S. University Ave., Hyde Park (Chicago)
Professor Elliot Gershon, Professor Yitzhak Melamed, and Dean Alison
Boden will consider the perennially vexing question of whether the
latke or the hamantash is the most superior Jewish holiday food. This
year marks the 60th time that some […]
We LOVE the story of Isaac. It’s unquestionably our fav so far. You got a VERY slow kid with a goofy laugh. His mom was maybe 90 years old when she gives birth to Isaac so Down’s Syndrome seems a pretty high probability. He doesn’t talk much. His brother makes fun of him. His father […]
Jewish officials asked France’s president to put pressure on the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and Hezbollah to stop endangering Israeli civilians.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ellie and Akira in March in New York. I was on my way home from Jerusalem, we were blog friends, so we had brunch on the UWS. Or was it the Upper East Side?
Doesn’t matter, because now they are PARENTS!!!!
Mazel Tov to the Ohiso family!
The singing and potluck shabbat returns on Friday November 10 in Lakeview! We’re in a new space this time, so we’ve got to cut attendance off at 35. First come, first serve so holla at us to reserve your space to kavanah@jewishfringe.com. We’ll get back to you with the location and what […]
This week Torah portion is an action-packed affair. G#d appears to Abraham in the form of three men. Abraham seems to serve them one of the most traif meals imaginable and we get history’s earliest recorded punch line. The ugly side of gay love rears… its head… in Sodom. Lot’s daughters make sure the family […]
Our friend Robbie posts on his marching in the Jerusalem Pride Parade. The comments are a bit much, but you go Robbie! I hope its a bit like this.
Last year, about this time on the Hebrew calendar, I was celebrating becoming a Jew. (Although looking at that blog post, I always thought that I converted on November 17 and it was the 16th, so yesterday was my anniversary, not today. Oops.)
I’m sure that in a few years, this date will shrink in importance. […]
JewishFringe contributor Amy Guth was pimped out proper in the Reader’s Fall Book Guide for her book Three Fallen Women in this week’s edition. They really gush. Its so timely because I just met Amy face to face for the firt time the other night with Leahj.
At readings, she says, “I have a […]
Friday night, Anshe Emet hosted what shoulda been an interesting program on the differences between political candidates for various offices on varous issues in the coming. Affordable housing, health care, etc. It featured representatives from Lakeview Action Coalition and JCUA. Each spoke for about 15 minutes.
For some reason, the organizers tossed AIPAC into […]
Jody Rosen of Slate.com explores Jewish vaudeville and Sacha Baron Cohen’s (Borat) unique place in it’s continued relevance. She particularly focuses on “Throw The Jews Down The Well,” a song that appeared on Cohen’s Ali G Show:
The cultural dynamics of Sacha Baron Cohen’s song and Irving Berlin’s “Cohen Owes Me 97 Dollars” (1915) are vastly different—the […]
In his book “Gifts of the Jews” Thomas Cahill writes that Judaism is ‘the only original idea in all of human history.’ Outside Judaism history is viewed as a circle with peoples ascending to nobility, falling into depravity then repeating the cycle. But, writes Cahill, when Abraham (in this week’s parsha) crosses into the promised […]
Black Jesus, Moshiach, Christ Risen and 13th Imam rolled into one. The Junior Senator from the Land of Lincoln, all but crowned by the prophetess Oprah, the (precinct) captains of hundreds and the (media) captains of thousands have practically crowned him. Everyone outside Illinois knows nothing about him other than that he’s the […]
Wednesday, November 1, 7:00 pm.
Last month’s gathering was well attended and provoked some interesting conversations on everything from halacha to eco-kashrut.
Itza Mitzvah, a monthly caffeinated conversation with Rabbi Zedek about the universe, life and living as a Jew. Each month, the group will discuss a different mitzvah, or commandment, from our tradition, this month […]
The singing and potluck shabbat returns on Friday November 10 in Lakeview! We’re in a new space this time, so we’ve got to cut attendance off at 35. First come, first serve so holla at us to reserve your space to kavanah@jewishfringe.com. We’ll get back to you with the location and what we’d like you […]
Braunschweig, Germany (dpa) - Tears glistened Monday in the eyes of Solomon Perel, 81, a Jew who survived the Holocaust by joining the Hitler Youth, as a plaque was unveiled in the Volkswagen plant where he trained as a toolmaker during World War II.
Did Hitler invent the Volkswagen?
One thing is for sure, he did give […]
