Why Has President Obama Taken so Long to Respond to Reports of Russian Hacking? Blame the Iran Deal
A desire to protect a legacy.
December 20, 2016
The Surprising Return of Yiddish to Film and Television
From a ḥasidic action film to My Crazy Ex-Girlfrend.
Over the past decade, writes Rebecca Margolin, there has been a “small renaissance” of movies and television shows that employ the Yiddish language. These include films produced in the U.S. and Europe featuring actors that have learned Yiddish for their parts, brief Yiddish-language scenes in the movie A Serious Man and the television series My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, an all-Yiddish Internet comedy series, and an action movie produced by and for Ḥasidim that features no profanity, no women, and a redemptive ending. Margolin describes the last of these:
December 20, 2016
Anti-Colonialists Hate Israel Because It Proves Them Wrong
Celebrating Britain’s role in the Jewish state’s creation.
Iran’s Ethnic Cleansing of Syria
Changing the demographics is part of a plan to create a Shiite crescent.
The Surprising Return of Yiddish to Film and Television
From a ḥasidic action film to My Crazy Ex-Girlfrend.
A Coin Bearing the Image of Antiochus IV Found in Jerusalem
Just in time for Hanukkah.