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Waltz with Bashir

The new animated Israeli feature, “Waltz with Bashir” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last week to extremely positive reviews and I must say I am REALLY looking forward to seeing this one. Directed by Israeli documentarian Ari Folman (one of the writers of the HBO series, “In Treatment”), “Waltz” is [...]

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There were Jewish pirates? That’s right, just click here for the story, matey!
In honor of this news, here’s a pic of another kind of Jewish pirate: my boyhood friend and Hebrew schoolmate Lee Arenberg, now famous for his turn in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies…
(Just remember, dead men tell no meises…)

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Perfect Me!

I’ve purposely stayed away from commenting on Ann Coulter, as I have no interest in helping her sell more books, but this new clip is too brilliant not to share…

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Rosh Hashanah Girl

OK, I’m sure this film will soon be all over the Jewish blogosphere like a cheap suit, so I might as well do my part and post it too…
Shanah Tovah!

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Not exactly sure why, but I was thinking this classic clip (from the opening of “Annie Hall” - a movie with plenty of classic scenes) was oddly apropos of the upcoming High Holidays…

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Thanks to my good friend (and clergy partner-in-crime) Cantor Howard Friedland for steering me toward this amazing piece of footage: cantor-comedian Shepsil Kanarek doing one of his routines.
This particular bit involves Shepsil’s outrage at being forced to audition for a High Holiday position at a synagogue (”Me?! Shepsil Kanarek from [...]

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Just You, Just Me…

Another post apropos of nothing…
…for an instant cheer-up, just click above!
(OK, who knows what comedy classic this clip comes from?)

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Passover Noir

Just in time for Pesach Spring cleaning, check out “Passover Noir.” (”It’s Passover, kid - it’s the way it’s gotta be…”)

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