Getting the Hater Arrested
This article is written with much thanks to the Washington D.C. parks department. 9:30am – 2:00pm: At the Israeli Embassy A good part of my day was already spent at the Israeli embassy in...
Author: tostien
Savannah, Georgia – Kosher Vacation
This is a fun one. Savannah is a little different than the usual places people go and that was why we went. It seems to be a “pass-thru” place for Jews to stop for...
Bubble Boy Ethics, Corona, and Children
Making Bubble Boy David was born in 1974 – to parents who knew that after his siblings died, he too would have no effective immune system. Doctors told the parents that future scientific advances...
My Kids Will Go to School
Last week’s Jewish Link included very strongly worded commentaries by Jeffrey Rubin (“Regarding School Closing This Fall,” July 23, 2020) and Rabbi Wallace Greene (“The Ethics of Opening Schools,” July 23, 2020) arguing that...
Forgotten Children of the Pandemic
Guest Post by Heather Feigin, LCSW. Populations all over the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all well aware of the toll that it has taken on essential workers, the...
Movie Review: 1952 – Singing in the Rain
I am hardly the feminist by modern standards – my daughter and I startede watching old movies through the decades. We went with Singing in the Rain because it’s the best rated musical movie...
Movie Review: 1946 – A Wonderful Life
I finally watched another classic an frequently referenced movies, my daughter and I are up to the 1940s. First, why is it that so many movies of this era have some sort of cop...
Movie Review: 1941 – Citizen Kane
Continuing the old movie ‘research’ with my daughter, we just completed Citizen Kane – it’s a movie about Donald Trump only more accurate to real life where having affairs and feeding the media with...
Movie Review: 1936 – Modern Times, Charley Chaplain
Having read some history about Charlie Chaplain though only seeing a Charlie Chaplain movie for the first time now, the theme of this movie seems quite related to his life – growing up dirt...
Movie Review: 1939 – Gone with the Wind
It’s been a while between my last old movie review and my latest – Gone with the Wind, 1939. There’s a good reason for this – the movie is a bit of beast. It’s...