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Rosh Hashanah 2011
Yemenite Jew blows a shofar in Israel, 1930's. Picture from the Library of Congress, via the fine blog, “Israel's History, Picture a Day.” …In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall...
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Friday Fashion: Mayan Ariel Super Styling for Rosh Hashanah
Mayan Ariel proudly shows off her new outfit. Dress by Old Navy, shoes by Toms. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins Sunday evening. It is traditional to greet the New Year with some new outfits....
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Rosh Hashanah 5744: Shofar, Satchmo, and Sculpture
This is not my friend G, who wants to preserve his privacy. This is a Jewish man blowing shofar at the Kotel, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem on Rosh Hashanah. He is the Satchmo of the shofar. When my...
View ArticleRosh Hashanah — 2014
Click here to view the embedded video. As America and the token (militarily useless) Arab allies go to war against the Islamic State, it is no small irony that America’s most faithful and reliable...
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Click here to view the embedded video. Karen and I wish all our friends and relatives a Shana Tova.
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940)“Had I known of the actual horrors of Nazi concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator. I wanted to ridicule their mystic bilge about a...
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Early Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
Because Rosh Hashanah begins tonight, then turns into Shabbat, and I do not blog on Jewish holidays, I am publishing Friday Photos early. “I’ve always believed that acting is instinct to start with;...
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Rosh Hashanah 2018
Tonight the holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins. Seraphic Secret will be offline until Wednesday. Lielle, Maayan and Livia hope that all our friends and relatives be inscribed and sealed for a good year....
View ArticleVideo: Torah Dedication in Memory of Ariel Chaim Avrech Z’L
Here is the full video of the Torah dedication that took place on Sunday August 25 2019 at the Young Israel of Century City. After the Torah is brought into the sanctuary the speakers are: Rabbi...
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
“Becoming a sex symbol overnight shocked me. I didn’t know how to handle it and I kept all the unopened fan mail in the boot of my car because I didn’t know how to respond and thought it was rude to...
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
“I made some mistakes in drama. I thought the drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.”― Frank Capra Mary CassattWoman with a Red Zinnia1891oil on canvas: 29 x 23 inches...
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Rosh Hashanah 2021
Rosh Hashanah begins tonight at sundown, Monday, Sept. 6 and ends at sundown on Wednesday Sept. 8. We wish all our friends and relatives L’Shana Tovah tikatevu, May you be inscribed for a good year.
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