Category Archives: Judaica
“Yiddish Glossary for Goyim: The Power Schmoozer’s Guide to Hollywood” by Noe Gold— Nu?
Gold, Noe. “Yiddish Glossary for Goyim: The Power Schmoozer’s Guide to Hollywood”, Devault-Graves Digital Editions, 2012. Nu? Amos Lassen Yiddish may be a dying language but its expressions are still used. In Hollywood, Yiddish still exists to a degree—at least to spice-up dialogue. Now with this new book, we can all be “expert tummlers, not …
“LORE”— Facing the Truth
“Lore” Facing the Truth Amos Lassen “Lore” is set in Germany immediately after World War II ad Hitler has just taken his own life. Lore (Saskia Rosendahl) is rushed to a house in the German countryside because her Nazi parents realize that they are in danger and imprisonment as the Allies begin occupying Germany. They …
“Fifty Shades of Schwarz” by Ed Harris— Schwarz?
Harris, Ed. “Fifty Shades of Schwarz”, Fifty Tales Media, 2013. Schwarz? Amos Lassen This year “50 Shades” of whatever have dominated the best seller charts so it is only natural that there be several parodies of the bestselling books. Ed Harris has a special taken and it is very funny yet moving story of trying …
The Other Torah— A new English translation of the Samaritan Torah offers scholars a different version of the sacred text
The Other Torah A new English translation of the Samaritan Torah offers scholars a different version of the sacred text By Chavie Lieber|May 14, 2013 12:00 AM A Samaritan high priest raises a Torah scroll during Sukkot celebrations on Mount Gerizim on Oct. 11, 2011. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images) Good Samaritans Israel’s smallest religious minority offers …
“EAGLES”— Feeling Lifeless
“Eagles” Feeling Lifeless Amos Lassen Two former Israel Defense Force seniors, Ephraim (Yossi Pollak) and Moshka (Yehoram Gaon), feel alienated from the rest of society. Every day for the last sixty years they have met at the same coffee shop in Tel Aviv. They feel that their lives are mundane and useless. They sit and …
“Letting It Go” by Miriam Katin— Returning to Germany
Katin, Miriam. “Letting It Go”, Drawn and Quarterly, 2013. Returning to Germany Amos Lassen Miriam Katin is a Holocaust survivor and an artist. When her adult son tells her that he is moving to Berlin, the city that she has spoken out against for some forty years, she is shocked and dismayed. She is forced …
“Saul Bellow’s Heart” by Greg Bellows— A Son Remembers
Bellow, Greg. “Saul Bellow’s Heart: A Son’s Memoir”, Bloomsbury USA, 2013. A Son Remembers Amos Lassen Without question, Saul Bellow was one of the giants of 20th century American literature. Bellow also ushered in a new era of American Jewish literature and for me; personally, I find it hard to think of an American without …
“Mendel Rosenbusch – Tales for Jewish Children” by Ilse Weber— For Children of All Ages
Weber, Ilse. “Mendel Rosenbusch – Tales for Jewish Children”, translated by Ruth and Hans Fisher, Bunim and Bannigan, 2013. For Children of all Ages Amos Lassen It seems to me that most children’s stories never lose their charm and that is probably the reason that they do not change and stories that are read to …
“The Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas” by Jay Neugebogen, Michael B. Friedman and Lloyd I. Sederer M.D.— Potchkied Together
Neugebogen, Jay, Michael B. Friedman and Lloyd I. Sederer M.D. “The Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas”, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. Potchkied Together Amos Lassen If you do not know what “mishegas”, ask a Jewish friend and you will probably learn that you have been “mishegasing” for years and need this book. This is a parody …
“Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas” Jay Neugeboren, Michael B. Friedman, and Lloyd I. Sederer, M. D.—Review Coming Soon
Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas A different version of the famed manual of mental disorders By Jay Neugeboren, Michael B. Friedman, and Lloyd I. Sederer, M. D.|April 30, 2013 12:00 AM|1comment Print Email (Tablet Magazine) Potchkied together and .com-piled by Jay Neugeboren, Michael B. Friedman, and Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D. Based on a newly discovered document …
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