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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Iran Shmiran
What, Israel Worry? US diplomats are worried. European diplomats are worried. Asian diplomats are worried - although more about North Korea than about Iran.
But in Israel, Abq Jew gets the sense that the diplomats are determined, the military is prepared, and the general citizenry - as always - is ready to face whatever comes.
And to face it with good humor - an undeniably, identifiably Jewish trait.
Here is just one of a series of Twenty Funny Hebrew Commercials that Abq Jew just discovered via Caitlin Hecsh (thank you!) of Artistic Design & Print.
Now, Abq Jew's Hebrew is no longer good enough to catch all the words and jargon and catch-phrases and innuendos - but, hethinks, the video is clear enough.
And to face it with good humor - an undeniably, identifiably Jewish trait.
Here is just one of a series of Twenty Funny Hebrew Commercials that Abq Jew just discovered via Caitlin Hecsh (thank you!) of Artistic Design & Print.
Now, Abq Jew's Hebrew is no longer good enough to catch all the words and jargon and catch-phrases and innuendos - but, hethinks, the video is clear enough.
May God bless them all, and may only good come!
Recognize the tune? All ye of a certain age will remember Yehoram Gaon singing "Kol HaKavod" in the 1974 Israeli musical Kazablan. For all you youngsters ....
And yes, the producer of Kazablan was Menachem Golan, who came to fame with Sallah, The House on Chelouche Street, and I Love You Rosa, and went on to produce such films as The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
Abq Jew isn't sure what this means, but he's sure it means something.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Sonya Loya @ A Taste of Honey
A Great Storyteller with a Great Story to Tell: A week before Chanukka began in December last year, Ruidoso resident
Sonya Loya was selected along with nine other Jews from around the world
to participate in the first Sephardic Storytellers Slam at the Triade
Theater in New York City.
Never heard of the Sephardic Storytellers Slam? Neither had Abq Jew - but you can read the New York Times article here.
And you can watch the video (of course there's a video!) here.
You can read more about Sonya Loya here, in an article that recently appeared in the Conservative Movement's CJ Magazine.
But here is what you really need to know: Sony Loya will be teaching a course, Anusim and Crypto-Judaism, at A Taste of Honey. Anusim is a legal category of Jews in halakha (Jewish religious law) who were forced or coerced to abandon Judaism against their will, typically while forcibly converted to another religion. Learn about the worldwide movement from an insider with a personal perspective and story.
You can prepare for Anusim and Crypto-Judaism by reading through the Crypto-Jewry page at AbqJew.com.
If you do not find this topic fascinating - there are 24 other classes to choose from - plus Michael Wex!
See you at
And you can watch the video (of course there's a video!) here.
You can read more about Sonya Loya here, in an article that recently appeared in the Conservative Movement's CJ Magazine.
But here is what you really need to know: Sony Loya will be teaching a course, Anusim and Crypto-Judaism, at A Taste of Honey. Anusim is a legal category of Jews in halakha (Jewish religious law) who were forced or coerced to abandon Judaism against their will, typically while forcibly converted to another religion. Learn about the worldwide movement from an insider with a personal perspective and story.
You can prepare for Anusim and Crypto-Judaism by reading through the Crypto-Jewry page at AbqJew.com.
If you do not find this topic fascinating - there are 24 other classes to choose from - plus Michael Wex!
See you at
and then at
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Honi Comes Full Circle
A Tale for Tu B'Shevat: From our friends at G-dcast.com, who remind us:
G-dcast is just one of the amazing Jewish learning resources that are now available all over the Internet. For more online resources, visit Abq Jew's Online Learning page at http://www.abqjew.com/online.php.
Tu B'shvat is the Jewish birthday of the trees ... so here's a little tale in honor of all those trees out there. Straight from the Talmud (the many-volume encyclopedia of Jewish law and discussions about it), G-dcast brings you...Honi the Circle Maker! Voices by our friends from Wilderness Torah and Hazon! Now get out there and hug a tree.
G-dcast is just one of the amazing Jewish learning resources that are now available all over the Internet. For more online resources, visit Abq Jew's Online Learning page at http://www.abqjew.com/online.php.
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