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David Weinberg, "Beware of Baba Aryeh"
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*Be**ware of Baba Aryeh*
By: David M. Weinberg
*Aryeh Der’i represents the deep schizophrenia of SHAS.*
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*On the one hand Der’i is a Haredi Jew who wears the standard outfit of
that group and maintains a Jewish life that any Ultra-Orthodox Jew would
understand.*
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*But on the other hand Der’i, in the footsteps of his mentor Ovadia Yosef,... more »
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TV Note: "True Confessions" (5/23)
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*"True Confessions" will be screened on Turner Classic Movies, Late
Wednesday/Early Thursday, May 23rd at 12:30 AM*
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*Classic Movie Review: "True Confessions" (1981)*
There are certain classic films that have a deep and lasting impact on us.
We can quote the dialogue from these films by heart and have an abiding... more »
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Weekly Items of Note (5/19)
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1. As I have noted in the past, the comedian Bill Maher tends to harbor
harsh views of the Arabs and Islam. Even though he is strongly Liberal on
most issues and is an anti-religious bigot who does not distinguish between
the various religions, he consistently singles out the Muslim world for
specific vilification.... more »
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Sephardic Heritage Update 582
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Friends,
We begin this week’s newsletter with a very important article
on Israeli anti-Sephardi racism by Ron Cahlili. Zionism is seen in Israeli
society as a strictly European phenomenon and Arab culture as primitive and
barbaric. Although this racism has been carefully hidden and encoded by... more »
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TV Note: "The Mortal Storm" (5/20)
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*"The Mortal Storm" will be screened on Turner Classic Movies, Monday, May
20th at 10:00 AM*
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*War as Social Ritual in Frank Borzage’s “No Greater Glory” (1934) and “The
Mortal Storm” (1940)*
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In the early days of Hollywood, Frank Borzage, the Hungarian-born director,... more »
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The Ten Commandments and Religious Humanism
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*“For on this Day the Tablets have been Broken”: The Ten Commandments as a
Paradigm of Religious Humanism*
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In the classic 1953 Hollywood Western “Shane” a mysterious figure appears
on the screen and eventually helps to rid a town of corruption and
violence. As American settlers moved into the West, conflicts began to... more »
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TV Note: "Ace in the Hole" (5/17)
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*"Ace in the Hole" will be screened on Turner Classic Movies, Friday, May
17th at 8:00 PM
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*Lost Movie Classic: "Ace in the Hole" (Billy Wilder, 1951)*
A number of prominent Hollywood directors came to this country as refugees
from Germany, fleeing the degenerate and perverted Nazi regime. Perhaps... more »
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