Andrew Silow-Carroll
“Is this a lie?”
Read Netanyahu’s talk to the United Nations.
From YouTube to JewTube
Jewlicious, the online magazine of Jewish youth culture, is seeking entries for its Jewish Film Competition. Filmmakers ages 18-26 are invited to submit a short film on a Jewish subject. Winning films will be shown at the Jewlicious Festival in Long Beach, Calif., February 27-March 1. First prize is $500 or a trip to the [...]
Brandeis: Broke?
College-bound seniors take note: Like many universities, Brandeis U. has been hit hard by the economic downturn. The Boston Globe reports today that the Boston-area school “would close its renowned Rose Art Museum and sell off the 6,000-piece collection. More radical steps are on the table: eliminating staff and faculty positions, expanding enrollment to boost tuition [...]
“Nothing” is something
NU editor Robin Friedman may be too modest to announce this herself, but her recently published novel, “Nothing,” was named a 2009 Notable Book for Teens by the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries. Congratulations, Robin!
‘Deck the halls with gelt and dreidels’
Cory Nagelberg has an essay in the NJJN about Christmas and Hanukka: He wants equal time. Read it here.
It’s newspapers vs. the Numa Numa Guy
Are newspapers obsolete? I spoke last week at Schechter Upper School in West Orange at the induction ceremony for the National Honor Society. Here’s what I said: Thank you so much – it’s an honor to be speaking here today, and I am flattered by those who thought to invite me. I don’t know if [...]
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