Friday Videos like Matzo and Eggs
April 06, 2012 | Friday | 3 CommentsTwo of my favorite Passover videos: The Attraction Black Light Theatre's Silhouette Passover: read more »
Bitchin' Blog Posts : Passover
Friday Videos Laugh at Pestilence
April 15, 2011 | Friday | 8 CommentsFrom many, many people came this link: Orview it on YouTube. This coming week is Passover, so many of us will spend the weekend cooking, cleaning, de-chametzing, and preparing for the great fiesta of overeating known as seder. If you’re celebrating, Happy Passover to you. And to everyone, have a crispy unleavened weekend! read more »
Call for Papers: New Orleans in April? Boo yah!
November 12, 2008 | Wednesday | 7 CommentsFrom the Professors Brilliant comes a Call for Papers. Alas, I cannot participate, as it starts on the first night of Passover, and if I left RT early and skipped the PAGEANT OF MAN TITTY for Pesach, you can understand that New Orleans is not among my ports of breadless call either. Otherwise I’d be there with beads on. But if you’re looking for a scholarly opportunity or a place to send a proposal last minute, have a look. read more »
Lots of Little Links for Friday
June 20, 2008 | Friday | 25 CommentsHappy Friday! Have some links for fun and profit. If you figure out the profit thing, lemme know. From Elizabeth: an older post from Mark Sarvas’ blog: the many many kinds of lit. I’m partial to “Clique lit” (when friends of bestselling authors write books) and “Flick lit” (novels optimized for film adaptation). But “Frick Lit” and “Tick Lit” made me snort diet Pepsi up my nose. Elizabeth’s email was made 23% more awesome by the following true story: read more »
Chag Sameach and Thank you
April 20, 2008 | Sunday | 15 CommentsYesterday I went from wings and chiffon and a line for the breakfast buffet that was 1400 people long, to a dinner table for 1400 with matzo and wine and references to oppression and an obligation to recline and relax and celebrate. As I was sitting at the longest damn table I’ve ever seen, it occurred to me - seder is one hell of an effort for my inlaws, and that effort is one reason why I left RT early and rushed home to then travel upstate for Passover dinner. That effort, and my acknowledging that effort, is important, and… read more »
