InOverOurHeads is a mind-bending reality series that sneaks a peek at the crazy lives of a few close friends.
Episode 2 deals with meeting expectations (community, parents, spouse, G-d, and self). In Jewish culture, these expectations can be so strong that they interfere with people’s ability to approach life in a sincere way.
Coping with the realities of their restless existence as young, Jewish parents, the cast debates the absurd, laughs at convention, and reevaluates their ideals in a humorous, yet introspective way. Maintaining a decorum not quite fitting for shul [synagogue], the topics wander into sensitive areas such as marriage, gender issues, and education. The discussions are honest and irreverent, often with a deep spiritual undertone. They rip apart stereotypes of observant Jews – although like most Jews, they hardly ever agree.
Meet the cast and talk about the show at www.inoverourheads.com. Let your friends know and fan us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Over-Our-Heads/175088849228
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Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat, is a holiday also known as the New Year for Trees. The word “Tu” is not really a word; it is the number 15 in Hebrew, as if you were to call the Fourth of July “Iv July” (IV being 4 in Roman numerals). See Hebrew Alphabet for more information about using letters as numbers and why the number 15 is written this way.
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from the film THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940).
Charlie Chaplin in the role of the jewish
barber. This film made in 1940, after
Kristallnacht 1938, predicted many of the
tragic events that would affect European
jewry in the period 1940-1945, including
the extermination camps. Charlie Chaplin was truly a genius.
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Imagenes de Arte Judio.
Images of jewish art.
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JLTV’s Brad Pomerance introduces the first historical Jewish American Girl Doll, Rebecca Rubin.
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Shavu’ot, the Festival of Weeks, is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Passover and Sukkot). Agriculturally, it commemorates the time when the first fruits were harvested and brought to the Temple, and is known as Hag ha-Bikkurim (the Festival of the First Fruits). Historically, it celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, and is also known as Hag Matan Torateinu (the Festival of the Giving of Our Torah).
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New York City, N.Y., Apr 18, 2009 / 12:58 pm (CNA).- On Sunday evening CBS will broadcast a movie about the heroic efforts and courageous heart of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who created and led an underground group that rescued Jewish children from Nazi persecution. Sendler created and led a conspiracy of women who moved in and out of Warsaws Jewish Ghetto disguised as nurses. While saying that they were simply to prevent and contain the spread of Typhus and Spotted Fever, Sendler and her companions helped the children of consenting Jewish parents escape imminent deportation to death camps, CBS’ website says.
The children were sometimes sedated and hidden inside boxes, suitcases and coffins to escape the ghetto. They were given new identities and placed with Polish families and in convents.
Sendler kept a hidden record of the childrens birth names and locations in hopes that they could be reunited with their families. About 2,500 children were smuggled to safety, with none being discovered by the Nazis.
After the Nazis discovered her operation in 1943, Sendler was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo, who broke her feet. On the day of her execution, she was rescued by the underground network Zegota, with which she had worked to save Jewish children.
She kept a Divine Mercy holy card from her prison cell until 1979, when she gave the card to Pope John Paul II as a gift.
CBS will broadcast The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, on Sunday, April 19 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. It will star Anna Paquin as Irena while her mother will be played by Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden.
Nathaniel Parker will play the role of Dr. Majkowski, the head of Warsaws Department of Health who helped Sendlers operation. Goran Visnjic will play Stefan, a Jewish university friend of Sendler with whom she fell in love when she began her underground operation.
The movie is based on Sendlers authorized biography, Anna Mieszkowskas 2005 book Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story.
Sendler was granted the title Righteous among the Nations by the organization Yad Vashem of Jerusalem in 1965 and was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize. She died on May 12, 2008 at the age of 98.
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Kol Haolam Kulo – The world famous song attributed to Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Here Rabbi Danny Bergson and Rabbi Mitch Goodman have arranged and performed this emotional song with their usual style and ability and distinctive sound. This is the new face of jewish music! This is Music & Joy!
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3 Things & the power of a nigun ( Jewish Torah by Rebbe Moshe Reb Moshe of Safed www.torahvideo.com
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“Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad” is a refreshing mix of comedy, music, spoken-word and show-stopping burlesque, told by the gals who learned to smoke at Hebrew School, got drunk at their Bat-Mitzvahs and would rather have more schtuppa than the chupah, featuring performers seen on Comedy Central, HBO and MTV. These badass chosen chicks boldly dare to
deconstruct years of tradition, expectations and guilt in a fast-paced vaudeville extravaganza, complete with kick lines, punchlines and a rendition of “L’chaim” with a fist in the mouth. This ain’t yo’ mama’s “Fiddler”!
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