Новости за 02.02.2018

Adam Sandler is a very funny person who is very content to make un-funny movies. This is a fact, and if you haven’t seen Sandy Wexler, The Do-Over, or, bless your heart, The Ridiculous 6, you really don’t understand the depth of the humorlessness of his most recent output.

Why is this week the same as all other weeks? Because there are Jews in the news.

For most of the last decade, a group of God’s chosen Golden Oldies have gathered to celebrate the day of His rest at a Wendy’s in Palm Desert, California. The number of regular attendees is somewhere between 18 and 28, according to Rachel Myers, director of a new short documentary about the group, the appropriately titled Wendy’s Shabbat. Among the group is Myers’ grandmother, Roberta Mahler, who also happens to be the star of the movie (to complete the family affair, Myers’ mother, Abby Mahler, is the executive producer). Читать дальше...

For most of the last decade, a group of God’s chosen Golden Oldies have gathered to celebrate the day of His rest at a Wendy’s in Palm Desert, Florida. The number of regular attendees is somewhere between 18 and 28, according to Rachel Myers, director of a new short documentary about the group, the appropriately titled Wendy’s Shabbat. Among the group is Myers’ grandmother, Roberta Mahler, who also happens to be the star of the movie (to complete the family affair, Myers’ mother, Abby Mahler, is the executive producer). Читать дальше...

Sports make you do stupid things, if you love them enough. Scratch that—sports teams make you do stupid things. On Sunday I am going to drive from Rochester to Philadelphia to watch on TV as the Eagles play in the Super Bowl in Minneapolis. This is, objectively, stupid.

According to a recent study conducted by the Israeli Anti-Drug Authority, the Holy Land might as well be rebranded as a “Weedtopia.” More than a quarter of adults aged 18 to 40 reported having used marijuana within the last 30 days. This statistic, says the Authority’s chief scientist, professor Yossi Harel-Fisch, places Israel among the countries with the highest rate of pot smokers in the world. In this episode, Israel Story’s Yochai Maital meets up—in Poughkeepsie, New York, of all places—with... Читать дальше...

Eyal Shani is a genius.

I don’t use this term lightly, particularly when it comes to chefs, whose principle objective is to deliver small doses of sensory pleasure that are, sadly and by definition, transitory. Proust lingers long after you put down the book, but that madeleine you scarfed down at the café the other day will soon be forgotten, unless you somehow imbue it with meaning and memories that transcend its actual essence. What, then, might a chef do to ascend to the hallowed halls usually reserved for painters... Читать дальше...

Paintings like The Swing (1767) will forever cause Jean-Honoré Fragonard to be remembered as one of the more perverted French painters in history. The rococo masterpiece that Fragonard custom-made to satisfy the baron who commissioned it portrays a naughty scene: a woman with mischief in her eyes, in a lacy gown, silk stockings and a bergère hat, is launched into the air on a velvet-cushioned swing. She holds on firmly as one of her shoes ejects from the tip of her dainty foot into the sunlit canopy. Читать дальше...

Anne Frank’s face is unmistakable, in her cheerful smile and short dark hair. Anne Frank is a symbol of tragic fate, a life cut short, of wasted potential. But perhaps most recognizable in Anne Frank’s face is the spirit of a girl longing to live a normal life from the confines of a hidden attic, a young girl who wrote with sensitivity, grace and humor.

Keith Woodard is proud to be an American. An Air Force veteran, he flies the Stars and Stripes outside his West Ashley, South Carolina home, illuminated by spotlights. He’s also proud to be Jewish, which is why he flies the Israeli flag as well. The latter, however, seems to have incensed his developer-run community association, which now, according to Woodard, fines him $25 each month.