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The Lubitsch-Wilder Connection

As ‘Ninotchka’ gets a weeklong run, considering the two great comedy directors.

By George Robinson December 26, 2012 12:00 am

Performing The Unpredictable

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:18 p.m. Torah: Genesis 47:28-50:26 Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 Havdalah: 5:22 p.m. Once again, we come to the end of a book in Torah, the first one (in this case), a time of great excitement traditionally. Medieval Jews composed poetry for the occasion — short couplets, usually, noting the fact that […]

December 26, 2012 12:00 am