Jonathan Mark's blog

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
“Them shiney gold coins
Sure looked bright and jolly
I took the money home and I gave it to my Molly.
She promised and she swore that she never would deceive me
But the devil’s in the women and they never can be easy
Musha rigum duram da
Whack-fo the daddy-o
There’s whiskey in the jar.”
– Irish folk tune
 

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Friday, August 21st, 2009
ISRAEL ADVOCACY ON CAMPUS:: The Strength of Standing Together
 
Speaker: Micah Halpern
 
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2009
6:30-8:30 PM
JCC OF MANHATTAN
AMSTERDAM AVE. & 76TH STREET
 
REFRESHMENTS BY KOSHER ITALIAN NOIDUE RESTAURANT
 
ADMISSION IS FREE

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Here’s some more on Hebron from Lubavitch.com, related to this week’s Media column.
 
Other pogroms may have had higher death totals but no pogrom was more barbaric.
 
Although the massacre took place at the end of August, the yahrtzeit for the Hebron martyrs is Av 17.
 

Friday, August 14th, 2009
Check this out, Navasky on Sidney, in The Tablet.

Thursday, July 30th, 2009
On a day dedicated to remembering exile and expulsion, here’s an excellent film, “Home Game,” about the “disengagement,” the surrealistic self-ethnic cleansing, of Jews from Gaza — four years ago, this week.   
 

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Here’s Steve Lipman’s visit to the Orthodox Bunaglows Baseball League. Sheldon Silver was a player but not Pedro Espada.
 
And here’s a terrific piece by Andy Silow-Carroll, editor of the New Jersey Jewish News, on the many virtues of Jewish bungalow life, and his own bungalow memories: