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Family Fun in Preparation for Rosh Hashanah
I always laugh when people say "the High Holy Days are early this year" or "Rosh Hashanah is late this year." The fact is that Rosh Hashanah occurs the same time every year—on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. It's never really "early" or "late"—it's just where it should be! That being said, the first of Tishrei can be as early as September 5, or as late as October 5, on the Gregorian calendar. Which means that in 2014, when the first day of Rosh Hashanah is September 25(not the same week as Labor Day, as it was in 2013) many of us feel like we have more time to prepare for Rosh Hashanah than we did last year.
Here are seven suggestions for how your family can have fun getting in the mood for Rosh Hashanah:
1) Apples, apples and more apples: It's fun to dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah as we wish for a sweet new year. But why just go to a grocery store and buy apples? One of my favorite activities to do with my family before the Jewish New Year is to go apple picking. At the orchard we go to, we take a hay ride out to the apple trees and then we fill our boxes with different kinds of apples. Later we come home and make a yummy apple cake for our Rosh Hashanah dinner and drink apple cider.
Did you ever notice that if you cut an apple right down the middle you see a star? There's a great Rosh Hashanah story about this that's fun for kids of all ages. I like the way Shira Kline tells the story on her website.
2) And don't forget the honey: At the orchard where we go apple picking, there's a really fun general store where they sell all kinds of fresh produce and delicious treats. They also sell those cool honey straws that come in all different flavors. Each year I let my kids buy a bunch of different flavored honey straws and we use them on Rosh Hashanah. They're fun to give out to guests (or to take if we go to someone else's house for a holiday meal).
As you prepare for Rosh Hashanah and start to think about dipping your apples in honey, it's a great time to talk to your kids about how bees make honey. To learn about this from a dad who did some research after he couldn't answer his daughter's question about how bees make honey, check out Matt Shipman's article How Do Bees Make Honey? (It's Not Just Bee Barf). Or better yet, visit a beekeeper and learn about how honey's made from an expert!
You can have lots of fun making beeswax candles to light as you welcome the holiday. For instructions on how to make your own beeswax candles click here.
3) Try some new fruits, too: There's a great custom on the second night of Rosh Hashanah of eating a new fruit of the season; one you haven't eaten yet this year. So you may want to pick another fruit as well if you can while you're apple picking, or pick up a different fruit at a farmer's market or the grocery store. It's traditional to recite the Shehecheyanu blessing before eating the new fruit.
4) Mark a round challah: What kid (or adult) doesn't love mixing the ingredients, kneading the dough and shaping it into a challah? While on Shabbat it's traditional to have a braided challah, on Rosh Hashanah the challah should be round. Why round? Because it reminds us of the circle of life, as well as the cyclical nature of the passage of a year. For a YouTube video teaching three different ways to make a round challah, click here and get Rabbi Mychal Copeland's recipe here.
5) Read Rosh Hashanah stories with your kids: It's always fun in the weeks leading up to any holiday, religious or secular, to read books with your kids about the holiday. One Jewish grandmother I know takes out all of her children's books about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur a few weeks before the holidays and puts them in a big basket that she keeps in her family room. Whenever her grandchildren come over, they pick out books from the basket to read with her. She does this before Passover, Sukkot and Thanksgiving, too, so that the book basket is often out and filled with Jewish or secular holiday books to read. For a list of PJ Library Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur books for kids up to 8 yearsold click here.
6) Make New Years cards: In today's world where we do so much of our communicating by text and email, it's especially fun to get a card in the mailbox. And it's even more fun to make cards! Get out lots of craft materials (or even just crayons and paper) and let your kids make New Years cards that they can mail to family members and friends. And they don't have to make the cards just for Jewish family members. Cards for family member who aren't Jewish, letting them know that they're being thought of and that they're loved, will surely be appreciated any time of year.
7) Buy a Shofar and learn to blow it: Kids are always fascinated by the Shofar. Many synagogue gift shops sell Shofars, as do Judaica stores. You can also purchase them online. Once you have a Shofar, you can learn about the notes that are blown on Rosh Hashanah. For video instructions on how to blow the shofar, including the three traditional ritual blasts for the High Holy Days: tekiyah, shevarim and truah, click here.
Shana Tova U'Metukah. Have a happy and a sweet new year!
Is there something new you're planning to do with your family in preparation for Rosh Hashanah this year? Are there activities you've done in the past that were fun? Please share your ideas below so that others can learn from what you've done.
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How I Chose Judaism for My Interfaith Family
"Mom, Dad, I want to go to Hebrew School." This was the simple phrase of 7-year-old me that changed the course of my life and the religious life of my family.
When I was in second grade my best friend, Julie invited me to come with her to Hebrew School after school one day. Being the kind of kid who loved school and learning, it didn't take much convincing and a week or so later, I sat with Julie in her Hebrew School classroom, totally enthralled. When I came home that evening and announced to my parents with the innocent certainty belonging only to 7-year-olds that I wanted to continue attending Hebrew School, I can only imagine the sort of parental conversation that ensued after I went to sleep that evening.
You see, my mother was raised Catholic on the North Shore of Massachusetts and my father was raised a conservative Jew in New Jersey, although neither had much affinity for any sort of religion. They met at Northeastern University in the late 60s. They were hippies, they attended anti-war rallies and Woodstock and were married in a hotel in Boston by a justice of the peace. They didn't give much or any thought to religion even after I was born ten years later.
When I was growing up, we celebrated a variety of holidays in very secular ways; cultural celebrations marked by food or family gatherings. I don't remember really talking about religion at all until I decided that I wanted to attend Hebrew School and my parents had to make decisions that they perhaps did not want to make. Once I began Hebrew school and we had to join a synagogue, my whole family was welcomed into a warm and friendly community. Both of my parents served on various committees and my sister and I attended religious school and participated in youth group through the end of high school.
While I didn't really understand it at the time, I know now how amazing my parents are to have allowed and encouraged me to follow my Jewish path, despite their own personal reservations. Perhaps it should have been no surprise to them or me, after essentially choosing Judaism for my whole family, that I would choose Judaism over and over again and choose to make Judaism my life's work by becoming a rabbi.
And now I find myself happily in my mom's home state, as the new Director of InterfaithFamily/Boston, hoping to meet all kinds of people and families as you navigate your religious life and look to find ways to connect.
My story may be unique, but then, so is yours and I look forward to hearing all of them (contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com). I truly believe that the great strength of Judaism is its continued evolution and the growing diversity of our population will only add to the color, richness and relevance of Judaism for generations to come.
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Join in Our New Mentoring Program
Over the three years since InterfaithFamily/Chicago began, many brides and grooms have asked me to connect them with another couple in a similar religious situation to see how they have successfully navigated their relationship. Many times a Catholic woman marrying a Jewish man has wanted to speak to someone else who can understand how her mother and grandmother feel about the faith, upbringing and baptism, specifically, of a theoretical baby one day.
No matter what wisdom I can share from how other couples have worked out interfaith issues, there is nothing like speaking one-on-one with someone who has actually been there. We have done our best to connect couples over the years and have heard back about how helpful those matches have been.
Because we have seen what an organic need this is, we are thrilled that we received a JUF Breakthrough Fund grant to launch a comprehensive and supported new, innovative Mentoring Program for interfaith couples and families.
We are just beginning the program. If you are an interfaith couple seriously dating, engaged or married or an interfaith family with young children who would like to be paired with another couple or family who shares a similar religious story and lives near you, we would be so happy to make a match for you.
The mentors will be available to you through email, phone and in-person to talk through how they handle holidays and extended family, how they made religious decisions, how their kids have felt about their family's decisions and all the other questions that can come up for interfaith families. The mentors will also invite their mentees to their home between December and May. You may be able to get together in-person (depending on your schedules) for certain holidays or at least to see how the other couple observes a Sabbath and brings peace, time for reflection and revitalization to their lives.
We will stay in touch with everybody and make sure the matches have been successful and that participants are benefitting from their new relationships. This is really a shehecheyanu moment for us at InterfaithFamily (the prayer of joy and gratitude that is said upon doing something for the first time). In the middle of this hard-to-pronounce Hebrew word is the word "chai" (life). This is a prayer about celebrating the joys of life. We have wanted to pair couples with one another in an organized program for some time and we are so proud and happy that the time has come.
InterfaithFamily/Chicago just offered a book talk on David Wolpe's book Teaching Your Children about God. In the book, Wolpe makes a couple of observations. He writes that we often sense God or something bigger than ourselves in beginnings. This is why when something new starts, we sometimes feel an urge to mark that with prayer or a ritual. He also explains that it is through God's presence that we can truly see each other. I pray that as we start this new program that it draws people closer to one another and to sacred purpose, hope and inspiration.
If you would like to be paired with a mentor couple or you would like to serve as a mentor couple, please email Judy Jury at firstname.lastname@example.com. Judy is the Jewish educator who will be directing this new program. The mentors will participate in a training program on Sunday, November 9 at the Weinger Northbrook JCC to consciously articulate and think about their religious journeys and how they can best support a couple just starting out. At that meeting, the mentors will receive the contact information for who they will be working with. Mentees can be expected to be contacted by their mentors soon after that date.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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29 Days of High Holy Day Preparation
Have you begun thinking about the high holidays yet? Do they usually seem to appear out of the mess of end-of-summer-start-of-school-year and you find yourself trying to catch your breath on the way to services? Wouldn't it be nice to take a moment now and reflect on the coming new year? Enter Jewels of Elul:
As stated on their website, "There is a great Jewish tradition to dedicate the 29 days in the month of Elul to study and prepare for the coming high holy days. The time is supposed to challenge us to use each day as an opportunity for growth and discovery.
..For the past seven years I have collected short stories, anecdotes and introspections from some fascinating people.
We have collected these Jewels of Elul, from an eclectic group of people including President Barack Obama, Eli Winkelman, Desmond Tutu, the Dali Lama, Sarah Lefton, Eli Wiesel, Deepak Chopra, Pastor Rick Warren, Kirk Douglas, Rev. Ed Bacon, Rabbi David Wolpe, Ruth Messinger, Jeffrey Katzenberg and over 100 other inspired voices . . . well known and not so well known.
I invite you to make each day count. Join us is preparing for this most sacred time of year.
To sweet, inspired Holy Day of change.
I think this is a wonderful way to begin the new year, and encourage you to sign up for the daily emails, or purchase the booklet of all 29 which will benefit the work of a not-for-profit interfaith cultural center in Los Angeles. Learn more here.
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Jewish Genes: Are They in Our DNA or in Our Stories?
Where are you from? It seems an innocent enough question. But as our families become more and more diverse, the answer can get wonderfully complicated. Recently at a "Saturdays Unplugged" event at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, I asked attendees about their ancestry and invited them to place pins in a world map marking their families' journeys.
The map shows that a sampling of Jewish San Francisco families come from Argentina, Cyprus, Lithuania and China to name a few countries of origin. As kids turned to their parents and grandparents asking, "Where am I from?" I started to think about how complicated this question is.
So I asked one of my own kids: "Do you know where you're from?" He started breaking it down into "sides" immediately. "Mama, your side is from Poland and Russia, right? Mommy's side is from Germany, Scotland, Finland…" I was glad he added her ancestry without hesitation even though I gave birth to him and he isn't biologically related to her. Clearly, where someone is from is not as easy as a DNA test. As he continued rattling off the countries where he felt he had a connection, I realized that I also hoped he would list his sperm donor's ancestry. After all, he wouldn't be here without him. So we added those to the mix. This child who was birthed by me, an American Jew with only Eastern European ancestry, can now identify himself with a good portion of Europe.
What about my other child? He was birthed by my partner, a mix of Northern European ancestry who converted to Judaism long before his birth. Along with those regions of the world, does this little boy also claim an Ashkenazi heritage? He certainly claims a Jewish one and our Jewish practice is largely Ashkenazi…but is he "from" Eastern Europe as my ancestors were?
Jews have long disagreed about what exactly Judaism is: a matter of biology, peoplehood, civilization, religion or ethnicity. Even early on in Jewish history, there were at least two strands of thought: Being Jewish was in some instances about claiming a certain lineage, and at other times about observance of a spiritual tradition. The first line of reasoning made it very difficult to join, for example, while the latter made it much easier to choose to identify as a Jew even if one wasn't born one.
One scholar notes that tension ensued due to these "two distinct definitional standards…the religious and the ethnic." [Porton, Gary. The Stranger Within Your Gates] We still struggle with those definitions, but today, with more and more conversion, intermarriage, adoption, donor insemination and surrogacy, we are moving away from a genetic definition (in my eyes a welcome shift) to a Judaism defined more as an affinity with a unique worldview. A lineup of kids at a typical Bay Area synagogue classroom is quite different than it would have looked 40 years ago when I was a kid.
A few years back, I worked with college students to create a photo exhibit of their peers who claim multiple ancestries. It was called, "Jews Untitled" and they challenged visitors to the exhibit to rethink the way they defined "Jewish" and allowed Jews to create their own self definitions. With the diversification of Jewish families, we asked one another how we can best teach children about their mix of rich backgrounds. How can we help Jews claim and take pride in their multitude of heritages? And how can we make sure that the entire Jewish community is engaging in this conversation as well?
I imagine us having an infinite capacity to claim a variety of stories as our own. I was recently at an author event for the book Just Parenting about creative family making. One participant with an adopted child told the group that she tossed out a baby book she had been given because on the first page there was a picture of a family tree to fill in. She was so overwhelmed by the challenge of fitting her child's family story into a neatly defined map with two "sides" that she decided it needed to go.
For many of us, two "sides" doesn't tell the full story of our origins and our affiliations. An Ashkenazi Jewish friend of mine adopted a child from China with her Filipino husband. The child says of herself at age 7, "I'm half Chinese, half Filipino, half American, and half Jewish." She has four sides! But, really, who doesn't? We all have more complicated stories than "two sides" allows. She's a model of how we can comfortably hold many identities within us.
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BBYO Teens: Leadership of the Future
I recently went to B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp to conduct a Sensitivity Training on being respectful of kids from interfaith homes with Rabbi Robyn Frisch for the B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) Kallah program. It was exciting to meet teenagers from all over the world attending this program where they can study about Judaism and learn how to work with groups of their peers. These teens are the future leaders of colleges, of non-profits and of businesses.
We began our training with a discussion of whether the teens participating ever felt "different" in their community. The conversation then moved to the topic of different ways to handle potentially awkward situations regarding interfaith families. The teens had great ideas about respecting one another and not criticizing others even if they saw someone criticizing another peer. We were very impressed when one of the teens talked about creating a program to alleviate some of the ignorance that was occurring around them.
We then discussed how even if you don't know all the answers, asking questions can educate you and empower someone who might feel awkward or not included. The process of asking questions can make someone go from feeling vulnerable to proud of their situation. We all agreed that an awkward situation can become a learning opportunity if people use non-judgmental questions to deflate the tension.
The teens were so incredibly respectful to us and one another. They were very welcoming regarding interfaith and diversity issues. We discussed awkward situations that might happen in school or with new members of BBYO. We all agreed that respecting others and even respecting the person who may be less educated/more judgmental is vital.
I clearly remember being a participant at this program many years ago and have many fond memories. I remember being exposed to many new concepts and finding my voice as a Jewish teen. The BBYO Kallah program is a unique leadership opportunity for all teens looking to explore their Jewish heritage. I hope that InterfaithFamily helped these teens find their voice regarding interfaith issues.
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Jewish Genetic Diseases: Interfaith Doesn't Equal Immunity
Thanks to various Jewish ad campaigns and informational events, I know the big, scary Jewish genetics statistic: One in four Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier for at least one of the 19 preventable genetic diseases. But when Dr. Jodi Hoffman of Tufts Medical Center informed me that, "a big misconception is that interfaith couples are not at risk for having children affected with Jewish genetic diseases and therefore do not need to get screened before starting a family," it was news to me. Unlike my colleague Wendy Armon who wrote an informative article on the subject last year, I had no idea, nor did many of my friends.
Who knew interfaith and interracial couples are not exempt from the need to test for Jewish genetic diseases? (Besides Wendy and Dr. Hoffman, that is.)
Particularly in light of this pervasive ignorance, renowned geneticist and pediatrician Dr. Hoffman has dedicated years to doing outreach to Jewish and interfaith families, working to dispel misconceptions like the one I had. Nationally recognized for her expertise in screening for Jewish genetic diseases, she is currently the Director of the Victor Outreach and Screening Program for Ashkenazi Jews at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. One of U.S. News & World Report's "Top Doctors" in 2012, Dr. Hoffman is determined to reach as many people as she possibly can.
Shortly after I connected with Dr. Hoffman, Elizabeth Freid Vocke, one of our regular contributors on InterfaithFamily, wrote about the scare her interfaith family endured prior to the birth of their daughter Mirabelle. I asked Dr. Hoffman for her thoughts on Vocke's article.
In light of common misinformation about proper genetic testing, is the article accurate? Is there anything you believe is particularly important to highlight?
Yes, it is definitely relevant. I think the key points to emphasize are:
What recommendations would you give to interfaith couples?
Get screened and update your screening. A simple blood test will tell you if you are a carrier. There are 3 ways to get screened: 1) Contact your physician or OB/GYN. 2) Schedule an appointment at the Victor Outreach and Screening Program Clinic at Tufts Medical Center. Call (617) 636-7721 to make an appointment. 3) Attend a Victor Center community screening. You can find an upcoming screening and more information at www.victorcenters.org/screening.
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Why Phish is Like Judaism for Newbies
This guest blog post is by my husband, Andrew Garnett-Cook
Recently, I went to see Phish, one of my favorite bands. Over the course of 20 years, I've been to many of their shows. I was first introduced to Phish while in college and, despite a long period where I virtually stopped listening to them, I still enjoy their music and the community that surrounded them.
One thing that one must understand about Phish is that there is a tribal quality to its fans and their love for, and knowledge of, Phish music. Within the Phish world, there are stories, legends, unspoken understandings and a profound sense of shared experience borne of years of having spent time following the band from place to place during their sometimes extensive tours.
Even more interesting is the relationship of the band to the music. Phish fans spend a great deal of time examining and scrutinizing Phish's live music, dissecting jams and comparing them with some of the best versions of particular songs ever done live. Certain live versions of their songs are considered classics among the fans and are spoken of with reverence that might seem excessive to anyone not familiar with the world of Phish.
However, once you step even an inch outside the tribal world of Phish and its community of fans, songs that are instantly recognizable classics are virtual unknowns. How many of you have ever heard of "You Enjoy Myself"? Or "Down with Disease"? Or "Ghost"? These are to Phish fans what "Hey Jude" and "Stairway to Heaven" are to the larger world of fans of rock music.
In short, fans of Phish have a shared community united around a shared past, common experience, rituals and intimate knowledge of the band and its music, though all of these things are foreign to the outside world.
For me, this is not unlike Judaism. As someone who is not Jewish, but is married to a Jew, entering the Jewish world meant being exposed to a community who also have a shared past, common experiences, rituals and intimate knowledge of the language, practices and songs associated with religious gatherings. Like the person who is not a fan of Phish, these things would be unfamiliar to someone who is not Jewish and has never been exposed to that world.
The thing to remember is that both the world of Phish and the Jewish community are, in my experience, inviting and supportive communities. A newbie at a Phish concert would be welcomed warmly and some dedicated Phishhead would be all too happy to walk them through the history of each song. Likewise, for me, introduction to the Jewish world has been at the heart of a supportive community at our synagogue, led by a rabbi who has embraced interfaith couples and made them feel welcome in the community. Because of this, I have had time to relax, become familiar with Judaism and feel like the Jewish community is one to which I can contribute.
My advice to other interfaith couples? Even if something seems unfamiliar at first or inaccessible to you, do not conclude it must be so. Like entry into the world of Phish, entering into the world of Judaism and becoming comfortable in that world takes time, commitment and a willingness to be a little uncomfortable for a while. But, a good community will welcome you in and give you the time and space to find your way.
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Amidst Fighting…Intermarried Jews and Muslims Express Their Hopes for Peace
Do you need a little lift amidst the conflict in the Middle East? A growing movement of Tweeters are telling the world that "JewsandArabsRefuseToBeEnemies." Documented in the article, "Under Muslim-Jewish Hashtag, Sharing a Message of People Over Politics" by Maayan Jaffe, the campaign was started by two college students from Hunter College in New York.
Syrian Dania Darwish and Israeli Abraham Gutman began a trend when they posted photos of themselves with the hashtag written in Hebrew and Arabic. The campaign is bringing out scores of people who are friends, romantic partners or spouses across these two religious lines. Assumed to be the mix of traditions that cannot possibly be joined, many of these pairs are the children of intermarried Muslims and Jews or intermarried themselves.
The stories they are collecting challenge the notion that interdating and intermarriage threaten those established traditions. One Jewish partner in a Jewish-Muslim relationship, Matt Martin, commented that, "A product of the media mainly, it seems you always have to marginalize people, paint someone as the bad buy or good guy. But there are two sides and people from different backgrounds can get along, work together, be as successful and happy as other friends or couples that are from the same background."
This theme was reiterated by many contributors, viewing intermarriage as a way couples can grow by relating to someone with a different background. In the words of Dr. Sahar Eftekhar, an Iranian Muslim dating a Jewish American, "Sometimes it is hard for others to put themselves in someone else's shoes or to see the world through someone else's eyes. I think this is a very dangerous thing. Underneath those stereotypes, which we have placed on each other, we are the same. We are all human…I hope our generation will be more open-minded and spread this message."
Another post by Martha Patricia reads, "My mother is Jewish. My father is Palestinian. I am their face."
Check out the tweets and enjoy the love, from pictures of people kissing to kids from different backgrounds hugging or sporting an Israeli flag on one cheek and a Palestinian flag on the other. My favorite of the day is from Gutman himself: Hate is a waste of time.
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Try Shabbat Dinner – We'll Help!
On Friday evening, July 18, I had a great time welcoming Shabbat. My family's Shabbat dinner guests were six young interfaith couples who I've come to know over the past year—either through officiating at their weddings or through my work at InterfaithFamily/Philadelphia. My IFF/Philadelphia colleague Wendy Armon, her husband Bruce and daughter Tess also joined us.
It was wonderful celebrating Shabbat with these six couples. For some of the attendees who were not Jewish it was their first time attending a Shabbat dinner and I felt privileged to be able to make this happen for them and to share in their experience.
After everyone arrived and had the chance to meet one another (none of the couples knew one another previously) and talk for a while, we all gathered to recite the Shabbat blessings. Anyone who wanted one was given a kippah and/or a copy of InterfaithFamily's "Shabbat Made Easy" booklet. Then I lit the candles and recited the blessing. Before Wendy and I blessed our kids with the traditional Friday evening blessing for children, I pointed out that the blessing for sons begins with the phrase "May you be like Ephraim and Menashe." Interestingly, the mother of Ephraim and Menashe (Joseph's sons in the Bible) was Asenath, an Egyptian woman. It felt quite appropriate to bless my own son Benji with the words "May you be like Ephraim and Menashe" (two men who grew up in an "interfaith" family in the Bible) as I was surrounded by interfaith couples who will one day have families, like Joseph and Asenath's, where the parents are from different religious backgrounds.
I shared with the couples how in some traditional Jewish homes the husband sings Eishet Chayil ("A Woman of Valor"—from Proverbs 31) to his wife. Rather than reciting "A Woman of Valor," I invited the couples to each share with their partners what they loved about them, or perhaps a wish for the week ahead. Each couple did this as Wendy and I blessed our children.
My son Benji recited the kiddush (blessing over the wine) after which I invited each couple to share from their own cup of wine (just as those who were married had done at their wedding ceremonies). In truth, my impetus for doing this was that I had enough silver kiddush cups for six couples, but not enough for twelve individuals.
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My hope is that the interfaith couples who attended the Shabbat dinner at my house will now "pay it forward" and host Shabbat dinners of their own. IFF/Philadelphia wants to help them with this, so we have created a Shabbat Dinner Program. Here's how it works: Anyone who attended our Shabbat dinner—or who has participated in one of our Love and Religion workshops for interfaith couples or our online "Raising a Child with Judaism in your Interfaith Family" classes for parents of young children—is invited to host a Shabbat dinner of their own, which will be subsidized by InterfaithFamily. We encourage participants in our Shabbat Dinner Program to invite other interfaith couples and/or families to celebrate Shabbat with them so that they can create a community of their peers. However, we also believe that inviting guests from different backgrounds can help inspire a lively discussion about Shabbat and Jewish life, so participants in our Shabbat Dinner Program are also welcome to invite others who are not in interfaith relationships to their Shabbat dinner.
IFF/Philadelphia will not only provide those participating in the program with resources for hosting a Shabbat dinner, we will also help pay. And while the Shabbat dinner at my house can be a model for those who attended, we encourage people to "make Shabbat their own" in a way that feels right for them.
For those of you who are alumni of one of our workshops or classes, please be in touch with us at email@example.com and we are happy to tell you more about our Shabbat Dinner Program and give you any assistance you need in planning your own Shabbat dinner. If you happen to live in Philadelphia or South Jersey and you aren't yet connected with IFF/Philadelphia but would like to attend a Shabbat dinner hosted by an interfaith couple or family, let us know and we'll try to hook you up with someone who is hosting a Shabbat dinner near you.
And finally, even if you don't live in the Philadelphia area, consider having a Shabbat dinner of your own. All you need are two candlesticks and candle holders (or you can use two tealights) and matches; a kiddush cup (though any cup is fine) and some wine or juice; challah (which, depending on where you live, you can probably get at a local bakery or grocery store, or you can make your own—Rabbi Mychal Copeland recently shared her recipe) and a challah cover (or you can just cover your challah with a napkin); and kippot for your guests if you want to offer them. You can print out InterfaithFamily's "Shabbat Made Easy" Booklet for explanations, blessings, etc. And you don't have to make a big deal about dinner: You can make or order something simple, or you can even make it potluck. The point is that you're together with others to share the beauty and joy of celebrating Shabbat.
We'd love to hear about your Shabbat experiences. Whether you celebrate Shabbat regularly in your home, or whether you just hosted or attended a Shabbat dinner for your first time, tell us about it. Who did you invite to share Shabbat with you? What was your favorite part of the evening? What will you do the same next time? What will you do differently?
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RED BLUFF, Calif. — A 23-year-old prisoner briefly escaped Tehama County Sheriff's Department custody Monday morning by kicking out a passenger window of a patrol car and rolling onto Highway 36E at 50 mph, Sheriff Clay Parker said Tuesday.
Joshuwa Raleigh Vinyard was being transferred from the High Desert State Prison in Susanville for a hearing on a 2007 case involving great bodily injury and resisting a Red Bluff Police Department officer.
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CATEGORIES Best & Worst of 2009The equation for breakthrough star is quite simple: one part charisma, two parts talent and just a whole lot of luck. (Well, our formula might not be precise but you get the picture.) And the breakout performer must connect with an audience with a role that leaps off the screen.
2009 was a great year for breakout stars; here's our list of actors for whom 2009 will be just the beginning of a long, fruitful career.
The equation for breakthrough star is quite simple: one part charisma, two parts talent and just a whole lot of luck. (Well, our formula might not be precise but you get the picture.) And the breakout performer must connect with an audience with a role that leaps off the screen.
2009 was a great year for breakout stars; here's our list of actors for whom 2009 will be just the beginning of a long, fruitful career.
10. Sharlto Copley
Making his feature film debut as the prawn-wrangler Wikus Van De Merwe in the sci-fi, sleeper-hit of the summer 'District 9,' South African-born Sharlto Copley proves a truly gifted action-comedian while dealing with the most absurd, Kafkaesque transformation. In his absolute commitment to character, Copley brings this outlandish predicament to life with such humorous desperation and unease, it feels shockingly real.
Next Up: The role of Captain Murdock in the cinematic reworking of the '70s TV staple 'The A-Team.'
9. Jeremy Renner
Largely known as a supporting player in TV and features throughout the past decade, Jeremy Renner literally exploded onto the scene this year as a bomb-defusing sergeant in Kathryn Bigelow's gritty, heart-stopper 'The Hurt Locker.' Renner's stoic yet devastating performance has lifted this once-benchwarmer into the big leagues. We're not the only big fans of Renner's star-making turn; the National Board of Review just handed him the nod for breakthrough male performer of the year.
Next Up: Starring in Ben Affleck's sophomore directorial effort 'The Town.'
8. Zoe Saldana
You might recognize the stunning actress Zoe Saldana -- star of this year's mega-blockbuster 'Star Trek' and James Cameron's hotly anticipated 'Avatar' -- but you soon won't forget her name. Initially making her film debut as a hard-working ballerina in 2000's 'Center Stage,' Saldana utterly dazzles as the headstrong Uhura in J.J. Abrams's modern reboot of the sci-fi cult classic. Saldana has a great energy on the screen, which is further bolstered by her out-of-this-world looks.
Next Up: Cameron's 3D intergalactic epic 'Avatar' and the 2010-slated heist film 'Takers.'
7. Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick has a lot going for her. She co-stars in that hit film series 'Twilight,' and just snagged a National Board of Review prize for her naively overconfident, quick-witted turn as a newbie firing-agent in Jason Reitman's 'Up in the Air.' At only 24, Kendrick has proved to be a mighty talent in both comedy and drama, garnering a heap of Oscar buzz going toe-to-toe with George Clooney in 'Air.'
Next Up: Edgar Wright's 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' and, of course, reprising her role as Jessica in 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.'
6. Chris Pine
Alongside Saldana, the heartily charismatic Chris Pine boldly goes where no man has gone before in Abrams' 2009 hit 'Star Trek.' Stepping into what many would consider an iconic role, Pine undeniably surprises as the stubbornly courageous, and handsome, Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise. Having only co-starred in a handful or so of feature film roles before taking on 'Trek,' Pine fills William Shatner's shoes quite handily, and that's no easy task. (Trust me, no one wants to face the wrath of a Trekkie.)
Next up: Starring opposite Denzel Washington in Tony Scott's 'Unstoppable.'
5. Sam Worthington
Anchoring both McG's blockbuster-sequel 'Terminator: Salvation' and the upcoming 'Avatar,' the ridiculously swoon-worthy Australian Sam Worthington is clearly having a great year. In his breakthrough role as the cyborg-with-a-heart Marcus Wright, Worthington manages to overshadow Christian Bale and utterly humanizes the nuts-and-bolts character. Worthington is not just a pretty face, he has a great cinematic presence, clearly one that commands much more dramatic work than just action fluff.
Next Up: The mythic role of Perseus in another mega blockbuster-in-waiting, the remake of 'Clash of the Titans.'
4. Carey Mulligan
Oozing endless charm in her break-out performance in this year's Sundance hit 'An Education,' British actress Carey Mulligan has tinsel town talking Oscar. It's all due to her wonderfully nuanced performance. With the recent best actress honor bestowed upon her by the National Board of Review, Mulligan lands the enviable role of front-runner. Her film debut may have been somewhat innocuous as Keira Knightley's younger sibling in 'Pride & Prejudice,' but Mulligan's mature handling of such a tricky part in 'An Education' has landed her on the A-list of talented British actresses
Next Up: Reteaming with Knightley for 2010's 'Never Let Me Go' as well as Oliver Stone's 'Wall Street 2'
3. Zach Galfianakis
At 40, Zach Galfianakis is quite a known commodity in the comedy and YouTube world, but it wasn't until his breakthrough performance as the awkwardly zany, baby-strapped Alan in 'The Hangover' that he was introduced to a mainstream film audience. Honing his routine for years in the comedy circuit, Galfianakis's unique brand of uncomfortable humor perfectly suits the film's off-kilter sense of comedy. Galfianakis may be the unlikeliest person on the list, but his boundless gifts as a comedy specialist place him tightly snug in the top three.
Next Up: The action-thriller 'Rogue's Gallery' and co-starring with Steve Carell in 2010's 'Dinner for Schmucks.'
2. Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe
Since someone had to take the unenviable position of number 2, it seemed fitting to give it to Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, whose fearless performance as the down-and-out, struggling -- yet still hopeful -- Clareece 'Precious' Jones continues to amaze long after her celebrated Sundance premiere of 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.' Sidibe is unquestionably spellbinding in the role, and snagged a National Board of Review for breakthrough performance. Clearly, our decision to place Sidibe near the top of the list was an easy one; her positively devastating debut is one of the most moving portrayals we've seen in years.
Next Up: The family drama 'Yelling to the Sky.'
1. Taylor Lautner
Royally buffing up as the shapeshifting werewolf Jacob Black in the sequel 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon,' Taylor Lautner redefines teenage hunk in his breakout role. Graduating from Bella's long-haired admirer in the first film, Lautner is able to flex his muscles, quite literally, with a much larger, brooding part in the second vampire flick. There is a reason why Taylor beat out the rest of the notable names on this list for the top spot: sheer box office brawn. The Twihards have spoken: Team Jacob all the way -- well, for now at least.
Next Up: Reprising his role as Jacob Black in 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.'


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A plan to keep streets safe in one Mid-Michigan city isn't getting the reception it expected.
The city of Saginaw approached the county with a plan to have sheriff's deputies patrol city streets. A similar plan was presented by the sheriff months ago, but he backed out after backlash from the community.
"We all are striving for one thing, and that's for a safe city," said Roy Robinson, a Saginaw resident.
Robinson said he's concerned about crime in the city. Wednesday, we learned that fighting that crime is even more of a challenge due to a $3.5 million budget deficit.
Phil Ludos, Saginaw's assistant city manager, went to the county in hopes of getting the sheriff to take over city police operations.
"We have to look at how far can we sustain this operation," said Ludos.
Ludos said he believes the city can afford to pay for 80 officers to work Saginaw streets. That's down from the 108 officers suggested in a proposal made by Saginaw County Sheriff Bill Federspiel earlier this year.
You'll remember, Federspiel bailed out on the talks after community backlash and complaints from city leaders that his plan cost too much.
"They've asked me to provide more information to Mr. Ludos, I'll provide them with any information that they need, and even if all 15 commissioners voted next month that I should look at this, I still may say no," said Federspiel.
Federspiel said he will only agree to take over city patrols if the city, county and the community are all on board.
That has yet to happen. County Commissioner Pat Wurtzel said Wednesday night it's far from happening at this point.
"For him, Mr. Ludos to come in today, and ask us to send it the board, without one sheet in front of us, with just a little background information, it's not going to happen," said Wurtzel.
But Ludos said the city is in a crisis situation and if something doesn't happen soon, there will have to be drastic cuts.
Two City Council members said after the meeting they felt blindsided.
They were surprised by the fact that Ludos' proposal had 28 fewer officers than the sheriff said he needed to patrol the city. They also said they were never told about the possibility of nearly cutting the police force in half if a deal isn't struck.
The county has not made any decision yet and is asking Ludos for more information about the plan.
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Alt-folk singer Michelle Shocked goes on homophobic rant, Yoshi's says she won't be back
UPDATE: now with audio of the incident.
What is going on with Michelle Shocked? The Texas alt-folk singer-songwriter, formerly known as a leftist-feminist relic of the late 1980s/early '90s, apparently went on a homophobic rant at one of her two Yoshi's shows this past Sunday in San Francisco.
As the Bay Area Reporter notes, Shocked, who seems to have found religion in the past decade, told the Yoshi's crowd: "When they stop Prop 8 and force priests at gunpoint to marry gays, it will be the downfall of civilization and Jesus will come back."
As Queerty.com reports, "The singer has been open about being a born-again Christian, but was still active in progressive politics. (She was arrested at an Occupy LA event in 2011)."
Here's more from the Bay Area Reporter on the incident this weekend:
One woman shouted: "Don't say that shit in San Francisco."
Shocked replied, "Where do I go to say it?"
In response to audience reaction, Shocked offered a Spanish prayer that "God loves you. God loves us. God loves us all everywhere." Later, in English, she said: "God bless us everyone."
Many fans questioned the singer out loud: "What are you saying?"
With a broad smile, Shocked said. "You are going to leave here and tell people 'Michelle Shocked said God hates faggots.'"
By that point, much of the audience had walked out in disgust, and Yoshi's management later cut the mics and turned on the lights, as Shocked continued to perform.
The story blew up on Twitter, as audience members tweeted confused reactions to the singer's offensive comments.
Yoshi's SF director of marketing and public relations Lisa Bautista answered my call this morning and said she was not there when the incident happened, but she did get a phone call from Yoshi's artistic director Derek Hunter after Shocked's show. Hunter confirmed they did indeed stop the show. Bautista also got additional comments from people who were present.
In his official statement to Bautista, Hunter said, "This was Michelle Shock's third visit to Yoshi's San Francisco; her first was March 2009. She has never given any indication that she is anti-gay or racist in her previous plays. She obviously has some serious issues and unfortunately chose our venue to vent them."
Added Bautista to me, "[Shocked] won't be back." Bautista also had venues nationwide calling this morning to verify if Shocked made such remarks.
Novato's Hopmonk Tavern sent out a release this afternoon canceling Shocked's scheduled show: "Due to comments made by Michelle Shocked at Yoshi's in San Francisco last night, March 17, we have decided to cancel our show with Michelle on March 29. Refunds can be made at place of purchase."
Truly, an upsetting incident for all those involved, especially ticket-holders and former fans of the singer.
**UPDATE: @yoshisSF_OAK tweeted this at 1:40PM today: "WE AT YOSHI'S SF DO NOT & WILL NOT EVER TOLERATE THE TYPE OF BIGOTRY & HATRED EXHIBITED LAST NIGHT BY @MShocked SHE WILL NEVER BE BACK."
**UPDATE 2: An anonymous audience member was recording the incident and sent us the file, which you can listen to below:
Thank you for being the only news outlet bother to get confirmation of what was said. I have seen my effort to condense a long rant into a short paraphrasing tweet be turned into a direct quote which is very disturbing. However, it was almost a if she had planned the while thing from the beginning,as I look back on it. The whole night was a confusing, shocking and bizarre experience, from the beginning when she walked out onto the stage and announced that she was terrified, that she saw so many smiling faves but they might turn on her by the end of the night, asking the"invisible man in the audience" for strength to help her get through the night, asking us to tweet her reminding her that "this is supposed to be fun"
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I'm glad Michelle stated what she truly feels. I think gay sex makes me hurl, and even though I've never myself stated such a thing, I made a resolution to make a statement - I voted for the 14 non-gay supervisors. I strongly support Prop. 8. and I glad southern California backed me up on that issue because around here in the outer Mission it seems like a joke when gays seem they can go about trying to grab anyone's male parts at the bustop
to initiate what to me is a criminal act.
And I have seen worse from other lezes and gays on children. (Even though they were retarded.)
You THINK gay sex makes you hurl? You don't know for sure? So, you are an idiot, and instead of worrying about Gay marriage and its supposed sanctity, why not deal with straight divorce, and its alarming rise. Stop flattering yourself that all gays want to grab your parts. Like anyone, gay people have preferences, and we enjoy someone with a high intellect, because intelligence is sexy, so naturally, that leaves you out.
and p.s. If you want to use the offensive term "Lezzies" please know how to spell it.
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I have never attempted to grab a strangers genitals in a bus stop, and I never would. I think you are talking a bunch of crap, and you are clearly very prejudiced, bigoted, ignorant, intolerant and full of hate, malice, and vindictiveness. Your attempt to link a gay or bisexual sexual orientation with child sex abuse, is insidious, pathetic and desperate. Grow up and stop using God as an excuse to be an obnoxious fascist.
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You make ME hurl.
So don't have gay sex. Btw I imagine sex with someone as bigoted as you would make hurl. That doesn't mean I'm for creating laws that would harm you or your family.
Good point. Let's outlaw heterosexual marriage, too. We have to because of all those men who think they can grope any woman without her consent.
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I say good for her. She used the platform that God gave her to speak the truth. God will bless her in spite of the violent backlash of the bigoted God hating intolerant bullys .
"Man created God in his image : intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent." - Marie De France
Michelle is a victim. This does not mean that I condone her hateful words and attitudes in the least. But I think what got lost in the controversy is any thoughtful examination of her vulnerable psychological state, and the religious culture that preys on vulnerable people like her. There is some indication that she has had conflicting feelings about her sexual identity from a young age. As she said to one journalist,
"I resent like hell that I was maybe 18 years old before I even heard the 'L' word. I mean, that's understood, growing up sheltered in a Mormon environment. But it would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in, was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into."
So she was raised a Mormon, and her mother had her committed to a psychiatric hospital during her teenage years. How many gay kids have had similar experiences, particularly those coming from a religious background? It is bound to cause anyone inner conflicts and perhaps self-hate. In all likelihood, she turned to religion to deal with some of this psychological pain, as so many do, and got pressured to internalize the homophobic attitudes so prevalent in the evangelical world. And let's not forget that she was raised in Texas where it's practically part of the culture. Again, this doesn't excuse what she said. While her remarks were reprehensible, Michelle deserves more compassion.
We therefore issue the following statement:
Michelle Shocked is no longer welcome in San Francisco.
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I suppose that means you only believe people have rights if you agree with their politics. Thanks for showing typical leftist bigotry.
Ah yes the typical right-wing "I'm allowed to be racist and bigoted to other people" and you're a bigot for objecting to my prejudices against other human beings.
Try again.
Left wing bullshit. You preach tolerance and acceptance but when someone disagrees with what YOU believe in...oh no my lord they must be a nut job right wing republican. You are some of the most HYPOCRITICAL people I have ever seen! The day you accept EVERYONE for what they may or may not believe in is the day you can pass judgement. You're no better than them...so look in the mirror FOOL
Yes, our intolerance of hatred & bigotry, and being against a campaign to ensure people in America do not have equal rights, means that we are commies, nazis, and - as you keep telling us over and over and over - hypocrites.
Your argument seems to be that if only we were to embrace your hatred, we would all be better off. Truly bizarre - and not a little childish.
You right wingers really have pretty much zero self awareness or critical thinking skills, huh.
intolerance of intolerance.
Nonsense. All intolerance is not the same. We don't collectively "tolerate" injustice, murder, rape, child abuse, etc. and we have the laws to prove it.
intolerance is not an absolute concept either.
tolerance of only those you agree with is not tolerance stupid. Homos demand tolerance for their perversion yet bully harass attack anyone who disagrees with them in the most intolerant bigoted way possible Face it Sodomites are at enmity with God . You hate God (therefore anyone who tells you the truth) and God hates you.
and I can't wait to fuck my gorgeous husband. Your point?
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Im not a democrat OR republican dumbass....I'm an AMERICAN. And before you go throwing shit around like you know me ...you don't. I have many gay and lesbian friends...I myself personally don't care if couples of the same sex are together. Happiness comes in many forms and who am I to stop them? So you're wrong . I was saying you're a hypocrite because even though you might not like it, everyone is entitled to feel the way they do..you, me and anyone else on this planet have no right to judge others for what they do and don't believe. You can voice your opinion as you have...but please stop preaching tolerance and acceptance when you yourself can't accept these people for who and what they are. And as far as being childish...that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard...once again, LOOK IN THE MIRROR
This is right-wing bullshit, of the usual kind. The right think they can spew all kinds of bigotry and hatred and call it freedom, but people not agreeing with them is "unfair". Just as you can spout your vitriolic bullshit, others can offer an alternative view, and prevent that kind of hatred too.
Let me guess, you're one of those who thinks hotels should be able to refuse gay people on religious grounds, but you throw a fit when this bigot is refused a venue to spout her bile on stage?
That's blatant hypocrisy, something the right-wing US are world renowned for. No one has as many faces as a hypocrite Republican!
If a business should have the freedom to refuse a gay couple, every venue in America has the right to tell this religious nut case to f-off.
Guess what? The majority walked out, and plenty of them openly argued her views right there from the audience. You can hear it for yourself.
This shows that bigoted right-wing opinions are a minority, as they have been for the last ten years across America. You're a dying breed (thankfully) and soon the USA will finally be free of this ignorant rubbish as more and more socially aware venues, businesses, labels and TV stations wise up and realize that this is hate speech, not freedom of speech.
It's great to hear the response of the audience in the recording. So many of them walked out, and that hateful witch watched her career nosedive in the space of half an hour.
Bigots are increasingly unwelcome throughout society, and it's great to see them being marginalized and ignored. If you have this kind of hateful view, you don't deserve the recognition for anything else.
At some point, you have to be intolerant of hate speech and hate actions, or the next thing you know all the people being "hated" rounded up and put into concentration camps. She expressing an opinion that leads to terrorization of a particular group. Sorry, but I don't accept that, I'd like to avoid living through a nazi germany like state. The "acceptance" part is that she's allowed to say it without being jailed as a result.
I suspect that you define it differently than I do, which may explain much of the difference here.
Remember that free speech is a hall amrk of our nation AND so is tolerance of others whom we may disagree with.
That really is it, isn't it?
To what "rights" do you refer? Michelle Shocked has the right to spew hate speech, and Yoshi's - as well as any other venue - has the right to deny her a soapbox for views they find intolerable. It's amusing, but just barely, that you find intolerance to bigotry to be "bigotry." But, of course, the glue that holds all the various types of "conservatives" together is: bigotry.
Both bigots and those who oppose them are capable of resorting to hate and violence in support of what they believe in.
There is nothing wrong with being intolerant to someone who wishes to deny others of civil rights, so long as one is not resorting to violence toward them. For example, I would hope all rational people are intolerant of racists who think African-Americans should not have equal rights as other citizens of the United States.
Also, being intolerant of bigotry is not "bigotry" itself. Bigotry means to have a generally irrational hatred or contempt of someone simply for who they are.
One can strongly reject someone's ideas and opinions without having irrational hatred or contempt for the individual.
Hate speech is not okay -- Period. It can be an enhancement to a crime if it leads to violence, which it often does. That's why we are intolerant of bigotry. It is not just objectionable. It makes people less safe. And for this reason, it is just unacceptable.
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what a crock of crap. you demand that people tolerate you though they disagree with you though you are not willing to extend the same courtesy to others. Who are the bigots here but the God hating intolerant homosexualists that DEMAND that olny their point of view shoud have a place at the table to the exclusion of all others. Its homo-fascism. TOO BAD, that YOU don't set the standards. GOD set them and Michelle spoke the truth- no matter how much you bully her into an apology or into silence.
you've got a lot of stuff to work out. Just come out already.
Did you see the reaction to the Dixie Chicks when all they said was that they were embarrassed the G. W. Bush was from Texas. "Good conservatives" game unglued with rallies, CD burning parties and death threats.. . . You have no comparison, or argument.
>I suppose that means you only believe people have rights if you agree with their politics. Thanks for showing typical leftist bigotry.
Not all bigotry is created equal.
Neither Ms. Shocked nor any person of ANY political persuasion has any right to sing or state any opinion (or for that matter, to stand) on the stage of a privately owned venue.
The only right Ms. Shocked has is not to have the government prevent her from verbalizing her opinions.
Freedom of expression does not mean freedom FROM criticism, regardless of ones views. All others have the equal freedom to criticize ones views and reject ones opinions.
What part of "private club" do you not understand? I have no "right" to perform at Yoshi's, or any other venue. It is Yoshi's right to decide whether or not to let me play in their private space.
Buck Owen's Crystal Palace isn't obligated to let me play "leftist" music either. This isn't hard. Try thinking.
And I suppose that means you only believe people have rights if you you agree with their anti-gay politics. Thanks for showing typical CONservative bigotry.
artist's right to free speech.
I don't like it when artists pratt on about politics but there is no reason to take a view on it either way.
Her rights were not restricted because she had NO rights with respect to a private venue.
Yoshi's is a privately owned club. One does not have a right to even set foot inside a private club without the owner's permission. Also, one only has the freedom to do or say what the owner of a private venue gives one the freedom to do.
If Yoshi's management wanted to forbid her from even open her mouth, they would certainly have every right to do so on their own private property.
If Michelle had stated at the encore of her show that she was Jewish and you ran her off of the stage she would have a discrimination suit against them. Too bad that in this God damned (as in cursed of GOD) nation that the antichristian bigoted intolerant pro-sodomite courts lawyers and civil rights groups do not offer equal protections to Christians. A sure sign that America is in its last days.
Too bad for all you God hating intolerant bullies. Michelle doesn't need your invitation to travel freely in America. -but good job exposing your own antichristian anti American ignorance intolerance and bigotry . We see the real bullies are the homos and their enablers.
This really seems to be a good report of what actually happened - except for the headline. Being against gay marriage and being anti-gay are not quite the same thing, and being against gay marriage is not inherently homophobic, though sometimes it overlaps. Her comment about tweeting that "Michelle Shocked says that God hates fags" seems to mean that she realized that people would confuse the two. And of course, that's exactly what's happening.
But her thing has always been to speak whatever she thinks is the truth, and it's actually amusing to watch the leftists get a dose of what she has been handing out to rightist for so long.
She's a fruitcake. But when she was a left wing fruitcake, that was just fine. Now that she says something leftists don't like, they can't handle it.
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Microsoft's first-time move Tuesday to update Windows 8 before the OS launches is a sign of the company's continued edging toward practices long held by rivals Apple and Google, analysts said today.
On Tuesday, alongside the usual Patch Tuesday security updates, Microsoft shipped four non-security updates specific to Windows 8, which doesn't go on sale until Oct. 26.
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"Very interesting," said Jason Miller, manager of research and development at VMware, and a frequently-cited source on patching. "We've never seen them do something like this before. They're definitely changing how they do things to add more features on the fly."
Others also applauded. Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security, called it a "welcome change" and added, "End users should be happy knowing they are going to get the latest advancements in their Windows 8 install."
Typically, Microsoft has reserved most major changes for what it calls "Service Packs," collections of previously-released security patches, non-security bug fixes, and new features or improvements of existing ones. Service packs are usually issued every 18 months or so; Windows 7, for example, has seen only one such upgrade in the three years since its Oct. 2009 launch, Service Pack 1 (SP1), which shipped in Feb. 2011.
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In a Tuesday post to the "Building Windows 8" blog, Steve Sinofsky said as much. Sinofsky described how in the past, Microsoft would make scores of changes to accommodate new PCs that computer makers had created, but that previously it had no way to distribute the resulting improvements to all users, including those running the new OS on older systems.


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May 2012 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part II)
As usual, here it is the second part of the Cyber Attacks Timeline for the month of May 2012: a month particularly rich of Cyber Events. As you will probably know, the Flame malware has monopolized the attention, deserving the most attention from the Information Security Professional.
Nevertheless the scene has offered many interesting events, among which it worths to mention the breach of 123,000 federal employees records, the breach affecting University of Nebraska, and, last but not least, the breach against WHCMS (which, as we will soon see, has proved to be fatal for its author).
The hacktivist front is still hot and preannounces another hot summer. On the other hand the authors of several remarkable cyber-criminal actions are probably going to leave the scene: the long trail of arrests made by Law Enforcement Agencies against hackers has continued in this month and has hence led to the arrest of Cosmo, the leader of the infamous group UGNazi, which claimed to be the author of the Cyber Attack against WHCMS.
In your opinion are the arrests against hackers really going to stop the growing number of Cyber Attacks (acting as a deterrent)?
If you want to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011 and 2012 (regularly updated), and follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.
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Interesting Links
08/13/2011 - My Post on Android Malware Mentioned on Engadget.
04/14/2011 - The Article Smart Grid: L'ultima Frontiera del Cybercrime published on ICT Security Magazine May 2011.
03/14/2011 - Security Summit 2011: Paolo Passeri guest at Round Table "Mobile Security: Rischi, Tecnologie, Mercato"
02/14/2011 - The Article Gears of Cyberwar published on ICT Security Magazine January 2011.
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It is the first time that I have experienced two Best Picture nominations in the same year. One is a high honor. Two is humbling but very exciting. It is a tribute to all those who joined with Stacey Snider and our DreamWorks Studios team to develop and make these two films with stories that we passionately felt we had to make." Source: WireImage 2 / 15 Meryl Streep What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Actress, The Iron Lady "I am honored to be in company with such beautiful artists, and touched deeply by my fellow actors for their generosity in giving me this acknowledgment." Source: WireImage 3 / 15 Jonah Hill What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Supporting Actor, Moneyball "I am so humbled, appreciative and in shock about this incredible honor. I'd like to thank the Academy, Sony Pictures , the cast and crew of Moneyball, Brad Pitt, and, most of all, our brilliant director Bennett Miller. To have this kind of recognition -– it means I should do more dramas. I don't know if there could be a bigger sign. I was nervous at the Golden Globes, but my category was [early], so I lost right away and then I was able to have a great time. So, hopefully, I can just lose right away again." Source: WireImage 4 / 15 Melissa McCarthy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Supporting Actress, Bridesmaids "Kristen and [Bridesmaids co-writer] Annie [Mumolo] being nominated to me is such a big deal because ... I know people talk about how much improv we did on Bridesmaids — the bottom line is Kristin and Annie wrote an amazing script. It was the funniest thing I've ever read on paper." Source: WireImage 6 / 15 Martin Scorsese What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Director, Hugo "I am deeply honored to have been nominated by the Academy for my work on Hugo. Every picture is a challenge, and this one – where I was working with 3D, HD and Sacha Baron Cohen for the first time – was no exception. It's a wonderful feeling to know that you've been recognized by the people in your industry. I congratulate my fellow nominees. It's an impressive list, and I'm in excellent company." Source: WireImage 6 / 15 Glenn Close What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Actress, Albert Nobbs "I am thrilled for Janet, I am thrilled for our incomparable hair and makeup team. It might be my sixth but it feels like my first. Bravo team Nobbs." Source: WireImage 7 / 15 Kenneth Branagh What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Supporting Actor, My Week With Marilyn "It was a rare honor to play Sir Laurence Olivier. To be recognized by the Academy for doing so is overwhelming. I'm absolutely thrilled." Source: WireImage 8 / 15 Jessica Chastain What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Supporting Actress, The Help Jessica was front row at the Armani Prive show in Paris when she heard the news and reacted by "putting her hand over her mouth in sheer joy." 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A community blood drive will be held at the Conserve School, located at 5400 N. Black Oak Lake Road in Land O' Lakes, Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 1 to 5 p.m.Walk-in donors are welcome.
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