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April 6, 2012
The Meaning of Matzoh
The Jewish holiday of Passover starts tonight. Passover celebrates the Jews escaping Egypt and God smiting the cruel pharaoh in the process. Passover is also called "The Festival of Unleavened Bread." According to the Torah, God sent ten plagues, punishing the pharaoh for not listening to Moses a ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
TAPPS Head Edd Burleson's Take On Non-Christian Schools: A Texas Shanda For The Goyim
Edd Burleson is the head of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, and when it comes to discussing recent controversies between TAPPS and non-Christian schools, he brings the crazy like he brings the "d"s to his first name. The Dallas Morning News published an interview with Burle ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
God Only Knows
Father and son Talmudic scholars grapple with each other and the truth in Footnote.
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March 5, 2012
Iman Academy: Texas' Private-School League Asks Muslim Schools Why They'd Play With Christians
The New York Times took a look at the story of the Beren Academy, a Jewish school that was initially going to have to forfeit its playoff run because the schedule conflicted with the Sabbath. The organization making that decision was the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, which ove ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Motion Captured: An Evening of Dance on Film
The New York Times took a look at the story of the Beren Academy, a Jewish school that was initially going to have to forfeit its playoff run because the schedule conflicted with the Sabbath. The organization making that decision was the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, which ove ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Ingredient of the Week: Black-Eyed Peas
Happy New Year! Forget that pesky diet; start off 2012 on the right (lucky) foot with some black-eyed peas. (We're talking the legume, not the music group.) Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck and prosperity has long been a southern tradition. Some say it stems from Rosh Hashana, ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
39th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair: Local Literati
Happy New Year! Forget that pesky diet; start off 2012 on the right (lucky) foot with some black-eyed peas. (We're talking the legume, not the music group.) Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck and prosperity has long been a southern tradition. Some say it stems from Rosh Hashana, ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
â€œOurs to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World Warâ€
Happy New Year! Forget that pesky diet; start off 2012 on the right (lucky) foot with some black-eyed peas. (We're talking the legume, not the music group.) Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck and prosperity has long been a southern tradition. Some say it stems from Rosh Hashana, ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
The Matchmaker
Happy New Year! Forget that pesky diet; start off 2012 on the right (lucky) foot with some black-eyed peas. (We're talking the legume, not the music group.) Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck and prosperity has long been a southern tradition. Some say it stems from Rosh Hashana, ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Family in Captivity
Happy New Year! Forget that pesky diet; start off 2012 on the right (lucky) foot with some black-eyed peas. (We're talking the legume, not the music group.) Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck and prosperity has long been a southern tradition. Some say it stems from Rosh Hashana, ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Houston Black Dance Festival
Happy New Year! Forget that pesky diet; start off 2012 on the right (lucky) foot with some black-eyed peas. (We're talking the legume, not the music group.) Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's for good luck and prosperity has long been a southern tradition. Some say it stems from Rosh Hashana, ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
Hanukkah Treat: Sufganiyot
Avital PinnickLike many other Jewish holidays, Hanukkah has distinctive food that are really only eaten at certain times a year. For this holiday, most of the traditional foods are fried, which is a nice gut punch after the gluttony of Thanksgiving. Every year, I like to bring something to w ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
The Jerk Store Calls For A Houstonian
Jerks in Your Area is a website that scours the net for postings on Craigslist, Backpages and message boards looking for, as it puts it, "posts written by or about the biggest jerks out there."Today's featured guest: A Houstonian.A once-Jewish Houstonian who's now a "born-again Wiccan." One who w ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
LehrerDance
You won't find any jazz hands here
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January 7, 2010
Celebrate Dance
The JCC's annual Dance Month kicks off with a program honoring local movers and shakers
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October 22, 2009
Etgar Keret
This Israeli writer's been getting some impressive reviews
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September 18, 2009
For Rosh Hashanah: Musical Mystery Jews
There are sure to be many Rosh Hashanah celebrations this weekend, but here at Rocks Off, we'd like to suggest you "think outside the box," as the kids say, and shake up your holiday musical selection by considering a few acts that you might not have realized were composed (in some part, anywway) of ... More >>
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July 9, 2009
Israeli Film Festival
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May 7, 2009
Bloodsoaked
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May 7, 2009
Kid’s Play: The Musical
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March 12, 2009
The Monster Among Us
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February 5, 2009
“Are Our Gods the Same Gods?”
These four experts try to find common ground among the world’s religions
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December 25, 2008
New Year’s Eve Party and Overnight
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December 4, 2008
The Gate of Heaven
Take a break from the deluge of Santa stories
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September 28, 2008
Zilker Park scenes from Sunday
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July 17, 2008
Something Sweet
Love is a messy, messy affair in this Israeli film
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July 3, 2008
Massive Improv
A team of actors, one word, go!
Music
June 12, 2008
Silver Jews
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea www.silverjews.net
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February 21, 2008
Love Is a Disability
Dionysus Theatre shows us that the able-bodied and differently-abled aren’t so different when it comes to affairs of the hear
Music
January 10, 2008
Sophie Milman
Dionysus Theatre shows us that the able-bodied and differently-abled aren’t so different when it comes to affairs of the hear
Blogs
December 12, 2007
Rick Perry Hangs Out with Heathens, Plays with Fire
Dionysus Theatre shows us that the able-bodied and differently-abled aren’t so different when it comes to affairs of the hear
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August 30, 2007
Poornam
Anjali Center for Performing Arts presents traditional Indian dance
Music
July 5, 2007
Matisyahu, 311
Sunday, July 8, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., 281-363-3300.
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March 23, 2006
Don't Cry for Her, Israel
Sunday, July 8, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., 281-363-3300.
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March 16, 2006
Schlepp to the Cinema
Sunday, July 8, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., 281-363-3300.
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January 26, 2006
Dancing on "Clouds"
Sunday, July 8, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., 281-363-3300.
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March 17, 2005
Mazel Tov, Houston
Finally, a Jewish film festival debuts in the Bayou City
Dining
December 20, 2001
More Than a Mere Schmear
Hot Bagels & Delicatessen
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May 17, 2001
A Time to Remember
Born in a city quick to bury its past, Sandi Wisenberg still grapples with her own
Culture
November 30, 2000
Educating Lala
An alternative to usual Christmas fare
News
November 30, 2000
Gentleman's Agreement
Fine words and policies are wonderful. Unless there's a secret subtext, with a different set of dos and don'ts.
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September 21, 2000
Best Deli
Kenny & Ziggy's
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October 7, 1999
News of the Weird
Kenny & Ziggy's
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February 4, 1999
Dance of Darkness
Kenny & Ziggy's
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December 17, 1998
Exodus Lost
Prince of Egypt goes wrong with Good Book rewrites
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March 16, 1995
A Cultural Question
Jewish Worlds is back after two years. It should have waited a third.
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September 1, 1994
Press Picks
Jewish Worlds is back after two years. It should have waited a third.

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