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Mendy’s rabbi, contrary to his intentions, points Mendy in the direction of a brothel that changes his life. The rabbi quotes an obscure Talmudic passage that authorizes restless young Hasidim to “get it out of their systems.” But, true to cliché, Mendy falls in love with Sasha (Tchelet Semel), the beautiful prostitute he meets at the Love Boat, his bordello of choice, and never comes back...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

Mendy tells his parents he has moved to the Holy City to be closer to God and starts working for Mike at Mike’s Place, the Jerusalem version of the Star Wars Cantina bar. Here Arabs and Jews co-mingle, yarmulke-wearing rabbi-types perform Bob Dylan songs, and, most importantly, Mendy can see lots of Sasha. Mendy has entered a world of extreme characters who use him, come to love him and ultimately betray...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

Israel must relinquish its claim over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in order to maintain a Jewish majority within the country, a prominent rabbi told nearly 100 listeners at Harvard Hillel last night...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rabbi Calls for Israeli Withdrawal From West Bank | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

...Anti-Defamation League’s Rabbi Eugene Korn said in a statement that the film “relies on sinister mediaeval stereotypes, portraying Jews as bloodthirsty, sadistic and money-hungry enemies of God.” Gibson responded with charges of a “vehement anti-Christian sentiment out there...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scholars Challenge Gibson's 'Passion' | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

...Albom is a small, intense guy with a large, handsome head; he bears a strong resemblance to a bobble-head doll. He has become the king of a certain highly potent brand of uplifting, inspirational wisdom--in the words of his friend the novelist Amy Tan, he is "the rabbi of everybody." Maybe it's an easy, sentimental kind of wisdom, but it is a kind for which there is an obvious, urgent, demonstrable need. And Albom does his best to live by it. He used the profits from Morrie to pay his professor's medical bills, and to this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mitch Albom: Words Of Paradise | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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