They touch on big names like Gurrah Schapiro; Bugsy Siegel; and Sam Levine, the shomer
shabbos hitman.
At
Shabbos services, Ruth meets budding activist Max, who is deeply committed to social justice.
(6.) The portrayal of those who convert to Judaism as inherently comedic figures is not limited to Jews of color: Walter Sobchak, in The Big Lebowski, famously asserts "I don't roll on
Shabbos!" Seinfeld inverts this dynamic in the figure of Tim Whatley (played by Bryan Cranston), who converts not for any faith-based reason, but solely to tell edgy jokes without being accused of anti-Semitism (Ackerman, 1997).
MediaCom knew from the beginning that it wanted to focus on
Shabbos, which forbids observers from anything resembling work--even flipping a lightswitch, or rolling on antiperspirant--for 24 hours every week from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
When our dog, Shlomi, saw the signs of
Shabbos preparation in our house, he would be as excited as the greatest mystic longing for the
Shabbos bride.
As the image in Figure 1 shows, two words in Yiddish/Hebrew were stamped as an overlay on the otherwise printed card--"shoymer
Shabbos," that is, "Sabbath observer." While Goldstein's card does not carry a date, the graphics suggest that it was printed in the early twentieth century.
There, a plethora of global food products await: Asian items such as bamboo shoots, rice sticks, spring roll wrappers and Thai coconut milk; Italian products including pastas, pesto, risotto and polenta; Indian fare such as harissa, naan chips and fish curry paste; Mexican cuisine ranging from corn husks and tortillas to plantain chips and dried chiles; and kosher items including matzo ball and potato latke mixes, egg noodles, grape juice and even
Shabbos candles.
(190) See Babylonian Talmud,
Shabbos 88b ("Each and every statement uttered by the Almighty can be deconstructed into seventy languages....
Following the highly successful Addictions Awareness event in Brooklyn, which saw hundreds in attendance, OHEL and Amudim are again providing an awareness event in the Catskills this
Shabbos, July 14th, including Motsei
Shabbos.
"Toba's Passage" is a consistently engaging immigrant story that effectively portrays a family committed to keeping
Shabbos, Torah, and mitzvos no matter where they are.