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Apr 03, 2013

Website Looking for D.C. Area’s Best Jews

Did you just spend a few days with your parents, breaking matzoh and hearing about what a disappointment you’ve been because you haven’t finished that post-graduate degree? Well, a D.C. website has a contest for you!

Sep 18, 2012

Oy: Metro’s Fare Card Giveaway Delayed After Conflict With Jewish Holy Days

Metro’s attempt to promote its Rush Plus service with free fare cards will have to be rescheduled after bumping against the the Jewish High Holy Days.

Apr 06, 2012

Why Is This Menu Different From All Other Menus? Dining Out on Passover

On Friday and Saturday night, Jews across the world will sit down with family and friends for Passover Seders, retelling the story of their ancestral exodus from bondage in Egypt and partaking in a festive meal. As the week carries on, many will continue to subsist on matzoh, forsaking chametz—grains and the leavened products they produce (bread, pasta, and beer to name a few).

Oct 09, 2009

Out of Frame: A Serious Man

A Seriously Small Man: Michael Stuhlbarg, as physics professor Larry Gopnik, teaches his students that there is order in the universe. The Coen Brothers aren’t convinced. “I didn’t do anything!” is the repeated mantra of Larry Gopnik, a nebbishy professor of physics at a suburban Minneapolis community college, and the central character of the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man. And if he didn’t do anything, as he keeps suggesting, then why is it that…

 
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