Bee Yourself: Aladdin and Esther March 5, 2011 at 11:52 pm, by Jonah Rank The following post, printed with the author’s permission, was written by Sara Smith and also appears on Haggadot.com. Those of us who grew up in the great age of Disney animated feature films (the 1990s) know movies such as The Little …
Exile & the “Chad Gadya” Fail Chain: 8in8′s “Because the Origami” November 12, 2011 at 6:59 pm, by Jonah Rank On April 25 2011, the final night of Passover 5771, the band 8in8 entered a Massachusetts recording studio with the intention of writing and recording 8 songs in 8 hours. In the end, this one-time, …
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“Body and Soul” (A Yom Kippur Sermon) October 30, 2011 at 3:05 pm, by Jonah Rank The following sermon for Yom Kippur 5772 (October 7-8, 2011) was written and delivered by Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank (a.k.a. my awesome dad) in Syosset, NY, at Midway Jewish Center, where he serves as the Senior Rabbi. From 2004 …
Black Swan January 3, 2011 at 8:58 am, by Timna Burston Click here to watch trailer Black Swan is an indescribable movie. It leaves you panting, shocked, throws down your defenses and makes you ache for more pain. If I am to try and sketch it in broad strokes, it is a movie that focuses …
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Mystical Lights of Love & More: “I Was Made For Sunny Days” by The Weepies December 28, 2011 at 2:06 pm, by Jonah Rank “I was made for sunny days,” says Deb Talan, singing the title of the song. “And I was made for you,” continues that female half of The Weepies. Through these words, …
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God’s Doing and Humans’ Being: Dave Matthews Band’s Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King November 21, 2011 at 1:14 pm, by Jonah Rank NOTE: This is a long blogpost; however, it is a review of a long album. This review ain’t thorough, but I hope it does some justice to a very moving album. It’s …
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Bob Dylan Revisited: Receiving the Letter of Seventy Faces, Each Of the Same Name February 7, 2011 at 3:55 pm, by Jonah Rank Warning: I may have already blogged twice about Ben Folds, but Bob Dylan is another guy who will be mentioned many, many times on Oholiav. I could go on and tell you …
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The Book of Mormon: A True Story? April 11, 2011 at 12:18 am, by Jonah Rank WARNING: LONG BLOG POST AHEAD! AND SPOILERS! On March 15, I got to see a preview of The Book of Mormon on Broadway. From Matt Stone and Trey Parker (of South Park fame) and Robert Lopez (one half of …
No Strings Attached: A Relationship You Can’t Choose, A Relationship You Can February 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm, by Jonah Rank I know I generally have a policy against both rules, but 1) this blogpost contains SPOILERS, and 2) it’s a long blogpost. (Sorry, it’s one of those romantic comedies whose moral lies in the …
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Babies: Worth the Pain? January 1, 2011 at 11:26 am, by Jonah Rank First off, happy new year! Now, onto business: I just saw Babies (the movie). It’s from the people who did March of the Penguins, but this one has less dialogue. And quite frankly, this was probably the grossest movie I’ve ever seen, …