Category Archives: holiday

Bad Bunny

April 7, 2012 – 4:52 pm
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The Exterminating Angel of Passaich / Bet on Crazy

April 7, 2012 – 4:51 pm

Jewish holidays tend to roam the the calender like gaunt Indian cows on the streets of New Delhi. Last year Passover was on April 18-26 and in 2010 Passaich started on March 30. This weekend marks the beginning of the solemn holiday for the chosen people and yesterday after finishing work on a small film, [...]

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The Difference of Three Days

April 7, 2012 – 3:37 pm

According to the New Testament Yeshua bar Yosef was surrendered by the Hebrew legal council to the Roman Prefect of Judaea. The Sanhedrin accused the citizen of Gallilee of claiming to be the King of the Jews. Pontius Pilate came to the conclusion that the healer was innocent of charges, however the Passover crowd before [...]

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Dinner For Thirteen

April 5, 2012 – 5:50 pm

According to the New Testament Jesus entered Jerusalem in triumph. Within a week his enemies were plotting his death. Faced with impending doom the Nazareth native gathered his followers for a Passover Dinner just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in a joint called the Upper Room perhaps run by an Essene [...]

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April Foolishness

April 2, 2012 – 6:16 pm

Yesterday a friend called to tell me that a business associate had been trampled by a herd of deer on his Easthampton property. I didn’t question the story and immediately phoned my associate. “Are you okay?” “Why wouldn’t I be okay.” My associate was a man of wealth. He was in love with his beautiful [...]

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