Archive for December 26th, 2007
Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas…in China! (And the Lost Chinese Jews of Kaifeng)
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007From Danwei, a photo of Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas — in Beijing! The banner reads “A Warm Welcome to the Jewish Delegation’s Participation in the First Annual Beijing Christmas Chinese food banquet!” Note the little Star of Davids (filled in). On the sign, 猶太 (youtai), in case you are wondering, means “Jewish” in […]
Fortune Cookies (along with Spitzer and Ahmadinejad) in the New York Sun’s office pool?
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007From the New York Sun’s editorial page today, an office pool for 2008: 2. The surprise breakout nonfiction bestseller of the year will be a) Natan Sharansky’s “Defending Identity” b) Jonathan Mahler’s “Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: A Historic Challenge to the President” c) Steven Waldman‘s “Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in […]
More Jews and Chinese food: Christmas at Shalom Hunan, a proposed documentary
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007The Jews and Chinese food is a topic that never stops (that is why there is a whole chapter of it in my book!). Here is an 8-minute Youtube video, Christmas at Shalom Hunan. (Shalom Hunan, real place, in Brookline) The description: “What do Jews do on Christmas? In many parts of the U.S., eat […]