Chasidishe teenage girl calls radio show about killing herself
BEWARE - some offensive language
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/11/2007 08:30:00 AM
Apple looking foe Hasidim to help sell iPhone
IN AN EXPECTED HEAVY-SPENDING CAMPAIGN to introduce its iPhone this summer, Apple appears to be considering multicultural creative for the multi-functional device. A would-be spot calls for individuals of diverse backgrounds to plug different aspects of the phone in their native tongues, according to a casting call.
The mobile phone, which also includes a widescreen iPod and Internet/email capabilities, is set for a June launch. So far, it's been the subject of a one-time ad--a spot during the Oscars featuring an array of clips where characters from shows ranging from "Lucy" to "Sex and the City" answered phones and said "Hello" to signify its coming release.
A unit of TBWA Chiat/Day handles the iPhone account and created the Oscar spot. It's not clear whether the agency is linked with the casting call, which claims to be only for a "spec spot," placing its ultimate fate in doubt. It seeks characters from various backgrounds, including Asian men who speak Mandarin; Hasidic males fluent in Hebrew; a French-speaking cab driver; a pair of Jamaican (or West Indian) women who can "speak with a thick patois accent" and others.
The characters would tout the phone in their native languages, while going about their routine business, such as the Asian men as customers in a fish market.
Filing will take place in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The conceit could involve linking a diversity of people with a diversity of features from the iPhone, although Apple did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=58550
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/11/2007 08:30:00 AM
IN AN EXPECTED HEAVY-SPENDING CAMPAIGN to introduce its iPhone this summer, Apple appears to be considering multicultural creative for the multi-functional device. A would-be spot calls for individuals of diverse backgrounds to plug different aspects of the phone in their native tongues, according to a casting call.
The mobile phone, which also includes a widescreen iPod and Internet/email capabilities, is set for a June launch. So far, it's been the subject of a one-time ad--a spot during the Oscars featuring an array of clips where characters from shows ranging from "Lucy" to "Sex and the City" answered phones and said "Hello" to signify its coming release.
A unit of TBWA Chiat/Day handles the iPhone account and created the Oscar spot. It's not clear whether the agency is linked with the casting call, which claims to be only for a "spec spot," placing its ultimate fate in doubt. It seeks characters from various backgrounds, including Asian men who speak Mandarin; Hasidic males fluent in Hebrew; a French-speaking cab driver; a pair of Jamaican (or West Indian) women who can "speak with a thick patois accent" and others.
The characters would tout the phone in their native languages, while going about their routine business, such as the Asian men as customers in a fish market.
Filing will take place in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The conceit could involve linking a diversity of people with a diversity of features from the iPhone, although Apple did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=58550
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/10/2007 08:57:00 PM
Car mirror smashings in Boro-Park
Car mirrors were smashed off cars in Boro-Park over the last two days of Yom Tov. The smashings took place on cars that were parked on 54th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues. In all incidences the car mirrors were completely smashed and are irreparable. Also, the mirrors were completely detached from the vehicle, only one mirror was left still hanging on the vehicle by one wire.
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/10/2007 08:57:00 PM
Car mirrors were smashed off cars in Boro-Park over the last two days of Yom Tov. The smashings took place on cars that were parked on 54th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues. In all incidences the car mirrors were completely smashed and are irreparable. Also, the mirrors were completely detached from the vehicle, only one mirror was left still hanging on the vehicle by one wire.
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Sunday, April 8, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/08/2007 01:55:00 PM
Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights price gouges
The Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights has been price gouging on its admission price lekoved Chol HaMoed. Not only does the museum require that people purchase tickets in advance for Chol HaMoed, but the price has also been raised from the regular high of $10 per person to an even higher price of $12 especially for Chol HaMoed.
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/08/2007 01:55:00 PM
The Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights has been price gouging on its admission price lekoved Chol HaMoed. Not only does the museum require that people purchase tickets in advance for Chol HaMoed, but the price has also been raised from the regular high of $10 per person to an even higher price of $12 especially for Chol HaMoed.
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Saturday, April 7, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/07/2007 09:52:00 PM
Modernity creeping into the haredim's world
The newly opened Kosher Gym in Jerusalem offers prayer books instead of magazines at its juice bar, and bearded men listen to Talmudic interpretations on earphones as they exercise.
In an Internet chat room, messages about Outlook and Microsoft pop up in Yiddish. At upscale kosher restaurants, men in black hats and sidecurls, accompanied by wives in wigs and long dresses, sip fine wines.
If that's one face of the haredim -- "the God-fearing," as Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews refer to themselves -- another is the young hotheads who torch clothing stores in their neighborhood for selling "immodest" attire and hurl bleach at women who wear it.
From cellphones to Stairmasters, from women's rights to Hebrew slang, the outside world is seeping into the cloistered haredi community and plunging it into a tug-of-war between a tentative embrace of modernity and fierce resistance.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/04/07/2003355639
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/07/2007 09:52:00 PM
The newly opened Kosher Gym in Jerusalem offers prayer books instead of magazines at its juice bar, and bearded men listen to Talmudic interpretations on earphones as they exercise.
In an Internet chat room, messages about Outlook and Microsoft pop up in Yiddish. At upscale kosher restaurants, men in black hats and sidecurls, accompanied by wives in wigs and long dresses, sip fine wines.
If that's one face of the haredim -- "the God-fearing," as Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews refer to themselves -- another is the young hotheads who torch clothing stores in their neighborhood for selling "immodest" attire and hurl bleach at women who wear it.
From cellphones to Stairmasters, from women's rights to Hebrew slang, the outside world is seeping into the cloistered haredi community and plunging it into a tug-of-war between a tentative embrace of modernity and fierce resistance.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/04/07/2003355639
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Friday, April 6, 2007
[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/06/2007 05:42:00 PM
BEWARE - Nut-Ola vegetable oil Pesach problem
Be aware that Nut-Ola oil labeled as vegetable oil is actually 100% cottonseed oil (as per their own listed ingredients, see photo below). Therefore, those that hold that cottonseed oil is kitniyos should refrain from using this oil as well. Furthermore, be aware that the price for vegetable oil is substantially higher than that for cottonseed oil. So if you are paying the vegetable oil price for this, you are over paying. Also, as far as taste goes, cottonseed oil is considered to be inferior to vegetable oil. Lastly, those that are allergic to cottonseed oil should also stay away from this product.
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/06/2007 05:42:00 PM
Be aware that Nut-Ola oil labeled as vegetable oil is actually 100% cottonseed oil (as per their own listed ingredients, see photo below). Therefore, those that hold that cottonseed oil is kitniyos should refrain from using this oil as well. Furthermore, be aware that the price for vegetable oil is substantially higher than that for cottonseed oil. So if you are paying the vegetable oil price for this, you are over paying. Also, as far as taste goes, cottonseed oil is considered to be inferior to vegetable oil. Lastly, those that are allergic to cottonseed oil should also stay away from this product.
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Posted By Chaptzem to Chaptzem Blog! at 4/06/2007 05:42:00 PM
[Chaptzem Blog!] 4/06/2007 12:33:00 PM
Observing Passover not easy for inmates
A handful of Orthodox and Messianic Jews live behind the 20-foot tall razor wire fence at Joseph Harp Correctional Center.
The medium-security inmates celebrate Passover with grape juice instead of wine and use electric candles for the Shabbat — both fire and alcohol are forbidden at the facility.
The two groups celebrated Passover — a holiday celebrating freedom from oppression.
How do you celebrate freedom when you aren't free? How do you open the door for Elijah the Prophet when the door is made of bars and you don't have the key?
"We do it symbolically," said Jess Beard, who discovered Messianic Judaism while incarcerated.
Others view Passover as a time of hope and optimism for the future.
"Next year in Jerusalem, Next year in Jerusalem," said inmate Delbert Lynch, echoing the last words recited each year at the Passover Seder.
Lynch is serving life without parole.
John Watkins, who also was drawn to Messianic Judaism in prison, celebrated his first real Passover Seder at Joseph Harp. Previously housed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Watkins made his own Seder celebration one year using a can of tuna in place of the chicken or lamb Messianic Jews use in the dinner. A maximum-security penitentiary, McAlester's inmates are on lockdown for 23 hours a day and rarely are allowed to gather in groups.
"You get accustomed to being alone like that," Watkins said.
In contrast, the layout at Joseph Harp is open and airy with trees and grass. Inmates are free to walk the yard and gather for religious observances.
David Smith wears a kippah and a silver Star of David necklace with his blue prison shirt. His inmate number is printed on a white piece of tape on his shirt. His faith has become a way for him to gain a family in prison, he said. There are six to 10 practicing Orthodox Jews at Joseph Harp, he said.
"It's good being able to share something with others and be a part of a community here," Smith said.
Preparing for Passover was no easy task in prison. Observant Jews may not eat or possess any leavened bread or "Chametz" during Passover week, commemorating the flat bread the Hebrews ate when they fled Egypt. Orthodox Jews must clean their houses of all leavened bread before Passover.
"It's hard when my roommate brings in Doritos and Ramen noodles," Smith said. "But I am only responsible for the space that is my own."
Inmates think of their "house" as their half of the cell. Such distinctions make it possible for Smith and other Orthodox Jewish inmates at Joseph Harp to remain observant in their own way.
Keeping a kosher diet is another challenge. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has approved a kosher meal plan for inmates since three convicted sex offenders at Joseph Harp sued in federal court in 2004 for the right to kosher meals paid for by the state.
The meals are frozen entrees that don't offer much variety, Smith said.
Breakfast is usually pancakes and dinner is always Salisbury steak or chicken. Smith switched to the vegetarian meal plan because of the monotony.
"The vegetarian meal plan doesn't have a Rabbi overseeing what goes into it but there's more variety and It's the best I can do here," he said.
There are the rules that govern faith and there are those that govern prison life — and sometimes the two clash.
This year, Orthodox and Messianic groups held Passover Seders in the staff dining room and in the inmate visiting room.
"There sure was a crowd standing around watching," Lynch said.
"Passover is a private type situation and nothing here is private," said Joseph Harp chaplain Ron Grant. "Here, everything is subject to a guard shutting things down."
http://www.mcalesternews.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_096100034.html
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A handful of Orthodox and Messianic Jews live behind the 20-foot tall razor wire fence at Joseph Harp Correctional Center.
The medium-security inmates celebrate Passover with grape juice instead of wine and use electric candles for the Shabbat — both fire and alcohol are forbidden at the facility.
The two groups celebrated Passover — a holiday celebrating freedom from oppression.
How do you celebrate freedom when you aren't free? How do you open the door for Elijah the Prophet when the door is made of bars and you don't have the key?
"We do it symbolically," said Jess Beard, who discovered Messianic Judaism while incarcerated.
Others view Passover as a time of hope and optimism for the future.
"Next year in Jerusalem, Next year in Jerusalem," said inmate Delbert Lynch, echoing the last words recited each year at the Passover Seder.
Lynch is serving life without parole.
John Watkins, who also was drawn to Messianic Judaism in prison, celebrated his first real Passover Seder at Joseph Harp. Previously housed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Watkins made his own Seder celebration one year using a can of tuna in place of the chicken or lamb Messianic Jews use in the dinner. A maximum-security penitentiary, McAlester's inmates are on lockdown for 23 hours a day and rarely are allowed to gather in groups.
"You get accustomed to being alone like that," Watkins said.
In contrast, the layout at Joseph Harp is open and airy with trees and grass. Inmates are free to walk the yard and gather for religious observances.
David Smith wears a kippah and a silver Star of David necklace with his blue prison shirt. His inmate number is printed on a white piece of tape on his shirt. His faith has become a way for him to gain a family in prison, he said. There are six to 10 practicing Orthodox Jews at Joseph Harp, he said.
"It's good being able to share something with others and be a part of a community here," Smith said.
Preparing for Passover was no easy task in prison. Observant Jews may not eat or possess any leavened bread or "Chametz" during Passover week, commemorating the flat bread the Hebrews ate when they fled Egypt. Orthodox Jews must clean their houses of all leavened bread before Passover.
"It's hard when my roommate brings in Doritos and Ramen noodles," Smith said. "But I am only responsible for the space that is my own."
Inmates think of their "house" as their half of the cell. Such distinctions make it possible for Smith and other Orthodox Jewish inmates at Joseph Harp to remain observant in their own way.
Keeping a kosher diet is another challenge. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has approved a kosher meal plan for inmates since three convicted sex offenders at Joseph Harp sued in federal court in 2004 for the right to kosher meals paid for by the state.
The meals are frozen entrees that don't offer much variety, Smith said.
Breakfast is usually pancakes and dinner is always Salisbury steak or chicken. Smith switched to the vegetarian meal plan because of the monotony.
"The vegetarian meal plan doesn't have a Rabbi overseeing what goes into it but there's more variety and It's the best I can do here," he said.
There are the rules that govern faith and there are those that govern prison life — and sometimes the two clash.
This year, Orthodox and Messianic groups held Passover Seders in the staff dining room and in the inmate visiting room.
"There sure was a crowd standing around watching," Lynch said.
"Passover is a private type situation and nothing here is private," said Joseph Harp chaplain Ron Grant. "Here, everything is subject to a guard shutting things down."
http://www.mcalesternews.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_096100034.html
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