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  • Black and white photo of Samuel E. Goldfarb, wearing a cowboy hat, sitting on a horse in Reno.

    Goldfarb in Reno

    Everyone knows the Dreidel Song: I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay, and when it's dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play. Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay, oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, then dreidel I shall play. Not too many people, though, know that Samuel E.…
    June 24, 2023
    Divorce, Jewish affairs, Jewish music, Music, Reno, Samuel E. Goldfarb
  • Les Succes de Botbol Du Maroc 2 (CD, front cover), shows Botbol playing oud and singing with two violinists, a derbouka player and another oud player, all in white shirts with black bow-ties (Botbol also a suit jacket).

    Botbol’s Moroccan Hits

    Enjoying this new Botbol CD on a snowy Sunday afternoon. No liner notes, though. Darn! But it does include the well-known Yah Rayah by Dahmane Harrachi: Hey, immigrant, where are you going? Sooner or later you will come back exhausted. Many ignorant people regretted this before you and me. How many overpopulated countries and empty…
    January 29, 2023
    Botbol, Chaâbi, Morocco, Music

  • What You Can Do About Antisemitism

    What You Can Do About Antisemitism 1.  Recognize, call out and act against antisemitism on the right      Antisemitism is central to right-wing movements.  People on the far right see Jews as the ones “pulling the strings” or “behind the scenes.”  Jews are seen as responsible for “the great replacement” of whites by people…
    March 11, 2022
    Antisemitism, Current affairs, Far right

  • Synagogue of the Undead Rabbi

    When I am in Paris, I always stay in Belleville, the 19e or 20e.  I stay in a different part each year and as a result see and learn different things.  This year, I'm near the Pyrénées metro stop, close to Parc de Belleville.  I'm really at the crossroads of the vast variety of cultures…
    June 26, 2019
    Jewish affairs, Paris, Rabbis, Travel, Tunisia
  • The three French women rabbis looking over an old copy of the talmud and pay homage to Rashi

    Rashi’s Daughters, Troyes, France 2019

    If you have looked at a page of the Talmud, you know that Rashi--Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki--dominates almost every page.  And you may know that he lived, from 1040 to 1105, in the city of Troyes, not too far from Paris.  You may not know, though, that he had three daughters and no sons, that he…
    June 19, 2019
    Feminism, France, Jewish affairs, Rabbis, Rashi, Troyes, Women
  • Photo of Belleville poster: 'We do not remain passive!'

    That’s how it is in Paris

    My photographic style is a response to what I see in France. I have visited Paris every year since 2015. What photographer would not want to capture the elegance of even the smallest details there?  Here's an architectural detail I saw in 2016 on a walk back to my Belleville apartment from a look at…
    December 26, 2018
    Capitalism, Current affairs, France, Jewish affairs, Muslims, Paris, Photography, Politics