Comments on: The Rosh Hashanah Challenge http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles (well, New York now). Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: An Ode to Neilochka on his Birthday « Roberta’s Voice http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-171478 An Ode to Neilochka on his Birthday « Roberta’s Voice Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:00:28 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-171478 [...] For a hip Rosh Hoshanna, Neil attended a gay synagogue But Sophia’s new year’s adventure kind of trumped Neilochka’s blog [...] [...] For a hip Rosh Hoshanna, Neil attended a gay synagogue But Sophia’s new year’s adventure kind of trumped Neilochka’s blog [...]

]]> By: Citizen of the Month » Sophia Went to Temple with the Satin Slayer http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-169048 Citizen of the Month » Sophia Went to Temple with the Satin Slayer Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:01:40 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-169048 [...] Someone has been killing half of the town of Pine Valley on “All My Children,” including the beloved Dixie Martin. This week, the mysterious and villainous “Satin Slayer” was revealed as Billionaire Alexander Cambias Sr.!   Not only was Alexander Cambias previously dead on the show, but this billionaire serial killer was famous for something even more important: in September, he helped Sophia obtain impossible-to get-tickets for temple during Rosh Hashanah services when they were both working on the same movie in New York.  The actor, Ronald Guttman, was playing a Rabbi, and Sophia was there as a Russian dialect coach par excellence. [...] [...] Someone has been killing half of the town of Pine Valley on “All My Children,” including the beloved Dixie Martin. This week, the mysterious and villainous “Satin Slayer” was revealed as Billionaire Alexander Cambias Sr.!   Not only was Alexander Cambias previously dead on the show, but this billionaire serial killer was famous for something even more important: in September, he helped Sophia obtain impossible-to get-tickets for temple during Rosh Hashanah services when they were both working on the same movie in New York.  The actor, Ronald Guttman, was playing a Rabbi, and Sophia was there as a Russian dialect coach par excellence. [...]

]]> By: maitresse http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-98466 maitresse Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:22:22 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-98466 all I did on Rosh was get drunk with my goyische boyfriend on montepulciano vino rosso in a restaurant in capri. But reading your blog makes me feel like a better Jew. Thanks. ;) all I did on Rosh was get drunk with my goyische boyfriend on montepulciano vino rosso in a restaurant in capri. But reading your blog makes me feel like a better Jew. Thanks.
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]]> By: Akaky http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97768 Akaky Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97768 So, let me see if I’ve got this straight: Neil offers a highly nuanced look at the troubled interplay between homosexuality and Judaism, examining the moral tension inherent in the Epicurean enticements of the fleshpots of Egypt and the soteriological demands G-d placed on the Jewish people at Sinai, and all you people are interested in is that Sophia gets to sing Kumbaya in Hebrew with people she doesn’t know? For once Neil stops letting his penis get the better of him and offers the reader not the usual frothy confection we’ve all come to expect, but a serious examination of how Judaism’s millennia old call to righteousness resounds even among those whose personal behavior orthodox Judaism traditionally finds abhorrent, and how those people try to navigate the morally ambiguous situation their sexual orientation and their religious faith places them in. And yet, having tapped into this new vein of material, you people reject Neil’s new gravitas as a commentator on the religious and sexual mores of modern American society and want yet another rerun of the old Neil and Sophia will they get back together again and why can’t you get good kugel in Los Angeles soap opera? Feh, I say…in fact, I like saying that so much I’m going to say it again: Feh! So take that! Such shallowness. As for tickets, I must point out to the Papists here that the sale of tickets to church services is not entirely unknown amongst the denizens of the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church; try getting into St. Patrick’s for Christmas Midnight Mass or on Easter Sunday without a ticket and you will shown to the door by a friendly member of the Knights of Columbus. Tickets are not such a bad idea, though, especially for Mass on Palm Sunday when all the once a year Catholics show up to get their free palms. If we sold tickets to Palm Sunday Mass and offered something else to go with the free palms then maybe the church could keep more parochial schools open. I haven’t thought of what might go well with the free palms, although Tupperware and tuna casserole come immediately to mind, for reasons I’m not sure I fathom at the moment. So, let me see if I’ve got this straight: Neil offers a highly nuanced look at the troubled interplay between homosexuality and Judaism, examining the moral tension inherent in the Epicurean enticements of the fleshpots of Egypt and the soteriological demands G-d placed on the Jewish people at Sinai, and all you people are interested in is that Sophia gets to sing Kumbaya in Hebrew with people she doesn’t know? For once Neil stops letting his penis get the better of him and offers the reader not the usual frothy confection we’ve all come to expect, but a serious examination of how Judaism’s millennia old call to righteousness resounds even among those whose personal behavior orthodox Judaism traditionally finds abhorrent, and how those people try to navigate the morally ambiguous situation their sexual orientation and their religious faith places them in. And yet, having tapped into this new vein of material, you people reject Neil’s new gravitas as a commentator on the religious and sexual mores of modern American society and want yet another rerun of the old Neil and Sophia will they get back together again and why can’t you get good kugel in Los Angeles soap opera? Feh, I say…in fact, I like saying that so much I’m going to say it again: Feh! So take that! Such shallowness.

As for tickets, I must point out to the Papists here that the sale of tickets to church services is not entirely unknown amongst the denizens of the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church; try getting into St. Patrick’s for Christmas Midnight Mass or on Easter Sunday without a ticket and you will shown to the door by a friendly member of the Knights of Columbus. Tickets are not such a bad idea, though, especially for Mass on Palm Sunday when all the once a year Catholics show up to get their free palms. If we sold tickets to Palm Sunday Mass and offered something else to go with the free palms then maybe the church could keep more parochial schools open. I haven’t thought of what might go well with the free palms, although Tupperware and tuna casserole come immediately to mind, for reasons I’m not sure I fathom at the moment.

]]> By: Rabbi Seinfeld http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97492 Rabbi Seinfeld Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:47:47 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97492 Neil, if the service was like any other Rosh Hashana service, how did you manage to <a href="http://rabbiseinfeld.blogspot.com/2006/09/staying-awake-on-rosh-hashana.html" rel="nofollow">stay awake</a>? Neil, if the service was like any other Rosh Hashana service, how did you manage to stay awake?

]]> By: Rabbi Seinfeld http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97490 Rabbi Seinfeld Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:42:41 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97490 The only contest in life is between you and yourself. As New Yorkers, it's no big deal to go to a service, and as Californians, it's no big deal to crash a party. The question is - did you get the most you could out of this service and that party? Did you learning anything about yourself, or did Rosh Hashana teach you ANY lasting lesson? The only contest in life is between you and yourself. As New Yorkers, it’s no big deal to go to a service, and as Californians, it’s no big deal to crash a party. The question is - did you get the most you could out of this service and that party? Did you learning anything about yourself, or did Rosh Hashana teach you ANY lasting lesson?

]]> By: deannie http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97311 deannie Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:23:14 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97311 awww! The contest winners here were both of you for having gone in spite of potential roadblocks! hugs, awww! The contest winners here were both of you for having gone in spite of potential roadblocks!

hugs,

]]> By: amanda http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97212 amanda Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:46:03 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97212 wow, too much! i thought sophia's new york rosh hashanah was a joke until i saw the obvious camera phone photo of the musicians. what a way to party! wow, too much! i thought sophia’s new york rosh hashanah was a joke until i saw the obvious camera phone photo of the musicians. what a way to party!

]]> By: mckay http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97024 mckay Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:44:59 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97024 yeah, that ticket thing confused this lil catholic gal, too. this is so hard for me to comment, because i can't spell any of those jewish words.oy. yeah, that ticket thing confused this lil catholic gal, too.

this is so hard for me to comment, because i can’t spell any of those jewish words.oy.

]]> By: communicatrix http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97000 communicatrix Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:55:56 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/09/25/the-rosh-hashanah-challenge/#comment-97000 Not only does Sophia win, she gets her own reality TV show. Damn! This beats All My Kids any day of the week! Not only does Sophia win, she gets her own reality TV show.

Damn! This beats All My Kids any day of the week!

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