Wednesday, March 12, 2008

3/12/08 Link Dump - (Lipa Free Edition)

גלות ײד is criticizing the Forward's Yiddish. She's right, natch. That said, they're covering boutique audio gear in the Forward! Shkoyach!

The Jerusalem Post covers Lou Soloff's Israel trip in "Blood, Sweat and Jazz."

Also in the J-Post, Ben Jacobson reviews discs by Pharaoh's Daughter and Sababa.

The Jew Spot blogs Matisyahu's Q & A at the recent Jewlicious fest. According to the Jerusalem Post...
Matisyahu talked about moshiah, hinting that messianism within Lubavitch - the belief that the late rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, is God's promised Messiah - was one of the things that pushed him away from the group.
I don't see that in this transcript, though.

The Forward has an article about Jewish Bluegrass titled "O, Landsman, Where Art Thou?"

The Curious Jew reviews "The Mishna Project."

Mordechai Shinefield writes about "Women Who Rock" for American Jewish Life Magazine

Don't hire these folks to photo your simcha.

Handel Ehrlekh - A Wigged-Out Photo Blog received some more links while we were out "Lipa-ing."

Here they are:

Gå till »Gehenna»
"Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect 200 Shekels"
Monopoly op z'n Jiddisj
"Yiddish Monopoly?"
Boardwalk, Park Place, and Gehennom
" Just down the street..."