Ima on and off the Bima presents Haveil Havalim #203. The Did You Love Leah Edition.

Soccer Dad weighs in with Shiny, Happy Dhimmi #11.

West Bank Mama presents thoughts about the Gaza war from new Olim.

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January 25, 2009

Sunday Morning: Bagels & Blogs

Soccer Dad's Shiny Happy Dhimmi #10 is up and live.
Don't miss this cutting edge round-up of blogs dealing
with the pressing threat facing civilization—no, not
so-called global warming.

Ann Sheridan prepares a hearty dinner. Great actress,
great cook, great, um, rifle.

Confession. I'm unforgivably inept in the kitchen. Here's the culinary memo:

1. Ask Offspring #2 and #3 and they will testify—I'm pretty sure—that growing up, on Sunday mornings, they actually looked forward to yours truly whipping up a brilliant mushroom omelette.

2. Yawn, you say, what's the big deal about an omlette?

3. Listen all you fancy shmancy iron chefs, it so happens that my omelettes are so tasty that I do not give out the Seraphic Secret recipe for fear of tipping the delicate balance of the known universe.

4. Hmm, what else do I cook in the kitchen? That's what you're thinking, I know. It's a reasonable question.

5. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Sad, huh?

So: Seraphic Secret is always interested in improving our skills. Thus for the first time we are including the busiest blogger in the Jewish Blogosphere, Batya's Kosher Cooking Carnival. This week hosted by Ilana-Davita, with The Green Edition. I'm going to take a stab at Pesky Settler's Chicken Veggie Pizza.

Seriously.

Or maybe I'll just hand it over to Karen.

Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Frum Fatale

Going to shul on Shabbos morning, ladies? But, goodness gracious, you have nothing to wear. We are familiar with the tragic dilemma. But fear not, hope is on the way. Exclusive to Seraphic Secret, here's the new style for the religious Jewish woman—classic Audrey Hepburn cross-pollinated with a healthy dose of early Joan Crawford... Okay, not quite. This frum fatale is actually from a Vogue layout, 1940's. But it works, right? I fully expect this look to catch on in the shtetls of Boro Park, Monsey, Jerusalem, Teaneck and natch, Beverly Hills.

Finally, the durable and most excellent Haveil Havalim #202, The Super Hero Edition, hosted by the super Super Raizy.

Yours truly must, must, must single out A Mother in Israel's Official Haredi Guide to Modest Necklines. I'm fascinated by the intersection of fashion and religious standards of modesty.

And for something completely different, head on over to Big Hollywood, where yours truly writes about 10,000 Violent Women and One Screenwriter.

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December 21, 2008

Shiny Happy Dhimmi

Henry Fonda says: “After guard duty I'm
going to read Shiny Happy Dhimmi.”

Soccer Dad is up and live with Shiny Happy Dhimmi #6.

Tonight is the first night of Chanukah, a joyous holiday that celebrates the military and spiritual victories of loyal Jews against Jew-hating tyrants and their Hellenized Jewish collaborators.

Nothing much has changed in Jewish history. Pious Jews still fight for Judaism and Israel, whereas Hellenized Jews foolishly appease those who would destroy Torah, Judaism and Israel.

Karen and I wish all our friends and relatives a happy and joyous Chanukah.

And oh yeah, here's the perfect Chanukah gift.

This is a fine Chanukah message from novelist Naomi Ragen:

Chanukah begins on the longest and darkest night of the year. We commemorate one of the darkest periods in our history, when the Greeks destroyed our Temple, raped Jewish brides on their wedding night, and forbid the practice of the Jewish religion or the learning of Torah. We mark our victory over this enemy by lighting up the dark night with a candle, which not only gives light, but is capable of spreading light by lighting a thousand other candles without itself being diminished.

The second miracle of Chanukah, after our amazing victory, came about because one bottle of undesecrated oil was found in the Temple, enough to last for one day and instead lasted for eight. But we don't celebrate this holiday by pouring oil into a container and watching it burn for eight days. Instead, we light one candle. And when that burns out, we come back the next night and light two candles. And when they burn out, we come back again and light three candles..and four.and five.and six... and so on. I want to wish every one of you who is suffering, who has experienced loss or pain or heartache or illness, that this year Chanukah will bring light back into your life. I bless you that when life knocks you down, you will get up the next morning twice as strong. When it knocks you down again, get up the next morning three times as strong! I wish this for you as individuals, and for the Jewish nation as a whole, wherever our people may be.

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December 07, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #194

Louise Brooks says: “I also read
Haveil Havalim and Shiny Happy Dhimmi.
That's why I'm so smart.”

Haveil Havalim #194 is up and this week hosted by the amazing, multi-tasking Shiloh Musings.

Soccer Dad, founder of Haveil Havalim, is powerless in the face of potential Jewish Blog Carnivals, hence he's started another blogfest: Shiny Happy Dhimmi. This one is #4. It's a keeper.

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November 23, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #192

Jayne Mansfield says: “As soon as I finish serenading my pets I'm
going to read the latest Haveil Havalim.

Ima on and off the Bima presents Haveil Havalim #192 The Thanks and Giving Edition.

Okay folks, it's that time of year again. Please support Project Valour IT. Here at Seraphic Secret we ask that you make a contribution to the Air Force. Your contribution goes to a worthy cause. Injured troops get tech equipment, laptops, cell phones, etc. All the of-so necessary hi-tech stuff that allows people to communicate, get jobs, create jobs, and hey, even get on-line and read great blogs like Seraphic Secret.

Look, I don't care if you're a Democrat, Republican, or a member of the Whig Party, we all owe our wounded troops a huge debt of gratitude, so please, click the “make a donation” button and give, give give.

I'll be your bestest friend.

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November 16, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere: The Mama Rachel Edition

Ivanka Trump says: “Oy-vey, this conversion is harder than modeling, more difficult than being a socialite, far more intellectually challenging than Wharton. I have to learn the laws of Shabbas, Kashrus, modesty—there go my cute hemlines—and, who knew? the halachos of Family Purity. And listen, “The Apprentice,” why do you think we had all those adorable Orthodox boys on the show, huh? Hey, I have an idea for a new reality series; it is pure gold: “Ivanka Converts: Judaism's New Real Estate.” Sigh, I guess it's a non-starter. Anyway, look, this is no quickie Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe-style conversion. And I'm not like that crazy Madonna slobbering down, ahem, Kabbalah water. My baby doll Jared is the real deal and Rabbi Haskell Lookstein is like the Gucci of Rabbis, not one of those make-believe Rabbis who can't even learn a daf gemara. Rabbi L. even insists that I study Haveil Havalim every single week. As if I didn't have enough on my plate. And by the way, all you smarty-pants out there, Halacha holds that once I convert to Judaism you are forbidden from ever reminding me that I'm a convert. It's as if I was born a Jew. Am I a quick study or what?”

Haveil Havalim The Mama Rachel Edition is hosted this week by the straight talking, straight shooting, deeply Torah learned, West Bank Mama. We'd like to thank WBM for including our post, Hey Kids, Let's Watch Some War Movies.

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November 02, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #189

Jimmy Stewart says: “Boy, you ACORN people sure
have some peculiar notions about getting out the vote.

Haveil Havalim #189, The Elections Edition is up and it's a comprehensive look at elections in Israel and America.

We'd like to thank this week's host Esser Agaroth for including Seraphic Secret's How to Get So Dead in This Town.

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October 26, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #188

“Honey, after I dig out this bullet, can we read Haveil Havalim?”

Haveil Havalim #188 is up and live hosted this week by the very witty What War Zone.

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October 19, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #187, Sukkot 5769

Mary Astor says: “Without my weekly dose of Haveil Havalim, I turn deeply self-destructive.”

Haveil Havalim #187, The Succot 5769 Edition is up and live, and hosted this week by I'll Call Baila.

We'd like to thank Baila for including Seraphic Secret's The Last Kaddish: Redux in this week's most excellent round-up.

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September 28, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #184

“Okay, ladies, let's get out there and devour the latest Haveil Havalim.”

Haveil Havalim # 184 The Barbarian Roars Again is up and live.

We'd like to thank The Barbarian—who seems quite civilized—for including two Seraphic Secret posts:

Israeli War Hero Meets Sarah Palin, and our analysis of Islamic Fanatics and their Democrat Enablers.

And this from our fearless Haveil Havalim leader, Jack:

We'd also like to make you aware of a new group that was formed on Facebook, Haveil Havalim- The Best Of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere. It is a place that we are going to use to help promote the Jblogosphere as a whole. We are currently discussing whether we are going to include the Jblogosphere carnivals there.

In addition it is going to serve as a central location that you can use to discuss thoughts and ideas for projects that are of interest to us all.

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September 21, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #183

Buster Keaton says: “I'd dive to the bottom of the ocean to read
Haveil Havalim.”

Haveil Havalim #183, The Lost But Found Again Edition, is live.

This week, the best of the Jewish Blogosphere is hosted by none other than our fearless leader, Jack.

We'd like to thank Jack for including Seraphic Secret's The Hacking of Sarah Palin, and Peace Now Activist No Longer.

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September 14, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #182

Norma Talmadge says: “The secret to my success is that I read Haveil Havalim every week.”

Batya hosts Haveil Havalim #182, Back in the Saddle.

HH is the best way of keeping up with the Jewish blogosphere.

Enjoy!

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September 06, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #181

MM anxiously waits for the arrival of Haveil Havalim.

Haveil Havalim #181, is up and hosted this week by Tzipyah.

We'd lik to thank Jack for submitting Script, Chapter Forty in our long-running and popular series How I Married Karen.

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August 31, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #180

Veronica Lake says: “Can I get Haveil Havalim
in the slammer?”

Gila of My Shrapnel has done a fine job of hosting this week's Haveil Havalim #180 "Please Support me in the Alyn Ride " Edition.

We'd like to thank Gila for including Seraphic Secret's The Terrorist is Still Dead in this edition.

Our next Vice President, Sarah Palin.

She has utterly transformed the dynamics of the race. And the Dems are, rightfully, terrified for Governor Palin is unabashedly Christian Conservative, opposed to murdering babies in the womb, smart, articulate, a mom, wife, hunter, a true pioneering spirit.

And unlike Obama, she has executive experience. Governor Palin has actually accomplished a few important things in her political life.

And, as reported by Carl in Jerusalem, Governor Palin is rock-solid in her support for Israel.

Obama: he's a Junior Senator from Illinois—dead people in Chicago still vote for the Democrats—who's been running for President almost his entire term. A junior Senator with no important or transforming legislation to his credit.

We're talking about a man who belonged to a separatist, racist, Jew-hating, Hamas-supporting Church for over 20 years.

We're talking about a man who cannot be trusted when it comes to Israel.

We're talking about a man who has had, for many years, a personal and political relationship with American terrorist, William Ayres.

So what's BO done in his life?

I'm thinking...

Still thinking...

Oh wait, BO was an, ahem, community organizer—in the 60's they were called Socialist—who got nothing done.

And Biden, well, he's just another long-winded political hack who has the third most liberal voting record in the Senate.

BO's voting record is the most liberal. So much for BO's claims of bi-partisanship.

Let's go to the videotape, and you'll see why Obama's handlers are shaking in their boots.

And though our friend Wolf Howling left this link in our comments section, please, please, please head on over to his fine site where you will be enlightened and amused by his multi-media, virtuosos post: Palin in Comparison.

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August 26, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #179: The Nefesh B'Nefesh Bloggers Edition

“Earthlings who refuse to read Haveil Havalim must perish!”

Haveil Havalim #179 is up and live, hosted by Yehuda.

This edition is shorter than normal. There were technical problems with the submission form. But Yehuda managed to put together a nice list of bloggers who covered the First International Jewish Bloggers Convention Hosted by Nefesh B'Nefesh and powered by WebAds.

Thanks to Yehuda for including Seraphic Secret's Moroccan Amen in this illuminating round-up.

For those of you who missed the conference or just want to relive the experience again:

* You can watch a replay of the live webcast here.
* Photos of the event are now on the NBN website here.
* More pictures of the NBN Convention by Jacob Richman are here.
* And a complete list of the bloggers who participated in the conference and the live webcast is available here.

Karen and I are finally back in LA, sill assimilating the entire wonderful experience.

Thanks so much to the entire Nefesh B'Nefesh organization for all their hard work and attention to detail. We are immensely grateful to the ever patient Stephen Leavitt of WebAds for inviting Seraphic Secret to the convention. It's impossible to imagine all the hard work that goes into organizing such an event.

Shame on all those in the blogosphere who selfishly complain and whine about, well, nothingness.

I despise ingratitude.

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August 17, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #178: The Tu b'Av Edition

Ma'ayan Ariel reads Haveil Havalim every week, and so should you.

I should be packing for my trip to Israel on the Nefesh B'nefesh flight and to attend the First International Jewish Blogger's Conference, but Haveil Havalim #178, The Tu b'Av edition, hosted by The Rebbetzin's Husband, just popped up so now I have an excuse to delay packing.

We'd like to thank the Rebbetzin's Husband for including two Seraphic Secret posts: My Infidel Jewish Doctor, and Jihad Against Sexy Fruit & Vegetables.

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August 10, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #177: The T'sha B'av Edition

Five misfortunes befell our fathers ... on the ninth of Av. ...On the ninth of Av it was decreed that our fathers should not enter the [Promised] Land, the Temple was destroyed the first and second time, Bethar was captured and the city [Jerusalem] was ploughed up.

—Mishnah Ta'anit 4:6

Haveil Havalim #177, The T'sha B'av Edition, hosted by Simply Jews, is up and chock full of excellent articles from the universe of Jewish bloggers.

We'd like to thank Simply Jews for including Seraphic Secret's Gearing Up for the Nefesh B'nefesh Conference.

A word of clarification. You don't have to be a blogger to attend the Nefesh B'nefesh Bloggers Conference, in person or via webcam. Anyone can attend, but all have to register.

Well, not anyone. If you are an Islamo Nazi, I strongly suggest that you sign up for the next Peace Now conference. You'll find the atmosphere there much more congenial.

So, if you haven't already registered, take a minute and do it now. It's so simple and fast even I did it in less than a minute.

So: It is now four in the morning and I woke up with a migraine. The T'sha B'av fast is barely past the go mark and I'm already suffering caffeine deprivation—in extremis.

You know why I love John McCain? He spent five years in a hell hole of a Communist POW camp—hey, what's that compared to two years as a community organizer?—where McCain was ceaselessly tortured.

And you know what John McCain did?

He resisted.

He refused to break.

He spit in the eye of his cruel North Vietnamese Communist torturers.

I confess: Deny me coffee and I'll confess anything!”

Anyhoo.

On T'sha B'av both Jewish Temples were destroyed, first by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, and then by the Romans in 70 ACE. On this intense day of mourning, Karen and I wish all our friends a meaningful fast.

Obligatory Beijing Olympics Post:

No interest in the Olympics.

Absolutely none.

It was fun in the days when the East German women were, uh, endowed, if you know what I mean. But now it's like:

“Who's going to get busted for steroids?”

And gee, if they're all on steroids doesn't that kinda level the playing field?

Just saying.

Anyway: I must link to this post by my friend Jameel about Israel's only frum Olympian. Meet Bat-El Gaterer from the Jewish settlement of Kochav Yaakov. She kicks butt. Literally. Would love to observe her shidduch dates. It could be like Preston Sturges funny.

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August 03, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #176: The Dirty Laundry Edition

Marilyn Monroe says: This is just a silly publicity photo.
I actually can read. And ooooh, I just adore Haveil Havalim.

Baruch Ha-Shem. I can dump the L.A. Times AKA We Hate Jews But Call it Progressive anti-Zionism, castaway The New York Times AKA Obama Election Headquarters, and get some real news.

Yup, Haveil Havalim #176, The Dirty Laundry Edition is up and live, hosted by Little Frumhouse on the Prairie.

For my readers who don't speak Yiddish: Frum means observant.

As in: I'm so frum that I don't do laundry during the Nine Days.

The Nine Days are the first nine days of the Jewish month of Av. A strict level of mourning is observed, in accordance with the Talmudic dictum (Ta'anit 26): "When the month of Av begins, we reduce our joy." They are days of intense mourning culminating in Tisha B'Av which commemorates the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem.

During The Nine Days, Jewish law (Halakha) forbids eating meat, and pleasure-bathing [swimming]. These prohibitions are in addition to those adhered to during The Three Weeks, which take place concurrent to The Nine Days. These restrictions include listening to music, getting a haircut or shaving, drinking wine [except on Shabbat], participating in weddings and wearing freshly laundered clothes.

—Wikipedia

We'd like to thank Little Frumhouse on the Prairie for including two Seraphic Secret posts; both drew a great deal of attention and e-mails.

First up is Moshe Hammer Z'L, A Life Interrupted, our portrait of a Lubavitch Chasid who leaves behind a brilliant artistic legacy.

Plus, Seraphic Secret's enthusiastic review of a new collection of Jewish short stories, Everyone's Got a Story.

Enjoy!

Oh wait, it's The Nine Days.

Okay, don't enjoy.

And here's today's Word Cloud:

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July 27, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #175

The new Haveil Havalim has arrived and Zhang Ziyi dances for joy

Haveil Havalim #175 is up and live, hosted this week by Frume Sarah's World.

We'd like to thank Frume Sarah for including Seraphic Secret's post announcing our participation in the upcoming Nefesh B'Nefesh Blogger's Conference.

Warning: The post contains graphic and disturbing video of—hold on to your seats—the Notorious Blogger Groupies.

Oh, and thanks to Jack, here's the first Seraphic Word Cloud. I see a definite language pattern. Gee willikers, talk about superficial.

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July 20, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere # 174

Screenwriters Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur urge
you to read Haveil Havalim

Haveil Havalim #174 is up, this week hosted by Yaaquov Ben Yehuda author of that fine blog Esser Agaroth.

Today is The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz, in which we remember the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem which led to the the destruction of the First Temple. Appropriately, Esser Agaroth starts out the carnival with a fine D'var Torah and a list of some of the calamities that befell the Jewish people on this terrible date.

We'd like to thank Esser Agaroth for including Seraphic Secret's white-hot-with-anger-and-frustration post: Swap Teaches Us to Kidnap More.

For those of you who are fasting today, we wish you a meaningful experience. As for me, I'm getting ready for a meaningful migraine.

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July 13, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #173

“Ladies, this is Jack, the man who hosts Haveil Havalim!”

Haveil Havalim # 173: The Wait for Avrech to Name it Edition is up and live, and hosted by the ever resourceful Jack.

Gee willikers, more work!

Well, as Orson Welles used to say at the end of his Mercury Theater broadcasts: “I am your obedient servant.”

Evelyn Keyes 1916 - 2008

Actress Evelyn Keyes passed away on July 4th in Montecito California She was 91-years old. Keyes is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara, Scarlett's younger sister in Gone With the Wind, 1939.

Keyes was beautiful, and talented. But she's best known for her multiple marriages and numerous affairs with the rich and famous. Her first husband was Barton Bainbridge, a wealthy businessman who committed suicide when Keyes left him for director Charles Vidor. Keyes vowed never to leave a man ever again. She made sure the men left her.

The marriage to Vidor lasted one year.

Husband number three was writer, actor, director John Huston. Huston was fond of dogs, he had a pack of hounds that ran wild at his estate in Ireland. Keyes hated the dogs so much she used to flee back to Hollywood and take up residence, for months at a time, with best friend Paulette Goddard, real name: Marion Pauline Levy.

Finally, Keyes gave Huston an ultimatum: “It's me or the dogs.”

Duh.

Keyes and Paulette Goddard cut a wide swath through Hollywood's leading men. Keyes conducted torrid affairs with Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Kirk Douglas.

Soon, Keyes moved on to producer Mike Todd, but Todd left her for Elizabeth Taylor.

Not one to give up, Keyes married band leader Artie Shaw, real name: Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. Not a great move. Shaw had already married and divorced screen legends Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. Both actresses report that Shaw used to beat them up when they refused to iron his shirts and sort his socks.

Needless to say, Keyes didn't do shirts or socks either.

Keyes' last role in a major motion picture was in The Seven Year Itch (1955) with Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. Keyes, in a finely tuned performance, plays Helen Sherman, the wife who leaves town, kicking off the mad flirtation between Ewell and Monroe.

Keyes said of her life in Hollywood: "I always took up with the man of the moment and there were many such moments."

Evelyn Keyes, studio publicity shot

Make-up test as Suellen O'Hara for Gone With the Wind

Keyes authored two autobiographies.

In 1977 Keyes published Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister. You can pick up a used copy on Amazon.com for, get this, one single American penny.

In 1991 Keyes again weighed in with I'll Think About Tomorrow.

Both books concentrate on her passionate romances rather than her career. Great dish.

Evelyn Keyes: Scarlett's Younger Sister

Hollywood Hair

Notable Hollywood Eyebrows

Cyd Charisse: Dancing Dynamite

Lana Turner: Bad and Beautiful

Hollywood Goes to War

Lillian Gish: Dying for Her Audience

Ricardo Cortez: Hollywood's Latin Lover or The Kosher Butcher's Son

Hollywood's First Western Hero: Billy Broncho, A Jewish Kid Who Couldn't Ride a Horse

Sylvia Sidney Replaces Clara Bow

Douglas Sirk Directs Linda Darnell

Less Dialogue is More: Mervyn LeRoy, Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor and Waterloo Bridge.

Alla Nazimova: Desperately Exotic

Charlton Heston: A Moment of Silence

Lilyan Tashman.

Carmel Myers: The Rabbi's Beautiful Daughter

Colleen Moore: The Stars and Stripes

Colleen Moore's Wedding Night

One Hairstyle, Three Memoirs: Alma Rubens, Colleen Moore, Louise Brooks

Theda Bara: The Vamp Adopts the Troops

Movie Magazines: They Don't Print 'em Like They Used To

Alma Rubens: Dope Fiend, But Not a Jewess

Wallace Reid: Hollywood Shooting Star

Olive Thomas: Hollywood's First Suicide

Mary Pickford: The Greatest Movie Star

Seraphic Secret Chats with Actress Coleen Gray about John Wayne, Howard Hawks, and Stanley Kubrick

Louis B. Mayer Goes to Shul

Susan Peters: The Great Unknown and Tragic Actress

The Blond Machine Gun: Jean Harlow

Peg Entwistle & The Hollywood Sign

Brigitte Bardot & Sean Connery in Shalako—Sorta

Michael Kidd: The Last Dance

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July 06, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere # 172

Jean Harlow says: “Jack insists that I contribute to
Haveil Havalim, 'cause he admires... my mind.”

It's up and it's a thing of beauty, an inspired and inspiring collection plucked from Jewish cyberspace by one of the essential bloggers:

Daled Amos hosts Haveil Havalim #172: The Old Fogey Edition.

I can relate.

Old Fogey, I mean. We've been blogging since May 2004—but feels like for-evuh.

Anyhoo.

We'd like to thank Daled Amos for including Seraphic Secret's Ariel and Daf Yomi.

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June 29, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere # 171

Miriam Cooper says: “We're gonna read
Haveil Havalim no matter what.”

Haveil Havalim #171 The Packing for Camp Edition is up and live.

We'd like to than Ima on (and off) the Bima—translation: A Mother who is on and off the Pulpit—for including Seraphic Secret's The Jew Hating Savages of Paris in this excellent round-up.

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June 22, 2008

Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #170

Louise Brooks says: "Read Haveil Havalim or else!"