Category Archives: Thanksgiving

By Robert J. Avrech | November 27, 2013

Thanksgiving, Chanukah 2013

Tweet The problem with liberty is, once achieved it becomes like oxygen — something taken for granted. Said John Adams, “There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” For the first time, and never again, the first day of Chanukah will be celebrated on Thanksgiving. This is a moment in time we […]

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By Robert J. Avrech | November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving: The Children of Israel and the Children of the Children of Israel

Tweet As far as I know, there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope. America and Israel. And what was the hope? The hope of achieving religious freedom, and freedom from the tyranny of centralized government. The Children of Israel, fleeing Egyptian slavery and religious persecution, settled […]

Also posted in America, Israel, Movies | Tagged A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Debbie Reynolds, George Washington Thanksgiving Proclamation, Thanksgiving | 2 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | November 24, 2011

The Greatest Thanksgiving Movie

Tweet Seraphic Secret usually recommends classic Hollywood movies to help celebrate our national holidays. But this year we’re going to switch gears and recommend one of our favorite Thanksgiving movies, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, 1987. Not only is this one of the finest, most touching Thanksgiving movie ever made, but it’s also the best film […]

Also posted in Great Movies, Hollywood | Tagged Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, John Candy, John Hughes, Planes, Steve Martin, Thanksgiving Movies, Trains and Automobiles | 8 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving: Hope Fulfilled

Tweet As far as I know there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope. America and Israel. And what was the hope? The hope of achieving religious freedom, and freedom from government tyranny. The Children of Israel, fleeing Egyptian slavery and religious persecution, settled the land of […]

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By Robert J. Avrech | November 27, 2008

Child of the Pilgrims

Tweet Barbara Bates contemplates a yummy Thanksgiving. We are all the children of the Pilgrims, a deeply religious people who considered making Hebrew the official language of this new land. “Shalom y’all.” The Pilgrims, as learned in the Torah, as they were in the Christian Bible, saw themselves in the mold of the Children of […]

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How I Married Karen

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Robert J. Avrech
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I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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Memorial Lectures
Young Israel of Century City

Tenth: June 9, 2013
David Horowitz: "The War Against Judaism on the University Campus." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 16MB)

Ninth: June 3, 2012
Joel B. Pollak: "The Mainstream Media's Betrayal of Israel." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 15MB)

Eighth: June 5, 2011
Yossi Klein Halevi: "What is Expected of a Survivor People: Lessons My Father Taught Me." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 18MB)

Seventh: June 13, 2010
Dennis Prager: "Happiness is a Mitzvah, Not an Emotion." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 80MB)

Sixth: June 21, 2009
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky: "Conformity in Jewish Life: Vice, Virtue or Affectation?" Blog Post | Audio (mp3 64MB)

Fifth: June 15, 2008
Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl: "What Was the Rosh Yeshiva Reading: Intellectual Openness in 19th Century Lithuania." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 70MB)
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