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Daily Archives: July 27, 2020
Singo: The John Singleton Story
Here are some highlights from this 2010 book about the legendary Australian ad man: * work is for working and grog is for getting pissed. * Singleton enforcing a booze ban might seem like Dracula handing out bandaids but he … Continue reading
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The New Perry Mason
Comment: The new Perry Mason is very well done as far as sets, costumes, period details, etc. – they spent a fortune and it shows. But the plot is pure 2020. Mason has a Latina lover who is a wealthy … Continue reading
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Of Books And Bans
Marc B. Shapiro writes in 2002: At the end of 2002, within the space of a few months, Orthodox Jewry witnessed something very unusual. With great publicity two books were placed under a ban: Nathan Kamenetsky’s Making of a Godol1 … Continue reading
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Marc Shapiro On Rav Shach
In 2008, Marc Shapiro emails the Daas Torah blog: * I would like to clarify my [1993 email] posting about Rav Shach. In fact I actually hinted to this in my first sentence (if I remember correctly). What I wrote … Continue reading
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