HELLO friends--I have returned from an already trying journey as sick as the proverbial dog--therefore let both Hillel II and Barley-Determined dates slide by--so here must fall a belated Pesah/Hag Hamatsot sameah <3 Now back to bed.
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Shimshon
This piece is an attempt to redefine what strength is. Instead of viewing it as weakness to be bedridden until sunset, I am portraying the choice to get up when I am ready as a strength. My life doesn’t follow the accepted narratives of success, and I can see that as a weakness, or I can see it as freedom to choose my own goals and success.
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I’m sorry, I can’t come into work today. I didn’t get a long rest and god gave me a point of exhaustion. All my skill checks are at disadvantage.
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Jewish (Sephardic) couple from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1910
The first Jews came to Sarajevo, later called "Little Jerusalem", from the Iberian Peninsula in the early 16th century, bringing with them the Ladino language and Sephardi customs. A prosperous Jewish quarter with a synagogue was erected in 1577 under the pasha Siavush. Known to the Bosnians as tchifut-khan, the Jews themselves called it El Cortijo (the communal yard). Making up more than 20% of Sarajevo' total population, they maintained excellent relations with their Bosnian Christian and Muslim neighbors and held renowned positions as merchants, weavers, tailors, blacksmiths and hatchims (from the Arabic-Turkish Hakīm, "doctor"). With the Holocaust, this rich Jewish life and history tragically came to an end.
Shavuah tov!
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Tomb of Esther and Mordechai, Hamadan, Iran. Believed by Iranian Jews to be their resting place, and a historic site of pilgrimage.
Shabbat shalom!
Just forgot the word "pulpit" and called it a "sermon box." Meanwhile, remembered that the sounding board goes on top of the sermon box ( ;
MS Paint, don't fail me now!
Diversity win (actual)! The henna artist at the public library knew some North African stuff!
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"Blorbo from my shows" no. Blorbo from my BA. Blorbo from my major. Blorbo from my primary source document.
My boys <3
Sure, Street View is more convenient. . . but does it accurately depict the mill buildings hanging upside-down like bats off of the Androscoggin?
(C. J. Noyes's 1846 Plan of Brunswick Village)
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Elderly jews from Karlsbad, modern-day Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Austrian vintage postcard, mailed in 1902 to Kusel
Shavuah tov!
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I’m obsessed with Zsuzsa Ujj’s work. (sold under shop name Judaica Hungarica on Etsy and Modern Tribe)
Look at these!!!!
Shabbat shalom!
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unfortunately no eclipse photography can ever outdo the waffle house one from 2017
i don't even know who took this pic. the only person who claims to know the photographer was this person who uploaded it to reddit without naming them. it just adds to the mystery of it
I know this photo!
This is a picture Nick Martino took outside a waffle house in Tennessee in 2017. It's still up on his Instagram page.
Finally a good fucking source
@wordsaredelicious, we have found him!
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Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)—Oh where to start .... I'm not sure I even know how. She's just perfection. And it's not fair I can't bring post 70s work into this, because she just gets better and better, and her drag performance in to die for. But in the era I CAN talk about, she shows she has THE RANGE. Beautiful, feisty, funny, holding her own against Christopher Plummer, Paul Newman, Rock Hudson. Oh she's luminous.
Nadira (Shree 420, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai)— She had a blast playing the femme fatal in Indian films in the 50s. Also the costumes she wore in Shree 420 are absolutely iconic. It's important to mention that she was Jewish. She was born Farhad "Florence" Ezekiel in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish family. They moved to India sometime in the 1940s. The funny thing is that she originally wanted to convert to Catholicism and become a nun but joined the film industry instead as her family desperately needed money. Even though she was unfortunately typecast in femme fatale roles after playing the nightclub entertainer Maya in Shree 420, she always gave 110% to every role she was cast in. Apparently she acted in a German film as well? She was also one of the most highly paid actresses in the Indian film industry and was one of the few Indians to own a Rolls Royce.
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Because Nadira doesn't deserve to go down without a fight...
Please tell me there will be some kind of post-poll optometry fund to which we can contribute so that these poor unfortunates will be able to get their eyes checked. I reiterate: rare is the still in which Nadira looks like she's NOT about to gnaw your face off.
Well, that's just a spiteful combination of things to name a place.
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Natalie Wood (West Side Story, The Great Race)—She went through so much shit which I know can be said for all these women but Natalie really was a star and her death often overshadows her career and life. She could make you cry, but she also had the capacity to be incredibly funny which I think is lost on people.
Helen (Howrah Bridge, China Town, Teesri Manzil)— Helen might be stretching the definition of "star" a little bit as she was a dancer rather than a leading lady, but her Hotness is absolutely unassailable. She choreographed her own dances, designed her own costumes, overall has a mind-bogglingly wild life story, and survived it all to turn 85 in November. I ADORE her.
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Helen did not serve cunt in this song, and countless others, to be losing like this.
The original item song dancer, vamp and femme fatale of Bollywood. Show her some respect!
I know, it's a travesty D : I submitted some Helen propaganda a while ago but it hasn't gotten posted. I feel less self-conscious about linking multiple videos when it's on my own blog rather than in a submission ( ; So let's bring on the parade of Helen songs!
Gumnaam (1965), "Ho is duniya mein jeena hoto, sun lo meri baat":
Helen doesn't just waltz in and out of Gumnaam as part of a stage show; she gets a proper second-heroine role. Here she's dancing casually to cheer up her friends after they've gotten stranded on vacation. Of course it works! Like Nanda and Madan Puri and even Pran, I find it darned near impossible to be sad while watching this performance.
Night in London, "Yaar ki nigahon mein, pyar ki mehil mein" (you'll have to click the link out but I promise it's worth it):
We've got to have one of those cabaret extravaganzas, though, right? This is one of the ones where she swans around with an entire troupe of shirtless backup boys at her beck and call. It also includes a signature Helen move that I can never quite wrap my mind around, the one where she leans smoothly backwards from a standing position all the way down to the floor (in kitten heels?!).
Bahu Begum (1967), "Sirf apne khayaalon ki parchhayi hai":
This is a tiny song but a really interesting one within her repertoire. There's a fleeting moment of semiclassical dance at the beginning, but then it settles down into an almost entirely seated mujra. Rarely do you get to the chance to admire Helen's gestural language in a comparatively "still" song like this one. What an elegant adab she gives! And all of Roshan's compositions for this film are gems.
Parasmani (1963), "Ooi ma ooi ma, yeh kya ho gaya":
In the words of one of the commenters on this video, "Is gaane mein Helen ji ne dikha diya hai, ke woh sirf cabaret ki raani nahin!" This folk dance is absolutely adorable, and features startlingly different gestures and expressions from her better-known Western-style songs. It also shows off how her choreography combines athleticism with elegance; she's bouncing around as lightly as a goat and in perfect time.
Halaku (1956), "Aji chale aao":
This is one of the earliest Helen dances I've seen. She's in duet with Minoo Mumtaz, but even though neither of them were "name" dancers at this date, you still get to see peeps of their individual sensibilities. Just like Lata and Asha ji's vocal duet in the playback, it's visual heterophony: one sthaayi delivered in tandem, but with slightly different articulation from each performer.
Badal (1966), "Aapko jo dekhega, pyaar hi se dekhega":
Another song in which Helen is joy embodied! Please suffer through the parts in which Sanjeev Kumar is being, as I phrased it in my bookmark of this video, the boringest mofo on film, and persevere to her verses. I love the bouncy walk she does with the exaggeratedly swinging arms; it's a perfect counterpart to the soaring music.
Guest House (1959), "Tera jaadu na chalega, o sapere":
Another song type mostly associated with the great classically trained artistes but in which scrappy lil Helen nonetheless excels: the snake dance : D Look at that beautifully wound-up "strike" around 1:22!
Dus Lakh (1966), "Agre ka laala angrezi dulhan laaya re" (click out of Tumblr again):
Listen. Dus Lakh is packed to the gills with Helen hits. It has my favorite of her numerous Indo-Western dance-offs (not least because she gets to fight on both sides), and also the one where she rides into the song on a giant globe while dressed as Carmen Miranda. But I think this one will play best to the audience at hand, because, after they've both pranced around laying out their plans to entrap rich English husbands, Helen gets her own turn at serenading the heroine. Oh, to be a snoozing little Babita, awakening as Helen calls me "husn" and offers me Lipton tea--!
Teesri Manzil (1966), "O haseena zulfon waali, jaan-e-jahaan":
And finally, I know somebody submitted a promo still from this song as propaganda, but is it really possible to leave the topic of pre-'70s Helen without properly saluting this much-beloved, widely parodied, stone-cold banger? The only print on YouTube unfortunately sucks eggs, but even with half the pixels missing you can appreciate Helen and Shammi's silly-sensual capers.
In conclusion, VOTE HELEN! And remember: