I volunteered at NYFF today and ran film trivia for people waiting in the mobile Criterion Closet and standby lines and got to see A REAL PAIN. A great day.

"Let a year and its curses end, let a year and its blessings begin" 13th century piece of liturgy recited on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year ~

My feelings about yet more IP aside, it's so good to see Adele Lim's career progress despite that horrible situation where she co-wrote the original "Crazy Rich Asians" screenplay — the movie was a hit! — and then was lowballed to write the sequel

Disney’s ‘Princess Diaries 3’ Gets Royal Treatment, Sets Adele Lim As Director

'Princess Diaries 3' Sets Adele Lim As Director. She previously wrote Disney's 'Raya and the Last Dragon' and directed the R-rated movie 'Joy Ride'

Esther Zuckerman wrote about it for TIME: time.com/7023404/nobo...variety.com/2024/tv/tv-r... Both Jewish women reviewers but not specifically Jewish media

'Nobody Wants This' Has a Jewish Woman Problem

The new Netflix rom-com presents a "shiksa dream girl" fantasy, in which Jewish women are nags, harpies, and obstacles to the central couple's happiness.

my phone keeps changing the "tova" in Shana tova to "yoga"

epitome of new york kindness: helpful but not warm. looking out, zero fanfare. efficient good deeds

This is how I feel about 5784, farewell bitch I’ll see you in the depths of the sea you miserable hag

JLjessemlocker.bsky.socialOct 2, 2024 3:56pm

This turn-of-the-century Rosh HaShanah card goes hard. The Old Year struggles in the water while the New Year stands on the shore, and a Yiddish inscription urging the old year to "drown forever already"

This has been a tough year. L'Shana Tova. שנה טובה לכולם. תכלה שנה וקללותיה , תחל שנה וברכותיה. שנת שקט.

To all who celebrate... May the coming year be a sweeter one than this last year has been.

And expressing frustration with this is more proof to those people of how evil we are. Stop expecting us to be cheerfully dehumanized because you were told we have horns and you’re “just asking!”.