This Hogwarts Rejection Letter Is Going Viral for a Good Reason
If you're a "Harry Potter" fan like I am,you grew up secretly hoping Hogwarts was real--and hoped to get an acceptance letter of your own.Well,recently fans of the series created an acceptance… letter,of sorts--except it's a really depressing one.So much so,the letter went viral.Here's how it started: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been added to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Waitlist.Unfortunately,we are not able to allow you to come to Hogwarts at this time." The Harry…>> Read MoreA Harry Potter Podcast Is My Unexpected Jewish Parenting Resource
If you are a Harry Potter lover who hasn't been listening to the "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" podcast,just stop reading right now and go listen.I guarantee you will be hooked in the first… ten minutes.This podcast,created by two Harvard Divinity School grads named Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile,reads Harry Potter in much the way you would a traditional sacred text,by taking apart every detail of the story and trying to understand it in new ways.Now,you might not think that podcast about…>> Read MoreThe ‘Unofficial Hogwarts Haggadah' Is What's Missing from Your Seder
Magic?Seder?Can these two words coexist happily in the same evening?Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg,author of the "Unofficial Hogwarts Haggadah," currently the number one bestseller in both Haggodot… and Jewish life on Amazon,believes so.苹果beplayKveller caught up with Rosenberg recently to learn a few new spells and charms and hear his wisdom on what kind of sorcery is appropriate for the retelling of the story of the Exodus at Passover.Rosenberg writes in the Haggadah,"The most striking parallel between Hogwarts and…>> Read MoreWhy ‘Harry Potter' Oscar Win Is a Big Deal for Jews
The latest "Harry Potter" franchise film, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," just made Oscars history last night.It's the first film in the HP series to ever win an Oscar--which is not… only a big deal for the franchise (and for children and young adult film genre as a whole),but it's particularly cool because of its Jewish roots.The film was one of the few major fantasy films marketed to kids and young adults with a Jewish focus.The film won an Oscar for Best Costume Design (which went to Colleen…>> Read MoreHome Delivery
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