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-Apologia
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Subject: Apologia
Oops! I just noticed on the posting
I forwarded to the list for Bob
Feinstein -- or maybe for his guide
dog, Harley -- that I neglected to
chop off the long reference posting
attached to it. Sorry. Don't blame
Bob. Blame me. I didn't read beyond
his comments and sent it out without
thinking of taking a peek as I had just
dragged myself out of bed to check the
mail after an all-night session with my
partner...no, not what you think. His
'puter crashed and his frazzled nerves
needed a lot of nursing from me as he
babied it back to par.
Subject: Boston Bill strikes again!
Here's one I missed and have just
now found in the digest as I was
putting it on line:
I need some advice from an
expert. Sometimes I read
messages to which I
respond in my own mind by
wanting to chop off some body
parts of the sender. Does
netiquette countenance such
responses?
Hugs,
I wondered what George was
talking about when he wrote me
privately and asked if he had
offended me with the above
posting. Boston Bill knows what
a sensitive little soul I really am.
He was worried because I had
not responded to his posting.
Well, Mr. Beantown,
I just ate a can of Boston Baked
Beans, and here's one in your face!
FAAAARRRRRTTTT!
Yes, I am deeply offended.
I am NOT my bitch twin sister
Ann Landers! I am the OTHER one --
Dear Crabby!!!!!
As for the body part to sever, I
recommend you to the Boston
specialist, Dr. Cutchercockoff,
the only gynecologist for men!
Will you never learn to take me
seriously?
TAKE ME! SERIOUSLY!
Subject: Film explores gays' struggle in Orthodox Jewish community
Headline:
Text:
''The pressure to get married is very
severe within Orthodox life. The
pressure to procreate, to build a
Jewish people, is enormous,'' said
Sandi DuBowski, director of a new
documentary about gay and lesbian
Hasidic and Orthodox Jews,
Trembling Before G-D. ''A lot of
people can't stand the pressure and
leave Orthodoxy. Or, often they get
married and can't tell their husbands
and wives.''
Hasidism is a strict, ultra-Orthodox
movement within Judaism that began
in the 18th Century in southeastern
Poland and exists today in small
groups throughout the world. Both
Hasidism and traditional Orthodox
Judaism brand homosexuality as a
Biblical abomination.
''Orthodox Judaism is a wonderful,
beautiful, spiritual life,'' said
DuBowski, whose documentary
attempts to capture the emotional
struggle gay Orthodox Jews face.
''You're asking people to cut off their
arm or cut out their heart. It's an
integral part of their being. They want
to serve God. They can't leave.''
Trembling Before G-D will be
previewed Nov. 19 in Miami Beach as
a benefit for the upcoming Miami Gay
& Lesbian Film Festival. The movie,
which will be entered in the Sundance
Film Festival, officially opens
sometime next year.
''I've been involved with the project
for three years,'' said Miami Beach
resident Harvey J. Burstein, president
and executive director of the Burstein
Family Foundation, which gave
$20,000 to help finance the film.
''I found it was a story that had to be
told,'' said Burstein, who is
co-sponsoring the benefit with
Congregation Etz Chaim, Temple
Israel of Greater Miami and the
Havurah at Temple Israel.
Among the Jews featured in
DuBowski's film is a lesbian couple in
their 20s who fell in love during high
school in Brooklyn and later moved to
Miami.
''They're scared to be out,''
DuBowski said. ''They would like to
have children [by artificial
insemination] and send those children
to yeshivas or Hebrew day schools.''
Others profiled in the film include a
gay grandfather and a married
lesbian in Jerusalem.
''Her husband doesn't know. She has
seven kids and is having a very tough
time,'' DuBowski said. ''She takes
antidepressants so her marriage
doesn't fall apart.''
Like many other married gays and
lesbians, she finds comfort knowing
that for two weeks every month
during her menstrual cycle, no sex is
allowed, according to Orthodox law.
''Your husband isn't allowed to touch,
and it's a relief,'' DuBowski said.
But couples are also expected to have
sex on other Friday nights after
women cleanse themselves in religious
baths called mikvahs, he said.
The 84-minute film was shot
Jerusalem, New York, Miami, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and London.
''It touches a nerve in people who
have not experienced Orthodoxy,''
DuBowski said.
Jewish or not, audiences will be able
to relate to the Orthodox experience.
''Whether it's Catholicism or Islam or
fundamental Christianity, there are
parallels to what Orthodox gay and
lesbian people go through,''
DuBowski said.
Interior designer Reni T. Rodriguez,
a board member of the Miami Gay &
Lesbian Film Festival, agrees:
''In Miami you have the same element,
the tightknit Cuban family that lives
with this kind of stigma if [one of]
their children is found to be gay or
comes out. I hope it's going to be
interesting and eye-opening to a lot of
people.''
Burstein, who was raised Reform,
said he has ''learned a little bit more
about the struggle for freedom of
religion and being able to practice
your Judaism the way you want to
practice it.
''The passion and the pain people go
through being gay and also trying to
be Jewish.''
Subject: Opera
Question to the list:
I've been invited to an opera tomorrow, Rigoletto, at Lincoln Center.
This is the very first time I am seeing a live opera performance, and I
have absolutely no idea what it is about.
Can anyone help fill me in?
Thanks.
Subject: Re: Opera
Hi Edward,
Rigoletto is one of Verdi's finest,
Remember that it is not really the plot which is convoluted
that matters; what matters is the womderful sounds that are produced,and
the drama overlaid with the Orchestra. The singers etc all coming togerther
in a glorious whole
The plot concerns The Duke of Manuta,he is a libertine( you will know what
that means) His Court Jester Rigoletto and Rigoletto's Daughter Gilda.
The rest of the cast are there to create atmosphere and support.
The Duke has cast a roving eye in the direction of Gilda(who loves him.These
women!) and The Duke has her abducted.
Rigoletto is furious,and plans to have the Duke killed,hiring an murderer
to do the job for him.
Unfortunately Gilda gets in the way(she loves the Duke remember) and gets
stabbed instead.
At the end of the opera Rigoletto come's to collect the body which has been
put into a sack.,hears a moan opens the sack and discovers Gilda.
Desperation sets in. End of Opera.
Enjoy,you should have a wonderful evening,and will need to relax
afterwards,and I guess you know how to do that
Hugs leslie
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