Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in a comedic monologue: I was thrown out of N.Y.U. my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final, you know. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me. When I was thrown out, my mother, who was an emotionally high-strung woman, locked herself in the bathroom […]
Math Skill Hunting: John Mighton and JUMP
“Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be. They don’t find teachers that believe in them. They get convinced they’re stupid.” — ‘Tom’ played by John Mighton in “Good Will Hunting” John Mighton is a playwright, author and math scholar working out of the Fields Institute at the University of Toronto. With […]
Third Yahrzeit of Cantor Danto
This 19th of July 2013 (corresponding to the 12th of Av 5773) marks the 3rd Yahrzeit of Cantor Louis Danto (z”l). To commemorate the occasion, here is “Lo Amut” from Cantor Danto’s DVD: “Louis Danto: A Life of Music”. The liturgical verse is apropos: (Psalms 118:17) לֹא-אָמוּת כִּי-אֶחְיֶה; וַאֲסַפֵּר, מַעֲשֵׂי יָהּ. “I shall not die, […]
Nia Dance Jam And Silent Auction supporting Good News Toronto
Nia Dance Jam & Silent Auction supporting Good News Toronto The Little Paper with the Big Heart! Sunday May 16, 2010 ~ 2:00-4:00pm at the 918 Cultural Arts Centre 918 Bathurst St, Toronto (2 blocks North of Bloor) Street Parking $25 entrance fee Why Dance? Because it’s FUN! Nia is a joyful celebration, a chance […]
Soaring to the Heights of Peace and Understanding Grounded by Black Boxes and ‘Wires’
US Airways Express Flight 3079, bound for Kentucky, grounded in Philadelphia after an attendant reported a suspicious passenger. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press) 1 Imagine you are on a plane and a teenager wearing a white sweater proceeds to strap a small black box to his forehead affixed by what looks like wires. He […]