My week of fame

Last week the Czech TV broadcasted a documentary film called "Jewish neighbors" dealing with a Jewish museum project called "Lost neignours" and the contemporary Czech Jewery. It was partly shot in our school. Also I had my 10 minutes of fame in it talking about my "Jewish life" and my teaching job. The documentary came out surprisingly well and I was glad to find out that the director very skillfully combined what I said and made it sound sensible. The whole week after the documentary was broadcasted, every time I came to the the JCC somebody turned to me and screamed out - "Hey! I saw you on the telly!" It surprised me because the documentary was broadcasted at 11pm, which is not really the prime time and I thought the only people who would watch it would by my parents and my granny :-). When I already slowly started to enjoy "being a star" on the 7th day after the film was shown, I got a very nasty letter as a reaction to the movie - it was a letter that explained to me how what I said is connected to the sexual practices of the author of the mail. It upsets me the more because I know the author of the letter, a father of 5, very well. Well what should I say. It is hard to be a star...

Marrying Jewish in Yamaica (in Yiddish)

I got back to work which means I am yet again heavily tempted to take "short little internet breaks" from the "important" work I do. On one of these, I found this:

I was tagged

I have recently been tagged by Adiv. So here we go with a load of worthless information about ... me.

Four jobs that I've had:
1. Medieval stone castle guide (a job that tought me to strongly dislike big crowds of turists)
2. Au-pair (great but strongly contraceptive job)
3. Jewish community coordinator (no comment)
4. Teacher (so far the best)

Four films or shows that I can watch repeatedly:
1. Friends - funny, witty, topical
2. Kristova léta, dámy - shocking and sad truth about today´s women in their early 30s
3. Fenomén Dnes - Czech documentry series - serious, topical, great for my classes
4. Remember Africa - one of the many movies I like

Four places in which I have lived:
1. Prague - eventhough I have always thought I could basically live anywhere, I have recently found out that this is where I really want to be
2. Stockholm - cold, but interesting (great fish, smart ways of overcoming cold and winter dark, the most charming spring I have ever experienced)
3. Oxford - the only thing I really remember well is the library and drung undergraduates - and Roy of course :-)
4. Jerusalem - difficult but great

Four places that I've been on vacation:
1. Amsterdam - free and green (great cheese)
2. Croatia - typical Czech
3. High Tatras in Slovakia - great mountain hiking
4. The Vltava river - canoeing down the river - there is nothing like it

Four sites that I visit daily (other than blogs):
1. doopravdy.com - Czech Jewish news server run by my co-teacher Shmil
2. google.com - doesn´t surprise anybody
3. facebook.com - great to stay in touch with your friends abroad (or far away) - unfortunately, it took away most of my enthusiasm for blogspot.
4. lauder.cz - web of my school, serves for my communication with students and their parents

Four of my favorite dishes:
1. bread and cheese (seriously)
2. bábovka (czech cake)
3. fried (breaded) cheese
4. chicken soup

Four people that I am tagging:
1. Ondra
2. Tovah
3. Shmil
4. Aviad

CS Jack Stack

As my readers know, my brother works at Ceska Sporitelna bank. The CEO of the bank, Jack Stack, is leaving his possition. After having lived in the country for 10 years, he is returning back to The U.S. During the time he worked in Prague he became very well known for being a very tough bussinesman. However, everybody knows him also for his sense of humor. True to his reputation, he decided to say goodbye to his company by creating this remake of Sting´s "I´ll be watching you." It made the headlines in the country. And it well deserves the attention it received.