EZ Reads 4/11/11

I will be at the OU's offices tomorrow for all those who work there - email me and I'll try to stop by to say hi.

Some more general stuff for today...

• Yad Vashem has posted the videos from Eichmann's trial on YouTube on the 50th anniversary of them.
• The New York Times on anorexia in the Orthodox Jewish community (HT: iPay). I have not read the book, but Naomi Feigenbaum's memoir "One Life" mentioned in the article is supposed to be quite good. (I grew up a few houses down from Naomi's family and used to play basketball on their hoop every day.)
• ProfK questions why the Star-K charges specifically for the Kosher for Pesach medications list.
• Nice piece in Smithsonian magazine on Cleveland's reinventing itself. (HT: Rebbetzin Rocks)
• RafiG with a hilarious video called "killing bureaucracy".
• Doghouse with a funny truism on how people view their own voices.

Hungry To Be Heard Eating Disorders Event

For all those of you who noticed that we covered the "Hungry To Be Heard" documentary on eating disorders and were interested in seeing the film...which is, in case you did not know, specifically geared to the Orthodox Jewish community and a project of the Youth Leadership Cabinet of the OU...

Tomorrow, February 24, Active Minds is hosting an event entitled "Celebrating the Survivors: Eating Disorders Explained." It is open to the public.

It will be at 9:00 PM at Furst 501. (Furst is located on the Wilf Campus at 500 West 185th Street, near Amsterdam Avenue.)

"Hungry To Be Heard" will be screened at the event, and we will also hear from Aliza Stareshefsky, who is featured in the documentary. Aliza will also be reading a poem by a male YU student who suffered from bulimia and who is also featured in the documentary. He will be present at the event, but will probably not speak.

Starving in the Land of Plenty

It seems SerandEz isn't the only site discussing eating disorders. Aish currently features 2 articles relating to anorexia. The first offers a heart-wrenching story with a message of hope and also promotes awareness of EDs.

The second is a excellent piece on the tension between the body and the soul.