‘BIG SONIA’ DOCUMENTARY NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD, iTUNES — It’s a big week for ‘Big Sonia’ the film and Sonia Warshawski. Sonia will celebrate her 93rd birthday on Sunday, Nov. 11. And now you can watch ‘Big Sonia’ in the comfort of your own home. The DVD became available Tuesday and can be purchased on the ‘Big Sonia’ website, bigsonia.com/shop.
There’s more. You can now download the film at iTunes. The ‘Big Sonia’ folks are asking that after you download the film, take two minutes to rate and review it “to help us spread the #soniaeffect far and wide!”
That’s the good news. Unfortunately Netflix continues to pass on the film, despite a record-breaking run in Kansas City and 21 awards.
OP KRISPY KREME NOW KOSHER — Last week the Vaad confirmed Krispy Kreme on 103rd and Metcalf is fully kosher compliant. Anything manufactured at this shop, from donuts to drinks, is fully kosher. (The Vaad takes no responsibility for bottled drinks sold through this business, only products prepared by Krispy Kreme.) If you are a fan of kosher donuts, take a minute to express your appreciation to Dennis, the manager at Krispy Kreme, next time you are there.
GET YOUR HANUKKAH STAMPS NOW (JERUSALEM JTA — Israel Post and the U.S. Postal Service have issued a joint stamp for Hanukkah.
The stamp also is meant to celebrate 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United States, Israel Post said in a statement.
The new stamp design was launched simultaneously in the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, the oldest synagogue in the United States, and at the American Center in Jerusalem.
The stamp art features a Hanukkah menorah created using the technique of papercutting, a Jewish folk art, by artist Tamar Fishman. Behind the menorah is a shape that resembles an ancient oil jug representing the miracle of the oil that burned in the candelabra in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after its sacking and recapture for the eight days necessary to resupply. Additional design elements include dreidels and a pomegranate plant with fruit and flowers.
The stamp is being issued in the United States as a Forever stamp, which will always be equal in value to the current first-class mail one-ounce price. It will sell in Israel for 8.30 shekels, the cost of a regular first-class stamp. Hanukkah begins at sundown on Dec. 2.
REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR ANNIE — Thought you were done voting for a while? Think again. Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy eighth-grader Annie Fingersh still needs your vote in the Uncle Ben’s Beginners™ Contest. Five grand prize winners will get a $15,000 cash prize and a $30,000 makeover for their school cafeteria, in this case the Ram’s Café.
Voting continues through Sunday, Nov. 11. To vote, which you can do once a day, visit beginners.unclebens.com/finalist-gallery. Annie’s entry is Spanish Rice with Bread-Crumb-Encrusted Cod.