New York Passes Gas

Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

'We can live in peace'...John Lennon (photo: Dafna Tal)

Mahzor

New York Public Library

Sarajevo Haggadah

Mah Nishtanah

Antaea Darom

Israeli women's art

Torah as music

Ben Heine

ceramic bowl

Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

Punch and Judy/Pinchas and Jamila

Avi Katz

David Grossman

Ben Heine

Eldrige Street shul

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Hoda Jamal

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from documentary, Promises

Cat in the Hat

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Daylight through the Wall

Banksy: graffiti art on Separation Wall

Maurice Sendak's Brundibar set

New Victory Theater (photo: Nan Melville/NYT)

Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Palestinian-Israeli musical ensemble (photo: Kerstin Joensson/AP)

Great Day on Eldrige Street

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Jan 8th, 2007 by Richard Silverstein | 1

“We are waiting for the gas to pass,” the mayor [Bloomberg] said.

Sorry, I just had to write that headline. I know it was bad. I know I shouldn’t have. But I just had to. Please forgive me.

Anyway, while the New York City gas leak is hilarious for the rest of us, I’m sure it’s not at all hilarious to the New Yorkers suffering from it today. This incident points out how difficult it is to pinpoint the source of such leaks and makes you concerned about the potential for someone to release a toxic chemical into the city’s air and go undetected for far too long.

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One Comment on “New York Passes Gas”

On January 9th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Dan Sniderman said:

Given that you are a recovering New Yorker - and I’m a lifelong Chicagoan - I’ll resist the low-hanging fruit and refraid from making a New York joke on this one!