Movie: Van Helsing

Watching now the PPV edition of Van Helsing. Right now, Van Helsing and Anna are tearing through the Carpathian mountains on runaway carriages (or perhaps a series of them). So far, I can tell that the movie-makers have consciously derived material of various sorts from: Wolf Man, with Lon Chaney, Jr. (uses the actual rhyme, Continue reading Movie: Van Helsing

November 29, 1947 – November 29, 2004

This BlogBurst piece is cross-posted by participating websites, to commemorate a milestone in Israel’s history. The list of the participating sites is appended at the end of this post. November 29, 2004: Anniversary of the UN vote on Resolution 181 Today is the anniversary of the UN vote on resolution 181, which approved the partition Continue reading November 29, 1947 – November 29, 2004