@azealiaslacewig ‘Mizrach’ means ‘east’ in Hebrew, and ‘orient’ means ‘east’ as well, bc old Euro maps used to be ‘oriented’ to the east — east was on top instead of north, often because the maps were ‘oriented’ toward Jerusalem. So it’s a literal translation of the word ‘east’ in both cases.
David Bowie had gone to a private showing of his 1987 movie Labyrinth. Afterward, he’d have a meet-and-greet with a group of children. He met them and had a ball, but one boy was shy and withdrawn.
So Bowie asked the organizers of the event if he could talk to the boy by himself, seeing as though he was “so shy."
The kid wasn’t actually shy — he was autistic. Bowie told the kid he was also scared, too, of everything. He was, in fact, only able to face other people because of a “magic mask” he would always wear. It just so happened the mask was ‘invisible.’
He gave it to the boy. He then acted rather distressed himself and had to make another magic mask, after which he became calm, too. Bowie and the kid just hung out for thirty minutes, and it was a magical experience.
The boy later said he actually felt more confident after meeting David Bowie and receiving his “magic mask."
Bowie reminded the boy of how ‘everyone is shy and scared sometimes, and we all wear masks’. Not every celebrity as famous as Bowie would take so much time and go through such effort to put an uncomfortable kid at ease at an event.
"As a Burning Flame" explores the life & impact of the first female ordained rabbi in Ashkenazi Jewish history. Regina Jonas (1902–1944) was active in prewar Berlin & later in the Theresienstadt ghetto as a community leader, lecturer, and organizer, until her murder at Auschwitz.
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